PSYCH 1000

difference between motivation and emotion - Answer motivation activates goal- directed behavior; emotions are subjective experiences of physiological reactions to stimuli What is motivation? - Answer A psychological process that directs and maintains behavior toward a goal, produced by a state of arousal or unmet need. What brain structure regulates basic biological needs and motivational systems? - Answer The hypothalamus What are motives? - Answer Internal need...

Reflexes - Answer fast, simple, and irreflexible- involuntary pain reflexes - Answer pull you out of situations instincts - Answer inborn patterns of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli -more complex than reflexes William james argued - Answer humans have more instincts than animals learning - Answer a relatively permanent change in behavior of the capacity for behavior that occurs due to experience -any new behavior that you learn to do is base...

Kurt Lewin's formula - Answer behavior is a function of the person and the environment (B=f(P,E)) mimicry - Answer taking on for ourselves the behaviors, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others Social norms - Answer the (usually unwritten) guidelines for how to behave in social contexts What is one of the main motivators to go along with social norms? - Answer social approval ostracism - Answer being ignored or excluded from social contac...

concept - Answer the mental representation of an object, event, or idea categories - Answer clusters of interrelated concepts rule-based categorization - Answer categorizing objects or events according to a certain set of rules or by a specific set of features graded membership - Answer the observation that some concepts appear to make better category members than others exemplar - Answer a specific example that best represents a category prototype - ...

In Solomon Asch's famous experiment in which participants were asked to visually judge the length of lines, why did many participants give the incorrect answer at least part of the time? a. The lines were too close in length to accurately judge their relative lengths. b. The participants conformed their answers to those offered by others in the room. c. The participants were hoping to stand out as unique. d. The participants were intentionally trying to sabotage the study. - Answer ...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior, thought and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors scientific method - Answer a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them and using the theories to make predictions A testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured is referred to as a(n): A. opinion B. theory C. thesis D. hypothesis ...

What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (doesn't show up for exp. they signed up for)? - Answer They will not receive the no "no show" bonus at the end of the semester (7 pts.) What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student misses class? - Answer You are to visit him in his office hours with an official written excuse within one week of your absence What is the penalty if a student is ...

Which neural center/brain part in the limbic system helps process explicit memories for storage including episodic memories? - Answer hippocampus Released by the adrenal glands during stress, this hormone can among many things contribute to heightened vigilance during danger, decrease working memory, and sometimes even cause obesity. - Answer cortisol Vygotsky method wherein children are pushed to go just beyond what they are competent and capable of doing. - Answer scaff...

Parasympathetic Nervous System - Answer part of the autonomic nervous systems that controls the bodys functions at rest--"rest and digest" part of Autonomic Nervous System Sympathetic Nervous System - Answer prepares the body to react to stress or threat--"fight or flight" part of Autonomic Nervous System James-Lange Theory of Emotion - Answer perceive specific patterns of bodily responses, and as a result of that perception our body feels emotion ex: se...

Foot-in-the-Door Approach - Answer You will comply with a larger request if you first comply to a smaller request Door-in-the-Face Approach - Answer You will comply if you are asked to do something large, reject, then are asked a smaller request Critical Thinking - Answer Questioning & evaluating information using well-supported evidence Hindsight Bias - Answer Accepting after the face explanations Confirmation Bias - Answer Supporting something based on...