Psych 111 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Definition of naturalistic observations and example - correct answers Systematic observation of animals or humans in their natural settings - wolves Benefits of naturalistic observations - correct answers -Describes behavior - Stimulate creation of new hypotheses to be tested - Highly generalizable to real world - Verify lab results - Confirm or refute theories Disadvantages to naturalistic observations - correct answers - Cant determine cause and effect - Researcher may influence re...

Personality - correct answers an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving projective test - correct answers tests designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals' personalities by analysis of their responses to a standard series of ambiguous stimuli Types of Projective tests: - correct answers Thematic Apperception Test & Rorschach Inkblot Test Thematic Apperception test - correct answers a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and...

What are the 4 basic criteria for critical thinking? - correct answers 1. There are very few "truths" that do not need to be subjected to testing 2. All evidence is not equal in quality. 3. Just cause they're an authority doesn't make the claim automatically true 4. Open mind Placebo effect - correct answers if people believe strongly enough it can seem to work but it is completely mental Basic research and medical research - correct answers Basic research- studies the relationship ...

Social Psychology - correct answers Examines influence of social processes on way people think, feel, behave Attitudes - correct answers Positive/negative evaluative reaction toward person, object, concept Attitude Strength: Durability & Impact - correct answers Durability = if it lasts over time, Impact = if it impacts behavior or thoughts Initial Impressions - correct answers Initial perceptions make a difference; have shown strong effects Asch's study found that if presented with...

behavior/behaviorism - correct answers Discovered by John Watson. The school of psychology that holds that psychology should limit itself to the study of overt, observable behavior. What did Plato and Descarte have in common? - correct answers They were dualists, thought the mind and body was separate What did Greek philosophers attribute observations - correct answers naturalistic explanation Who is the father of structuralism - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt Who was the first psycho...

Psychology definition - correct answers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Nativism (nature) -Plato - correct answers the theory or doctrine that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired or learned. Empiricism (nurture) -Aristotle - correct answers knowledge is gained through experiences (senses) Rene Descartes - correct answers Dualism Thomas Hobbes - correct answers the mind is what the brain does Paul Broca - correct ...

Memory - correct answers the capacity to retain and retrieve information Flashbulb memories - correct answers dramatic positive or negative memory Memories of traumatic events are - correct answers more vivid than ordinary events Recall - correct answers ability to retrieve information which has been learned earlier recognition - correct answers ability to identify previously encountered information relearning - correct answers effort is saved in having learned soemthing before ...

what is psychological activation, such as increased brain activity, autonomic responses, sweating or muscle tension? - correct answers arousal what is psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy its needs? - correct answers drive what is the tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium? - correct answers homeostasis what law states that performance increases with arousal (or stress) up to an optimal point and then decreases with increasing arousal (stress)? - corr...

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Learning - correct answers any relative permanent change in behavior that occurs because of experience Conditioning - correct answers a kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and responses Unconditioned Stimulus - correct answers elicits the unconditioned response Unconditioned Response - correct answers response which is automatically produced Conditioned Stimulus - correct answers ): originally neutral stimulus that elicits a behavior after being ...