Chapter3
Questions
1. Whichpartofaneuronreceivesinputfromotherneurons?Whichpartsendsmessagestoothercells?
a. Dendritesreceiveinputfromotherneurons.Anaxonsendsmessages.
2. Ifamouseandagiraffebothgetpinchedonthetoesatthesametimes,whichwillrespondfaster?
a.
What is Psychology?
The word psychology derives from Greek roots:
Psyche soul or mind, Logos word
Psychology is the systematic study of behavior and experience
Dividing psychologists
1. Psychologists in teaching and research
2. Service providers to indivi
Types of Research done in Psychology
Nature nurture
Which one is it?
The one, the other, or both
Video of Rhesus monkeys fostered an illustration of a nature nurture investigation
Free will vs. Determinism
Determinism everything that happens has a cause,
Research in the Psychology Field and the Ethnics of this Science
Reliability and validity of your information
Reliability
Consistency, repeatability of a measure
Inter-rater
Test-retest
Validity
How accurately the measure captures the characteristics the
The Five Senses and the Sensations of Them
Perception: the interpretation of the signals
Structure of the visual system
Eye anatomy
Visual pathway 2
Ganglion cell axons form the optic nerve
Optic nerve leaves eye Blind spot
Brain fills in the visual field
General Psychology Thinking behind Psychology
Psychology is a science
How are you going to measure the thing you are going to study?
Operational definitions something countable
How are you going to collect your data?
Self-report, survey, interviews
Psycho
We use only 10% of our brain. Most of our brains potential remains untapped.
False. Every part of the brain has a function, as evidenced by
behavior changes resulting from even minor brain damage, and
whole-brain activity on normal brain scans
The Forebr
Learning and a Type of Conditioning Classical
Learning - any relatively permanent change in behavior that is based upon experience.
Behaviorists insist that psychologists should study only observable, measurable
behaviors, not mental processes.
Behavioris
Continuation on the Sensations and Perception of the Brain
I. Neurons: The Brains Communicators
Neurons have a variety of shapes, but they all have 3 basic parts.
1. Cell body - makes proteins, replenishes molecules vital to cell function
2. Dendrites - r
Parts of the Brain and Neurons
Division of the nervous system
Cerebral cortex, 4 lobes and their functions
Subcortical structures: Thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia
Between the Spinal Cord and the Forebrain
The hindbrain & midbrain
The medulla, pons,
Another type of Conditioning Operant
Thorndike & Law of Effect
E. L. Thorndike (1898) studied cats in puzzle boxes, which led to the law of effect.
Escape for cat is reinforcement
Lack of insight in cats
Operant Conditioning
The organism operates on the e
Intelligence
Chapter 9
Intelligence and
Intelligence Tests
Module 9.1
What is Intelligence?
The mental abilities that allow one to adapt to, shape,
or select ones environment.
The ability to deal with novel situations.
The ability to judge, comprehend,
General Psychology 200 Study Guide Test 2
1. According to Freud, _material is not currently in awareness but is readily available to
awareness.
-subconscious
-preconscious
-unconscious
2. Your nephew is nearly 7 years old, and still wets the bed at night.
Introduction to Psychology: Test 4
Spring Semester 2009(12:30)
Name
_
Chapter 9: Motivation & Emotion
1. A theory of motivation that attempts to explain how we are motivated by characteristics in
the environment that pull us toward them is a (an) _ theory
Psychology Mid-Term Exam
Chapters 1-11
Matching: You are asked to match the correct term listed below with its description. Write the
letter of the term in the space provided. (50 items with a point value of .58 points each)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
structuralism
f
MAJOR FIELD TEST IN PSYCHOLOGY
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
The following questions illustrate the range of the test in terms of the abilities measured, the disciplines covered, and the
difficulty of the questions posed. They should not, however, be considered repres
9.00 Exam 1 Solutions Key
Questions from Lecture and the Oliver Sacks book:
1. In a social psychology experiment, white participants either forecasted (imagined) or actually
experienced how they would feel and how they would behave towards a white strange
Psychology 100 Madigan Fall 2001
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PSYCHOLOGY 100 TEST #2 KEY NOTE: THE KEY SHOWS ANSWERS ONLY FOR TOPICS COVERED ON THURS. TEST #2 Write Name, SSN, and FORM (A,B) on your scantron. Make complete erasures.
01. This woman has two golf tees glue
General Psychology Fall 2015 Section 90 (Online) Study Guide for Midterm Exam
What is Psychology?
What distinguishes psychology as an academic discipline?
Why should experimental findings/results be replicated?
To make sure that the findings are consisten
Chapter 1: What is Psychology?
The term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche, meaning soul or
mind and logos meaning words.
o Psychology is literally the study of the mind or the soul.
o 1920 people became disenchanted with the idea of studying
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