Psychology 375 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Psych 375 Cognition Midterm Exam Questions with All Correct Answers Sternberg Memory Search - Answer-The time needed to recognize a digit increases with the number of items in the memory set. The straight line is the linear function that fits the data best TMS: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Answer-Virtual lesions Magnetic pulse induces electric field in cortex fMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Answer-Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) signal - Ratio of oxyg...

PPLE (PA Psychology Law Exam) By The Numbers Already Graded A 1 hour(s) per week a postdoc may be supervised by a delegated supervisor 2 hours per week a supervisor must supervise a postdoc 2 hours, at least, per week that pre-doctoral interns must participate in learning activities 3 contact hours (50-60 min) in ethics required biennially for continuing education 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required biennially for continuing education 10 contact hours equals 1 CEU ...

Psych 375 Test 1 Questions with Complete Solutions What is the definition of processing? Provide a few examples - Answer-change or transformation typically into something more useful, input is processes repeatedly and extensively, which is usually good but it can make us susceptible to illusions and cognitive biases Example: Environmental stimulus => light is reflected and transformed =>receptor prescesses => neural processing => perception => recognition => Action such as s...

Psych 375 Exam Questions with Correct Answers What is cognition? - Answer-The acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge. What is cognitive psychology? - Answer-A branch of psychology that emphasizes thought processes and knowledge. David Marr 3 levels of analysis to understand info - Answer-computational (psych), algorithmic (cognition) and implementation(neuro) Hermann Ebbinghaus - Answer-Memorized nonsense syllables in early study on human memory William James ...

Psych 375 Final Test Questions And Correct Revised Answers Already Passed The cognitive approach is a theoretical orientation that emphasizes a person's - ANSWER : mental processes and knowledge Which of the following statements is correct? A. A reflex such as a knee jerk reflex is an example or cognition B. Cognition refers to the acquisition and retrieval of knowledge, but not the use of that knowledge C. "Cognitive psychology" is sometimes used as a synonym for "cognition...

Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for their actions? - Non determinist and soft determinist The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and goals as determinants of behavior. - Soft Determinist For Aristotle, sensory experience - was necessary but not sufficient for attaining knowledge According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because: - their movement influences a medium, which in turn s...

Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for their actions? - Non determinist and soft determinist _________________ emphasizes the works of individuals who most prominently contributed to a topic such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Darwin of Freud in - The Great-person approach. The approach which shows how various individuals or events contributed to change in an idea or concept throughout the years. - Historical Development Popper b...

Psych 375 Cognition Exam Questions and Answers Deterministic - Answer-The view that all acts (including human acts) have antecedent causes in the physical world Nondeterministic - Answer-The view that at least some acts have antecedent causes outside the physical world. Empiricist - Answer-The view that most human knowledge is acquired over one's lifetime through experience. Nativist - Answer-The view that much of human knowledge is innate Associationism - Answer-The belief that k...

Psych 375 Quiz #1 Questions and Answers 100% Solved The cognitive approach is a theoretical orientation that emphasizes a person's: a) observable behaviors b) unconscious emotions c) social interactions with other people d) mental processes and knowledge ️️d Which of the following statements is correct? a) A reflex such as a knee-jerk reflex is an example of cognition b) Cognition refers to the acquisition and retrieval of knowledge, but not the use of that knowledge c) "cogni...

Psych 375 midterm Test Questions and Answers wilhelm wundt - Answer-father of experimental psychology and the introspective method vygotsky - Answer-all learning is social, zone of proximal development william james - Answer-described cognitive processes of attention and tip of the tongue phenomenon Gestalt - Answer-perception is greater than behaviorism Tolman - Answer-Cast doubt onto behaviorism piaget - Answer-theory of cognitive development, theory of core knowedge Descri...