PSYC 2000 (PSYC101)

Dave's boss told him that he doesn't have to attend the company's picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Daves boss is using _______________ - Answer negative reinforcement What is positive reinforcement? - Answer presenting a motivating/ reinforcing stimulus to the person after the desired behavior is exhibited, making the behavior more likely to happen in the future. example: a mother gives her son candy for cleaning up his toys ...

The difference between altruistic behavior and prosocial behavior is that altruistic behavior involves the expectation of reward- what goes around comes around - Answer False The Konrad Lorenz theory of aggression states - Answer Aggression is an instinct that helps promote survival Why do micro saccades exist? - Answer to prevent sensory depravation Brooke is working on a puzzle. She had the box with the full picture out in front of her and is slowly recreating the pi...

Awareness of everything around you and inside of your head at any given moment - Answer consciousness consciousness is used to organize your ______, _____, _____, and _____ - Answer behavior, thoughts, sensations and feelings 2 types of consciousness? - Answer waking, altered state waking consciousness? - Answer thoughts, feeling sensations when we are awake; generally clear and organized altered consciousness? - Answer shifts in the quality in or patter...

Which correlation coefficient best represents a moderate relationship showing fewer anxiety symptoms in people who report higher life satisfaction? a. -0.5 b. +0.4 c. -0.2 d. +0.7 - Answer a. -0.5 Spurling et al. investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the ________ variable and word retention is the ________ variable. a. experimental; control b. dependent; independent c. control...

sensation - Answer When sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor/ EX. light that enters the eye causes chemical changes in cells that line the back of the eye. transduction - Answer The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential absolute threshold - Answer refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time/ Another way to think about this is by asking how dim can a light be or ...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of the mind and behavior Structuralism - Answer Understanding the conscious experience through introspection Functionalism - Answer Focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer Focused on how the unconscious affects behavior Gestalt Psychology - Answer The whole is greater than the sum of its parts Behaviorism - Answer Focus on observing and c...

psychopathology - Answer the study of abnormal behavior and psychological dysfunction trephining - Answer cutting holes into the skull of a living person how did Hippocrates explain mental illnesses? - Answer that illnesses of the body and the mind were the result of imbalances in the body’s vital fluids How did the Middle Ages explain mental illnesses? - Answer believed in spirit possession what is an exorcism - Answer formal casting out of the demon ...

the field of psychology scientifically explores the ____ and _____. - Answer behavior, thoughts the study of cognitive psychology primarily involves____ - Answer the interplay between thoughts, experiences, and actions the method of study known as ____ relies on direct observation - Answer empirical Which correlation coefficient indicates a moderate inverse correlation between life satisfaction and anxiety symptoms? - Answer -.53 the hogan twins conjoined at t...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Behavior - Answer anything an organism does Mental processes - Answer internal, personal experiences we infer from behavior critical thinking - Answer thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. curiosity - Answer enthusiasm/ willingness to question/ explore ...

Structuralism - Answer Wundt, contents of mental process rather than their function Functionalism - Answer James, how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment Psychoanalytic Theory - Answer Freud, the role of a person's unconscious mind and early childhood experiences Gestalt Psychology - Answer Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler, while a sensory experience can be broken down into individual parts, how those parts relate to each other as a whole i...