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Theory correct answers Explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events; simplifies by organizing isolated facts; offers a useful summary by linking facts with deeper principles Hypothesis correct answers testable prediction; often implied by theory; directs research by enabling us to test and reject or revise theories; specifies the results that would support a theory and the results that would disconfirm it Operational definit...

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According to present research on psychologists, thirty-four percent are in the ________ subfield of psychology. correct answers Clinical Critical thinking means making judgments based on ________. correct answers reason and logical evaluation Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation decreased the likelihood that they would receive help due to ________. correct answers diffusion of responsibility A correlation coefficient represents t...

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SQ3R Method correct answers surgery, question, read, recite, review scientific method correct answers most objective way to acquire knowledge. involves observation, hypothesis testing, theorizing and replication goals of psychology correct answers study of behavior and mental processes applied research correct answers tackling a practical problem basic research correct answers building up psychology's base father of psychology correct answers Wundt structuralists correct ans...

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Psychology correct answers the science of behavior and mental processes Aristotle (384-322 BC) correct answers asked "how do we learn, why do we remember, what motivates us" Wilhelm Wundt correct answers studied people's reaction time and learned that awareness takes longer than reactive thought. Structuralism correct answers Edward Bradford Titcher tried to map the structure of the mind by performing INTROSPECTIVE experiments on subjects Functionalism correct answers Willia...

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Cognitive psychology correct answers The branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including: thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning, judging, and decision making. Thinking correct answers brain activity in which people mentally manipulate information, including words, visual images, sounds, or other data Concepts correct answers mental groupings of similar objects, events, or people Prototype correct answers -typical, highly re...

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Which of the following would be an example of a biological influence into the development of a pathological fear of the sight of blood? a. The immediate assistance offered by friends and family when one appears distressed. b. The tendency to escape and avoid situations involving blood. c. An increase in one's experience of anxiety. d. An increase in heart rate and blood pressure. correct answers d. An increase in heart rate and blood pressure. A multidimensional ________ approach to st...

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Classical Conditioning correct answers type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another extinction correct answers in classical conditioning, the weakening and eventual disappearance of the conditioned response as a result of repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus higher-order conditioning correct answers occurs when unconditioned stimuli are linked together to form a series of signals generalization c...

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When our mental activity undergoes a change in quality or pattern, this is called a(n) correct answers altered state of consciousness The sleep-wake cycle is a(n) _____________ rhythm, normally occurring every 24 hours. correct answers circadian The suprachiasmatic nucleus instructs the ____________ gland to release ____________. correct answers pineal; melatonin In which stage(s) of sleep is a person hardest to wake? correct answers Stages 3 and 4 Which of the following is not a cha...

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Perception correct answers The processes that organize information in the sensory image and interpret it as having been produced by properties of objects or events in the external, three-dimensional world Perception correct answers In its broad usage, refers to the overall process of apprehending objects and events in the environment--to sense them, understand them, identify, and label them, and prepare to react to them. Percept correct answers What is perceived--the phenomenological, or e...

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Social Psychology correct answers The branch of psychology that is interested in the way individual's thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by others Need-To-Belong Theory correct answers Theory that states there is a biological need for interpersonal connections Attribution Theory correct answers Theory that states we are motivated to explain behavior Situational Attribution (External Attribution) correct answers Something external is causing one to act in a certain way ...

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What is learning? correct answers A relatively permanent change in feelings, behavior, or knowledge. What are the three types of learning? What are they classified as? correct answers Associative Learning - Classical: form association between previously unrelated stimuli - Operant: form association between behaviors and consequences Watching Others - Vicarious: learn through observation Who developed classical conditioning, and what were his observations? correct answers Ivan Pavlov. ...

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Psychology correct answers the science that studies behavior and mental processes ABC's of Psychology & describe correct answers Affect - Emotions Behavior - observable, measurable, & publicly verifiable Cognition - thoughts/beliefs Why is psychology a science? correct answers Scientific Method What does the scientific method entail? correct answers observe hypothesis (not proven) test hypothesis refining observation replication (someone else replicates study) (makes it more ve...

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A positive correlation indicates that the variables vary together in the _____. correct answers Same direction When psychologists publish new research findings, they do so in great detail so that others may do what? correct answers Repeat the experiment for verification What technique would give the best results if you wanted to determine how high school seniors' SAT scores related to their grade point averages? correct answers Correlational method The contemporary approach of 'em...

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psychology correct answers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and applying these studies in the service of human welfare reasoning correct answers a process which we generate argument, evaluate those arguments, and draw a conclusion informal reasoning correct answers assessing conclusion based on available evidence formal reasoning correct answers using logic/observations to reach a conclusion heuristics correct answers mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" th...

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The biological, emotional, cognitive, or social forces that activate and direct behavior together constitute: are defined as: correct answers MOTIVATION The study of how people change physically, mentally, and socially throughout the lifespan would MOST likely be conducted by a ______ psychologist. correct answers developemental The three basic characteristics commonly associated with motivation are: activation, ______, and intensity. correct answers persistence Although not yet aware o...

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the definition of hereditarianism correct answers a belief that moral and intellectual differences are mainly determined by genetic factors the "science" of manipulation: John Watson's behaviorist principles and advertising correct answers -focus on tugging at the emotional strings of consumers -consumers' misconception that they are immune to manipulation of ads makes them more vulnerable -more exposure makes it more effective over time critical thinking definition correct a...

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Sexual Orientation correct answers the direction of a person's emotional and erotic attraction towards members of the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes Gender correct answers the cultural, social, and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity or femininity Gender Roles correct answers the behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as either masculine or feminine Gender Identity correct answers a person's psychological sense of being ...

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Neutral Stimulus correct answers initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention. In classical conditioning, when used together with an unconditioned stimulus, the _____ _______ becomes a conditioned stimulus. Unconditioned Response (UR) correct answers behavior that occurs naturally due to a given stimulus. However, a stimulus prompts a conditioned response only when someone has come to associate that stimulus with another. Acquisition correct answers the learning or...

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Psychology correct answers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes; study of mind and behavior. As a science, dates 150 years back. Founder of Empirical Psychology correct answers Wilhelm Wundt What is Wilhelm Wundt famous for? correct answers structuralism, emphasis on replication Structuralism correct answers organizing basic sensations into the structures of the mind. relies on introspection. What is William James famous for? correct answers emphasizing functionalism...

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Every evening after arriving home, Dr. Trott feeds his cats their dry-food by grabbing the bag of food off of the fridge, filling their bowls, and placing the bowl in their separate eating areas. One day, when Dr. Trott came home, Bela was found waiting at her eating area. This is an example of which of the following? Choose the best answer. - Goal-tracking - Sign-tracking - Conditioned taste preference - Conditional fear - Sensitization - None of the above correct answers Goal-tracking r...

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