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PY 101 Question and answers 100% correct
PY 101 Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 - Exam 2 
 
nonassociative, associative, observational - correct answer Learning is divided into 3 subcategories: ___, ___, and ___. 
 
nonassociative, habituation, sensitization - correct answer ___: learning about a stimulus, such as sight or sound, in the external world. This type of learning is divided into ___ (when our behavioral response to a stimulus decreases) or ___ (when it increases) 
 
associative, classical, operant - correct a...
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PY 101 Question and answers 100% correct
PY 101 Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 - Exam 1 
 
What is pyschology? - correct answer the science of mind/mental process and behavior 
 
what is the mind? - correct answer the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings - it is what the brain does 
 
what was psychology built on? - correct answer philosophy (described how mind worked) 
 
What did Plato believe? - correct answer knowledge was innate - nativism 
 
What did Aristotle believe? - cor...
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PY 101 Question and answers rated A+
PY 101 Question and answers rated A+ PY 101-1 Final Study Guide 
 
According to Wilhelm Wundt, the focus of scientific psychology should be the study of 
Conscious experience 
 
 
The term used by William James to describe a continuous flow of thoughts was 
stream of consciousness 
 
 
 
The first woman to serve as president of the American Psychological Association was 
Mary Calkin 
 
 
Functionalism was founded by 
William James 
 
 
Sigmund Freud developed an innovative procedure for treat...
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PY 101 Questions with complete solution
PY 101 Questions with complete solution PY 101: Chapter 6 
 
A drug that is capable of producing pronounced changes in perception is a(n) - correct answer hallucinogen. 
 
What is an example of a stimulant? - correct answer Caffeine 
 
What are some effects of cocaine? - correct answer increased confidence, mood elevation 
 
_________________ attention is the ability to maintain focused awareness of a target. - correct answer Sustained 
 
Dreams during ______________ sleep are less deta...
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PY 101 Question and answers correctly solved
PY 101 Question and answers correctly solved PY 101: Chapter 3 
 
_____ processing is the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. - correct answer dual 
 
During a normal night, about half of one's sleep time is spent in NREM-_____ sleep. - correct answer 2 
 
One in ten adults complains of _____, a sleep disorder characterized by nightly problems falling or staying asleep. - correct answer insomnia 
 
While intently wa...
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PY 101 Question and answers rated A+ PY 101 (UAB)- Chapter 2 
 
Biological Psychology - correct answer A branch of psychology that studies the links between biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes. 
 
Neuron - correct answer A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. 
 
Dendrites - correct answer A neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body. 
 
Axon - correct answ...
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PY 101 Questions with complete solution
PY 101 Questions with complete solution PY 101-014 Ch. 1: Introduction to Psychology 
 
what is psychology? - correct answer the scientific study of thought and behavior 
 
what is anthropology? - correct answer the study of human culture and origins 
 
what is sociology? - correct answer group membership rather than individual 
 
psychology comes from what greek root word? - correct answer psyche "mind" 
 
clinical psychology - correct answer encompasses treating patients with...
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PY 101 TEST 2 Question and answers correctly solved
PY 101 TEST 2 Question and answers correctly solved PY 101 TEST 2 
 
CHAPTER 6 - correct answer 
 
Learning - correct answer A change in behavior, resulting from experience. 
 
3 Types of Learning - correct answer Non associative, Associative, Observational (Watching others) 
 
Non-Associative Learning - correct answer Habituation and Sensitization 
 
Habituation - correct answer Behavioral response to a stimulus decreases. 
Usually because stimulus is neither harmful nor rewarding...
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py 101 test 1 dobias Question and answers verified to pass
py 101 test 1 dobias Question and answers verified to pass py 101 test 1 dobias 
 
how can psychology be defined? what is the goal? - correct answer psychology is the scientific study of the mind (private inner experience) and behavior (observable actions) 
 
how did early philosophers influence what we know today as psych? - correct answer the foundation of psychology was built within philosophy - early philosophers described how the mind worked. 
 
plato - correct answer believed knowl...
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PY 101 Quiz 5 Question and answers verified to pass
PY 101 Quiz 5 Question and answers verified to pass PY 101 Quiz 5 
 
Attribution - correct answer is the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events. 
 
Internal attribution - correct answer due to a person's characteristics 
 
External Attribution - correct answer due to situational variables 
 
Fundamental attribution error - correct answer is our tendency to explain someone's behaviour based on internal factors, such as personality or disposition, a...
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PY 101 Quiz 4 Question and answers already passed
PY 101 Quiz 4 Question and answers already passed PY 101 Quiz 4 
 
Cognition - correct answer The mental activity that occurs in the brain associated with processing, understanding and communicating information; thinking, problem-solving, reasoning, and dreaming. 
 
Cognitive psychologists - correct answer Examine internal mental processes such as memory, perception, learning and language, and they are concerned with how people understand, diagnose, and solve problems and make decisions. ...
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PY 101 Quiz 1 Question and answers verified to pass
PY 101 Quiz 1 Question and answers verified to pass PY 101 Quiz 1 
 
d - correct answer Tim is tries to explain what his Introductory Psychology class is all about. Tim can best describe psychology as the study of human behavior and ____________. 
a. interaction. 
b. motivation. 
c. feelings. 
d. mental processes. 
 
b - correct answer Edmund wants to study how different areas in our brain are activated when we learn a new language. Edmund wants to conduct research in the area of ________...
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PY 101 MIDTERM REVIEW Question and answers already passed
PY 101 MIDTERM REVIEW Question and answers already passed PY 101 MIDTERM REVIEW 
 
Behavioral - correct answer Only observable events (stimulus-response relations) can be studied scientifically 
 
Psychoanalytic - correct answer Unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders 
 
Humanistic - correct answer Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth, and they are fundamentally different from animals 
 
Cognitive - ...
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PY 101 G Question and answers 100% correct
PY 101 G Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 G - Multiple Choice Questions from Quizzes 
 
Confirmation bias is 
 
Amiable skepticism 
 
Ignoring evidence 
 
Neuropsychology 
 
Functionalism 
 
ignoring evidence 
 
 
Humanism is
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PY 101 final exam study Question and answers 100% correct
PY 101 final exam study Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 final exam study 
 
personality - correct answer consists of the characteristic thoughts, emotional responses, and 
behaviors that are relatively stable in a person over time and across circumstances 
 
personality trait - correct answer a dispositional tendency to act in a certain way over time and 
across circumstances 
 
temperaments - correct answer biologically based tendencies to feel or act in certain ways 
 
self ac...
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PY 101 Final Exam Study Guide Question 100% correct
PY 101 Final Exam Study Guide Question 100% correct PY 101 Final Exam Study Guide 
 
Edmund wants to identify relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior, measure these traits, and determine how these traits interact in a particular context to determine how a person will behave in any given situation. Edmund wants to conduct research in the area of ________. 
 
a. cognition 
b. perception 
c. personality psychology 
d. social psychology 
(c) Personality psychology 
 
 
Calisha and ...
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PY 101 Final Exam Review Question and answers rated A+
PY 101 Final Exam Review Question and answers rated A+ PY 101 Final Exam Review (Weger, UAH) 
 
Most psychological research is based on the results of _____. - correct answer psychological testing 
 
Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions? - correct answer experimental 
 
An intelligence test yields the same results when administered on three separate occasions. However, the test's results are more strongly correlated with hours spent doing homew...
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PY 101 Final Exam Questions with complete solution
PY 101 Final Exam Questions with complete solution PY 101 Final Exam 
 
Tim is telling his parents about his classes this semester. He tries to explain what his Introductory Psychology class is all about. Tim can best describe psychology as the study of - correct answer behavior and mental processes 
 
Edmund wants to identify relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior, measure these traits, and determine how these traits interact in a particular context to determine how a person ...
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PY 101 FINAL EXAM Question and answers correctly solved
PY 101 FINAL EXAM Question and answers correctly solved PY 101 FINAL EXAM 
 
psychology - correct answer the scientific study of mental activity and behavior, which are based on brain processes 
 
critical thinking - correct answer systematically evaluating information to reach conclusions best supported by evidence 
 
structuralism - correct answer an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying components 
 
functional...
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PY 101 Exam Question and answers verified to pass
PY 101 Exam Question and answers verified to pass PY 101 Exam #2 
 
absolute threshold - correct answer the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time 
 
accommodation - correct answer process which eye`s lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on retina 
 
achievement test - correct answer A test designed to assess what a person has learned 
 
acquisition - correct answer in classical conditioning, initial stage, when one links a neutral ...