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PSYC Written Exam Questions & Answers. Conformity - CORRECT ANSWER Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. Asch (1956) line judgment study - CORRECT ANSWER Asch (1956) found that group size influenced whether subjects conformed. The bigger the majority group (no of confederates), the more people conformed, but only up to a certain point. Group polarization - CORRECT ANSWER the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within th...

Introduction to Psychology - YALE University Course - Week 1 Written Exam. materialism - CORRECT ANSWER our most intimate feelings and thoughts come from material things. The idea that our mental life comes from our physical brain Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER the idea that we are part material and part psychological Neurons - CORRECT ANSWER sum up and transmit information dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER receive singles from other neurons - excitatory (+) - inhibitory (-) cell body - CORR...

Yale PSYC 110 Practice Exam Questions & Answers. Phineas Gage - CORRECT ANSWER Metal rod through left cheekbone and brain, could still speak, read, see. Became angry, no self-control Materialism - CORRECT ANSWER Brain is the source of mental life Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER Material bodies, but minds are non-material and non-physical Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER Get info from other neurons Axons - CORRECT ANSWER Send info to other neurons Sensory neurons - CORRECT ANSWER Take in inf...

Yale Psych 110 Exam 1 Final Study Guide. 5 Pillars of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Evolution: genes make brains 2. Modularity: The mind is a collection of parts 3. Idealism: minds make reality, what we see is what is infringing on our senses 4. Materialism: Brains make minds, everything u see is firing of neurons 5. Empiricism: believe only what you can count Name three misconceptions of evolution - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Populations evolve, not individuals. Some ppl think individuals do....

KU PSYC 360 Exam 1 Study Guide Review Test. dispositions - CORRECT ANSWER the natural tendencies of each individual to take on a certain position in any field fundamental attribution error - CORRECT ANSWER Ps don't adjust enough for the author's lack of choice. They continue to make Correspondent Inference (CI). Correspondence Bias/Fundamental Attribution Error. Tendency for people to overestimate internal AND underestimate external causes of behavior. contrual - CORRECT ANSWER refers...

PSYC 241 Review Practice Exam Questions & Answers. 3 theories of altruism - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Kin Selection 2) Reciprocal altruism 3) Cooperatice group social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another Sociology (compared to social psychology) - CORRECT ANSWER unit of analysis tends to be more on the individual rather than the group Similar research questions Cognitive psychology (compared to social psychology) -...

PSY 110 Final Exam Questions Correctly Answered. Operational Definition - CORRECT ANSWER Define concepts and labels by the way they are measured Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER believed childhood experiences have great impact on hysteria. influenced many other psychologists, Austrian; psychoanalytic theory Carl Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER humanistic psychology; uses a treatment model; focuses on positive potential of humans. William James - CORRECT ANSWER influenced by natural selection; ...

Intro Psych (Fall 2024 - Paul Bloom - Yale) Study Review Test. mind - CORRECT ANSWER private inner experiences of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings behavior - CORRECT ANSWER observable actions of humans and nonhumans William James () - CORRECT ANSWER Early American psychologist - functionalist nativism - CORRECT ANSWER the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (Plato) (nature) philosophical empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER all knowledge i...

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