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Cognition refers to... - ANSWERThe mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Regis thinks it's wrong to drive over the speed limit simply because he might get punished for doing so. He is demonstrating Kohlberg's ______ level of morality. - ANSWERPreconventional In a well-known experiment, preschool children punded and kicked a large inflatable Bobo doll that an adult had just behaved aggressively toward. This experiment served to illustrate the...

Define Psychology. What is the origin of the term "psychology?" Why is psychology defined as a "science?" - ANSWER- Psyche: (greek word) ~ Mind - ology: Knowledge or study The scientific study of behavior and mental processes (Licht, Hull, Ballantyne, 2014,pg. 4). - Overt: behavior can be directly observed (expressing gratitude). - Covert: mental processes cannot be directly observed (remembering & thinking). What are the four goals of Psychology? - ANSWERdescription, explanation/...

What are the three steps to forming a memory? - ANSWEREncoding, storage, retrieval. How many items can the average person store in their short-term memory? - ANSWERThe average person can store about 7 items in their short term memory. (5-9) True or False? Long-term memory has no limit on the amount of information that can be stored. - ANSWERTrue, there are no limits for long term memories. What is the difference between an explicit and an implicit memory? - ANSWERExplicit memories requi...

interactive dualism - ANSWERdescartes concept that the mind and body are 2 separate entities but they casually interact w/ each other to produce conscious experience psychology - ANSWERbehavior of the mental state physiology - ANSWERa branch of biology Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWERgerman physiologist who established first Psychology lab @ Univ of Leipzig, Germany *was seeking to measure " atoms of the mind" considered to be first Psychology experiment Structuralism - ANSWER*early school ...

Critical thinking is ... - ANSWERApplying a set of skills to understand and evaluate information Psychology refers to the: - ANSWERScientific study of the mind The empirical method of study is based on - ANSWERobservation When was psychology accepted as an academic discipline? - ANSWER1800s Who was the first person referred to as a psychologist? - ANSWERWilhelm Wundt Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines --- as objectively as possible. - ANSWERHer own conscio...

psychology - ANSWERstudy of behavior and mental process; most work for clinical practice in higher edu. areas. sub-fields of psych/research - ANSWER1. basic: calculating data to support/refute theories 2. applied: changing behaviors and outcomes, helps generate behavioral interventions for children w/ sensory issues (autism). goals of psych - ANSWER1. describe 2. explain 3. predict 4. control Plato (nature) - ANSWERtruth and knowledge exist in the soul -- born with a form of innate ...

3-part definition of psychology - ANSWER1. How the brain takes information 2. How the brain processes the information 3. What behavior results from this process. How are academic and clinical psychologists different - ANSWERAcademic is solely based on teaching and research while clinician serve as counselors to help people with a multitude of personal challenges difference between applied versus basic research - ANSWERApplied: focuses on discouraging bad behavior or promoting good behav...

Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another? - ANSWERSocial Psychology People's preference for mirror-image photographs of themselves illustrates the impact of - ANSWERThe Mere Exposure effect Trait theorists are more concerned with ______ personality than with __________ it - ANSWERDescribing; explaining Fernando's favorable attitude toward capital punishment began to change when he was asked to ...

Structuralist View of Consciousness - ANSWERBreak consciousness down to the lowest level Functionalist View of Consciousness - ANSWERConsciousness is a stream of thought Behaviorist View of Consciousness - ANSWERNo consciousness Modern View of Consciousness - ANSWERAwareness of surrounding and how things are connected together Elements of Consciousness - ANSWERAttention, selective, limited capacity Inattentional Blindness - ANSWERA form of selective attention that describes the bl...

A test in which the test scores are consistent is said to have a high degree. - ANSWERReliability. If a psychological test is designed to measure anxiety but is found to measure creativity instead, a researcher could state that the test lacks: - ANSWERValidity If researchers were to find a strong negative correlation between the amount of alcohol consumed and the frequency of nightmares, then they could conclude: - ANSWERA high level of alcohol consumption is associated with a low frequenc...