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Sensation - correct answer -The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment Perception - correct answer -The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events Bottom-Up Processing - correct answer -Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information Top-Down Processing - correct answer -Inf...

Define personality. - ANSWER relatively stable pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that distinguishes one person from another Define self-report inventories. - ANSWER psychological test in which individuals answer questions about themselves, usually by responding yes/no or T/F; best-known and most widely used Give two examples of self-report personality inventories. which one is most widely used?? - ANSWER MMPI and CPI MMPI Who developed the MMPI? When? - ANSWER Hathaway and Mckinle...

Fear - correct answer -Immediate, present-oriented Sympathetic nervous system activation Anxiety - correct answer -apprehensive, future oriented Somatic Symptoms of Anxiety - correct answer -muscle tension, increase HR, excessive sweating, etc. Panic Attack - correct answer -abrupt experience of intense fear physical symptoms: heart palpitations, chest pain, dizziness, sweating, chills, or heat sensations cognitive symptoms: fear of losing control, dying, or going crazy Comorbidi...

Psychology Memory Exam Questions and Answers All Correct 3 processes of memory - ANSWER encoding, storage, retrieval 3 types of encoding - ANSWER visual, acoustic, semantic which part of the brain is responsible for memory - ANSWER Hippocampus in the temporal lobe. how is short term memory encoded - ANSWER typically acoustically as opposed to long term memory which is encoded semantically who made the multi store model - ANSWER Atkinson and Shiffr...

continuous reinforcement - correct answer -A pattern by which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs. discriminative stimulus - correct answer -A signal indicating that a particular behavior will be followed by a particular consequence. fixed-interval schedule - correct answer -A reinforcement schedule in which a behavior can be reinforced after a time interval that is consistent and predictable. fixed-ratio schedule - correct answer -A reinforcement schedule in which a behavior ...

Intro to Psychology - Final Exam Questions Answered correctly!! Personality Conscious mind Preconscious mind Unconscious mind Id Pleasure principle Ego. Reality principle Superego Defense mechanism Erogenous zone Fixation Oral stage of psychosexual development Anal stage of psychosexual devlopment Phallic stage of psychosexual development Oedipus Conflict Identification Latency stage of psychosexual development Genital stage of psychosexu...

Test Bank for Educational Psychology 15e 15th edition by Anita Woolfolk, Usher ISBN-13: 5116 Full Chapters test bank included PART I: SETTING THE STAGE Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology Who Are You? Who Are Your Students? Culture and Diversity PART II: DEVELOPMENT: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES Cognitive Development The Self, Social, and Moral Development Learner Differences and Learning Needs Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education PART III: ...

development - correct answer -the pattern of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that begin from conception throughout the rest of life biological processes - correct answer -Changes to development as a result of that person's physical nature (ie genetics, brain development, height, weight gains etc). cognitive processes - correct answer -changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language socioemotional processes - correct answer -changes in an individual's ...

1. Psychology can be considered a collection of many related fields of study. What is one of the features that all of these fields have in common? a. The use of the scientific method b. The study of mental illness c. The belief that the unconscious mind determines human behaviour d. The use of introspection Answer: A Module 1.1 2. _____ are built from _____ that are repeatedly tested and confirmed. a. Theories; hypotheses b. Hypotheses; theories c. Predictions; observations d. Obser...

General Psychology Exam 1(PSY 200 test 1, intro to psychology, memory, and brain and behavior)2023