PSYCH 100 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Behaviorism - Answer All behavior is learned through a focus on observable behavior case study - Answer Detailed investigations of one subject. Highly detailed, but specific to one case control group - Answer Group that is not exposed to the Independent variable Correlation - Answer A measure of the relationship between two variables dependent variable - Answer Variable that represents the measurable response of participants Experiment - Answer The only method that allows research...

Reaching conclusions in psychological science requires - Answer the ability to test a theory ____ believed that the mind and body are made of different things, with the mind being made of immaterial or spiritual substance - Answer Descartes Today, most psychologists would agree with which statement concerning - Answer mental processes arise from brain functioning All scientific disciplines require: - Answer replicable observation Hector doesn't believe that mental processes can be st...

Psych 100- PSU Brian Crosby Exam 2 Questions with Verified Solutions Absolute Threshold - Answer -Least Energy for correct stimulus to detect 50% of the Time. Just Noticeable Difference - Answer -Smallest difference between two thing can be detected 50% of the time -difference in two weight Top-down Processing - Answer -experience/expectations -listening to your favorite song bc you know how you'll feel -past experiences -Perception Bottom-up Processing - Answer -Making new sense of n...

Psych 100 Exam 1 (PSU Crosby) Questions with Verified Solutions Behaviorism - Answer -All behavior is learned through a focus on observable behavior case study - Answer -Detailed investigations of one subject. Highly detailed, but specific to one case control group - Answer -Group that is not exposed to the Independent variable Correlation - Answer -A measure of the relationship between two variables dependent variable - Answer -Variable that represents the measurable response of participa...

Psych 100 PSU 16' Crosby Exam 1 with Correct Solutions Wilhelm Wundt - Answer -established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany; "Father of Psychology" Structuralism - Answer -early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Tichener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind Functionalism - Answer -early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how metal and behavioral processes function-- how they enable the orga...

PSYCH 100 FINAL CROSBY EXAM with Verified Solutions 2024 social psychology - Answer -the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined or implied presence of others social influence - Answer -the process through which the real or implied presence of others can directly or indirectly influence the thoughts, feelings and behavior of an individual groupthink - Answer -kind of thinking that occurs when people place more importance on ...

PSYCH 100 EXAM 4 PSU Questions and Verified Solutions 2024 Anorexia Nervosa - Answer -Eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation Distorted self-image; think they're bigger than they are Low body weight Anxiety Disorders - Answer -Disorders in which the main symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety Bipolar Disorder - Answer -Severe mood swings between major depressive and manic episodes Duration of episodes must be longer than one week Bulimia...

PSU Psych 100 Exam 2 with Verified Solutions 2024 sensation - Answer -the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment perception - Answer -the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events bottom-up processing - Answer -analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information top-down process...

PSYCH 100 Exam 4 PSU-Laurent Questions with Verified Solutions psychological disorder - Answer -a collection of symptoms marked by a "clinically significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior" when are disturbances considered "dysfunctional"? - Answer -when they interfere with every day life are mental health issues common? - Answer -yes mental health issues risk factors - Answer -academic failure, birth complications, abuse, trauma mental health protective fact...

PSYCH 100 Exam 3 ~ CROSBY PSU circadian rhythm - Answer -a cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24-hour period - sleep wake cycle REM Sleep - Answer -- rapid eye movement -eyes moving under eyelids -increase in body function (ex: heartbeat) - 90% of dreaming - REM paralysis Stages of Sleep: Stage 1 - Answer -NonREM light sleep hypnic jerk/hypnic image quiet sleep Stages of Sleep: Stage 2 - Answer -temperature, breathing, and heart rate decrease; sleep spindles Stages of Sleep: ...

PSYCH 100 EXAM 1 PSU Questions with Verified Solutions structuralists - Answer -looked at the brain in smaller pieces like they all had specific functions without looking at the big picture. Tried to have people use introspection to have them describe what they're feeling but it didn't really work out that well. functionalists - Answer -analyzed the function and purpose of behavior; looking at the function of the mind; why does our mind evolve to the way it is experimental psychologists...

Psych 100 Crosby Exam 2 with Verified Solutions consciousness - Answer -a person's awareness of everything that is going on around him or her at any given moment -- used to organize behavior waking consciousness - Answer --thoughts, feelings, sensations are clear -the person is alert and experiences are clear -able to use information to direct our behaviors and senses altered state of consciousness - Answer --shift of consciousness from waking -shift in quality or pattern in mental activ...