Introductiontopsychology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CHAPTER 3: THREE CLAIMS, FOUR VALIDITIES: INTERROGATION TOOLS FOR CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH MULTIPLE CHOICE RESEARCH STUDY 3.1 Anderson is reading his morning paper and sees the following headline: “Female Engineering Majors’ Effort on Math Problems Depends on Sex of Role Model.” (This headline is based on a study conducted by Stout, Dasgupta, Hunsinger, and McManus, 2011.) In the study, female students were asked by either a male math major or a female math major to complete a math tes...

This is an exam and study guide on psychology for chapters 1, 4, 6 of the textbook Discovering Psychology (9th Ed) by Hockenbury ISBN: 0183

I created a table, colour coded into groups (e.g. insight, direct, non-direct therapy etc), with headings of: name of school, name of founder, theory's belief and the purpose and focus of the therapy. The table allows you to compare the theories, which is often how this section is questioned. Theories range from psychoanalysis to cognitive-behavioural and many others. I've listed twelve in total.

This Chapter is about what psychology is and the different schools of psychology and their creators.

Classical conditioning: Learning through association

Motivation - The 'whys' of behavior

What is abnormal behavior?

States of Consciousness

The structure of the neuron

Behavior Therapies