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Social Psychology - correct answers Examines influence of social processes on way people think, feel, behave 
 
Attitudes - correct answers Positive/negative evaluative reaction toward person, object, concept 
 
Attitude Strength: Durability & Impact - correct answers Durability = if it lasts over time, Impact = if it impacts behavior or thoughts 
 
Initial Impressions - correct answers Initial perceptions make a difference; have shown strong effects 
 
Asch's study found that if presented with...
Learning - correct answers any relative permanent change in behavior that occurs because of experience 
 
Conditioning - correct answers a kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and responses 
 
Unconditioned Stimulus - correct answers elicits the unconditioned response 
 
Unconditioned Response - correct answers response which is automatically produced 
 
Conditioned Stimulus - correct answers ): originally neutral stimulus that elicits a behavior after being ...
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Development Psychology - correct answers Universal Aspects of lifespan development from conception though death; identifies cultural variations 
 
- Explores physical, cognitive, social and emotional development 
 
- Looks at elements of continuity and change over time 
 
Prenatal Development 
- Germinal Phase - - correct answers conception - 2 weeks 
Zygote: fertilized egg divides and implants itself in the wall of the uterus 
Placenta: structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass into fe...
Frontal Lobe 
associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving 
 
Temporal Lobe 
- The portion of the cerebral cortex that is just above the ears and that is involved in hearing, language processing, and memory. 
-Contains Wernicke's Area 
 
Broca's Area 
portion of the left frontal lobe of the human brain that is specialized for language production 
 
Wernicke's Area 
specific area in the temporal lobe responsible for language comprehension 
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Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of mind and behavior 
 
Mind - correct answers The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings 
 
Behavior - correct answers Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals 
 
Nativism - correct answers The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn 
 
Philisophical Empiricism - correct answers The view that all knowledge is acquired through experience 
 
Phrenology - correct answ...
Hindsight Bias - Knew-it-all-along effect after something happens 
 
Overconfidence - We all tend to think we know more than we do. 
 
Three main components of the scientific attitude - Curiosity, Empirical Approach, Humility 
 
Critical Thinking - Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions- examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. 
 
Hypothesis - Testable prediction 
 
Operational Definition - Statement of procedure used to...
Schools of Thought - correct answers Empiricism, Structuralism, Functionalism, Behavioralism, Cognitive Revolution 
 
Empirism (Who and What) - correct answers John Locke 
All knowledge derived from sensory experience 
Mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa) 
 
Structuralism (Who and What) - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt and Titchener 
A method of introspection, interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience. Relied on personal description of experience ...
Structuralism - correct answers Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. 
 
Introspection - correct answers The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious experience. 
 
Functionalism - correct answers Based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. 
 
Natural Selection - correct answers Describes ...
Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. 
 
Multiply Determined - correct answers There is more than one influence; hard to isolate one specific factor. 
 
Individual Differences - correct answers Variations among people in their thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior. 
 
Naive Realism - correct answers The belief that we see the world exactly how it is. "Seeing is believing" 
 
Empiricism - correct answers The idea that predictions should first...