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- Title: TAMIU Psychology 1301 exam 1 Part II
- Type: Notes
- School: TAMU Intl.
- Course: PSYCH 1301
- Term: Spring
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I Chapter Goals of Psychology: 1. Describe behavior What. Classify or name. 2. Explain behavior Why. Why a behavior or mental process occurred. Nature Vs. Nurture 3. Predict behavior Likelihood. Identify the conditions under which a future behavior is likely to occur. 4. Change behavior prevent unwanted outcomes or bring about desire goals History of Psychology Wilhelm Wundt (Father of psychology) (Structuralism) Establish the first psychology laboratory in Germany in 1879. He wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology, the most important book in the history of psychology. He and his followers were interested in studying conscious experience-how we form sensations, images, and feelings. Their methodology was introspection, monitoring, and reporting on the contents. Structuralism Wundt & Edward Titchener Edward Titchener (Structuralism) He brought Wundt's ideas to the United States and established a psychological laboratory at Cornell University. He sought to out identify the basic building blocks, or structures, of the mind. This became Structuralism which dealt with the structure of mental life. They believed elements of conscious experience combined to form the compounds of the mind. It soon failed because when different observers introspected and then disagreed on their experiences. It could also not be used for nonhuman animals, children, or complex topics like mental disorders or personality. Functionalism Study of how the mind functions to adapt human and nonhuman animals to their environment. It was strongly influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. They asked questions like "Why do we have the emotion of anger?" William James (Functionalism) An American scholar who was a leading force in functionalist school. His book Principles of Psychology became the leading psychology text. He broadened psychology to include nonhuman animal behavior, various biological processes, and behaviors.
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101-6_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 6 Markets and Prices Why does Derek Jeter earn more than Sharon Weaver? Why do diamonds cost more than water? Why do Picasso\'s paintings sell for more than Leroy Nieman\'s? Is it cost of production that determines prices (as Adam Smit...
101-7_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 7 When all relevant production costs are incurred by sellers, and when all relevant product benefits accrue to buyers, the market equilibrium price and quantity are socially optimal. P S P* D Q* Q When Smart for One is Dumb for All...
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101-9_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 9 The Law of Demand: People do less of what they want to do as the cost of doing it rises. The cost of an activity, good, or service involves not just monetary costs, but nonmonetary costs as well. Example 9.1. \"Free\" Hgen-Ds ice cre...
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Description: Econ 101 Lecture 10 Substitution is the most important reason for the law of demand. When the price of something rises, we turn to substitutes. When the price of energy rises, people: form carpools take fewer trips buy 4-cylinder cars take public tra...
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Description: Econ 101 Lecture 11 Example 11.1. How should Leroy divide his time between picking apples and writing pulp fiction? A men\'s magazine will pay Leroy 10 cents per word to write fiction articles. He must decide how to divide his time between writing fic...
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Description: Econ 101 Lecture 12 A Note on the Firm\'s Shut-Down Condition It might seem that a firm that can sell as much output as it wishes at a constant market price would always do best in the short run by producing and selling the output level for which pric...
101-13_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 13 Markets allocate scarce goods and services on the basis of willingness to pay. Similarly, cost-benefit analysis resolves public decisions on the basis of willingness to pay. Is that a good thing to do? Doesn\'t willingness-to-pay ...
101-14_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Economics 101 Lecture 14 Calculating Total Economic Surplus Consumer surplus: the difference between the most a buyer would have been willing to pay for a product and the amount it actually costs her. Producer surplus: the difference between what a c...
101-15_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Economics 101 Lecture 15 Example 15.1. For the supply and demand curves shown, suppose a tax of $6/lb is levied on sellers. What share of the burden of this tax be borne by buyers? By sellers? Price ($/lb) 18 S 6 0 Quantity 12 18 (millions of lb/mon...
101-16_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Economics 101 Lecture The rationing function of price: to distribute scarce goods to those consumers who value them most highly. The allocative function of price: to direct resources away from overcrowded markets and toward markets that are underserv...
101-17_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 17 The Perfectly Competitive Firm Is a Price Taker (Recap) The perfectly competitive firm has no influence over the market price. It can sell as many units as it wishes at that price. Typically, a \"perfectly\" competitive industry is ...
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Description: NCC 502 Lecture 13 Does the fact that perfect competition is socially efficient and monopoly is not mean that we should outlaw monopoly? Suppose the monopoly in question is the result of a patent that prevents all but one firm from manufacturing a hi...
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Description: Econ 101 Lecture 19 Games and Strategic Behavior Thus far, we have viewed economic decision makers as confronting an environment that is essentially passive. But there exist many cases in which relevant costs and benefits depend not only on the behav...
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Description: There has been an ongoing political debate over what to do about the problems with our current Social Security program. Before I explain what some of the problems and proposed solutions are, let me start with a background on Social Security. In 1935,...
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Description: Econ 101 Lecture 20 Resolving Prisoner\'s Dilemmas and Other Commitment Problems In games like the prisoner\'s dilemma, the hockey helmet game, the ultimatum bargaining game, and the satellite office game, players have trouble arriving at the outcomes ...
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Description: 1 Econ 101 Lecture 22 The Tragedy of the Commons Example 22.1. A village has five residents, each of whom has accumulated savings of $100. Each villager has two investment opportunities: 1. Buy government bond for $100 that pays 12% interest per year...
101-21_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 21 Externalities Sometimes costs or benefits that result from an activity accrue to people not directly involved in the activity. These are called external costs or external benefits- externalities for short. Example 21.1. Sara is an...
101-23_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 23 Information and Search Example 23.1. Suppose you want a new tennis racquet, but aren\'t sure which brand & model to buy. Dick\'s has a large selection, so you go there and ask a salesperson for advice. After some discussion about yo...
101-24_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 24 Communication Between Potential Adversaries When a toad and his rival vie for the same mate, each faces an important strategic decision. Should he fight for her or set off in search of another? To fight is to risk injury. But to c...
101-26_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 26 Winner-Take-All Markets People\'s incomes differ because of differences in their \"human capital,\" an amalgam of education, training, experience, intelligence, energy, and other personal attributes that affect productivity. These fa...
101-25_07Path: Cornell >> ECON >> 1110 Spring, 2007
Description: Econ 101 Lecture 25 Wage and Salary Determination Example 25.1. Brady\'s Brick Company is one of hundreds of small firms that hire labor to mould bricks out of clay, which are then sold in the world market for ten cents apiece. Brady\'s only costs are ...
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Description: 101 Lecture 27 Public Goods Public goods are those goods or services that possess, in varying degrees, the properties of nondiminishability and nonexcludability. Nondiminishability: any one person\'s consumption of a public good has no effect on the a...
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Description: Engle Memorial Lecture May 2, 2000 Robert H. Frank Most of us were taught from an early age not to worry about how our incomes compare with the incomes of others. This sensible advice stems from the observation that since there will always be others ...
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Description: Use the following diagram in questions 1 through 4. Figure 1: Peanut Market Price ($/bag) 24 20 16 12 8 4 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 D Quantity (1000s of bags/day) S 1. Suppose the peanut market is in equilibrium. The government is considering a ban on the produ...
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Description: Cornell University Department of Economics Economics 101 Final Examination Professor R.H. Frank Spring 2005 Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer. (3 points each) On the bubble sheet, fill in the best response for each question 2 QUESTIONS 1-2 ...
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