Major Field Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Behavior and mental processes - ANSWER-Psychology is the scientific study of Philosophy and physiology - ANSWER-What are the "parent" fields for psychology? 125 - ANSWER-Psychology is about ___ years old Wundt - ANSWER-Who was the person who established psychology as a separate science? Consciousness - ANSWER-What was the subject of structuralism? Introspection - ANSWER-You volunteer to be a participant in a psychology experiment. The researcher asks you to carefully analyze how...

Broca's Aphasia - ANSWER-a condition characterized by difficulties in language production Wernicke's Aphasia - ANSWER-a condition marked by impaired recall of nouns and impaired language comprehension despite fluent and grammatical speech phoneme - ANSWER-a unit of sound morpheme - ANSWER-a unit of meaning word-superiority effect - ANSWER-identify the letter more accurately when it is part of a word then when it is presented by itself fixations - ANSWER-when your eyes are statio...

secondary data usually cost less - ANSWER-In marketing research, a firm might consider using secondary data over primary data because enforcement of internal policies - ANSWER-In organizational decision making, managers are able to exercise the greatest degree of discretion in the current assets less short-term liabilities - ANSWER-The term "net working capital" refers to $700 - ANSWER-Raw material costs $3 per pound and direct production labor is paid $4 per hour. Fixed supervisory ...

Which of the following best describes an open systems approach? A)A set of unrelated parts that individually interact with the environment B) Interdependent parts that do not interact with the environment C) Related parts in a static relationship with the environment D) Interdependent parts in a dynamic relationship with the environment - ANSWER-D) Interdependent parts in a dynamic relationship with the environment Which of the following describes what a person does in a particular job...

(D) $328,000 - ANSWER-1. If a company sold merchandise for a $230,000 cash down payment and $310,000 on account and if the cost of the merchandise sold is $212,000, what is the amount of gross profit? (A) $18,000 (B) $98,000 (C) $310,000 (D) $328,000 (C) $618,000 - ANSWER-2. A company issued a $600,000, 12 percent, 90-day note payable to acquire an office building. What is the maturity value of the note? (A) $72,000 (B) $600,000 (C) $618,000 (D) $672,000 (A) $116,000 -...

In marketing research, a firm might consider using secondary data over primary data because (A) secondary data usually cost less (B) secondary data are usually more accurate (C) primary data are usually non specific (D) primary data are likely to be outdated - ANSWER-(A) secondary data usually cost less In organizational decision making, managers are able to exercise the greatest degree of discretion in the (A) enforcement of internal policies (B) settlement of legal disputes (C) restru...

Retribution - ANSWER-the act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator. Also known as just desserts. Criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the law, and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of the crime committed. Deterrence - ANSWER-a goal that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment; crime prevention (2 types: Specific and General) Specific- seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in re...

Acute disorders Illnesses - ANSWER-Medical problems that occur over a short time, that are usually the result of an infectious process, and that is reversible. Adherence - ANSWER-The degree to which an individual follows a recommended health-related or illness-related recommendation. Common sense model of illness - ANSWER-Model maintaining that people hold implicit common-sense beliefs about their symptoms and illnesses that result in organized illness representations or schemas and that i...

Introspection - ANSWER-Focusing on inner sensations, images and feelings. Wundt used this approach as did James with the stream of consciousness. Behaviorists - ANSWER-John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner dismissed introspection and redefined psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior. Humanistic Psychology - ANSWER-Rebelled against both Behaviorism and Freudian psychology. Pioneers Carl Rogers and Maslow emphasized the importance of current environmental influences on our grow...