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[Show more]Brain maturity limits cognitive ability Visual system is not fully functional at birth Language system is not functional until much later 
Bottom-to-top, and back-to-front: At birth: Brain stem/spinal cord nearly fully organized and myelinated Just after: Midbrain and cerebellum begin myelinating La...
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Add to cartBrain maturity limits cognitive ability Visual system is not fully functional at birth Language system is not functional until much later 
Bottom-to-top, and back-to-front: At birth: Brain stem/spinal cord nearly fully organized and myelinated Just after: Midbrain and cerebellum begin myelinating La...
Consciousness Awareness of internal and external stimuli 
Stream of consciousness Notion that conscious is continually moving and never stops 
What are examples of states of consciousness? Being awake Being asleep Being under anesthesia for surgery 
Mind wandering Experiencing thoughts unrelated to ...
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Add to cartConsciousness Awareness of internal and external stimuli 
Stream of consciousness Notion that conscious is continually moving and never stops 
What are examples of states of consciousness? Being awake Being asleep Being under anesthesia for surgery 
Mind wandering Experiencing thoughts unrelated to ...
Motivation a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior 
Motives 1) needs, wants, desires leading to goal-directed behaviour 2) is a process that arouses, maintains, and guides behaviour toward a goal (e.g., hunger) 
Extrinsic Motivation a person performs an action because it leads to an out...
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Add to cartMotivation a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior 
Motives 1) needs, wants, desires leading to goal-directed behaviour 2) is a process that arouses, maintains, and guides behaviour toward a goal (e.g., hunger) 
Extrinsic Motivation a person performs an action because it leads to an out...
Positive reinforcement ___________ the likelihood of the behavior; negative reinforcement ___________ the likelihood of that behavior. increases, increases 
Which of the following is the best example of classical conditioning? 
A. Bob buys a lottery ticket each time he gets his car inspected because...
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Add to cartPositive reinforcement ___________ the likelihood of the behavior; negative reinforcement ___________ the likelihood of that behavior. increases, increases 
Which of the following is the best example of classical conditioning? 
A. Bob buys a lottery ticket each time he gets his car inspected because...
What type of memory lasts 20-30 seconds? Short-term 
Say you were given this list of words: cat, lemonade, dog, chair, pizza. You recall only chair and pizza. This is because of? Recency effect 
TRUE or FALSE: Memory is not synonymous with knowledge False 
Child-directed speech includes Speaking in ...
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Add to cartWhat type of memory lasts 20-30 seconds? Short-term 
Say you were given this list of words: cat, lemonade, dog, chair, pizza. You recall only chair and pizza. This is because of? Recency effect 
TRUE or FALSE: Memory is not synonymous with knowledge False 
Child-directed speech includes Speaking in ...
________ perspective has to do with psychodynamic, humanistic, trait and temperament behavior. whole-person 
A good example of introspection is? a trained volunteer reporting their experience while undergoing an experiment conducted by a psychologist 
What performs psychology? experimental 
Who teac...
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Add to cart________ perspective has to do with psychodynamic, humanistic, trait and temperament behavior. whole-person 
A good example of introspection is? a trained volunteer reporting their experience while undergoing an experiment conducted by a psychologist 
What performs psychology? experimental 
Who teac...
Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating? Cognition 
A prototype is a best example of a particular category 
The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to Search for information that supports our preconceptions 
A reliance on ...
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Add to cartWhich term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating? Cognition 
A prototype is a best example of a particular category 
The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to Search for information that supports our preconceptions 
A reliance on ...
Sensory Memory Some trace of sensory input stays in your information-processing system for a brief period even when you are not paying attention to the input. 
What is the evidence for sensory memory store? Sperling's Partial Report Experiment 
How fast does iconic memory decay? .3 seconds for visu...
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Add to cartSensory Memory Some trace of sensory input stays in your information-processing system for a brief period even when you are not paying attention to the input. 
What is the evidence for sensory memory store? Sperling's Partial Report Experiment 
How fast does iconic memory decay? .3 seconds for visu...
What are the main components of Structuralism? The study of the structure and characteristics of the mind; Categorizing sensations and perceptions; Study of the parts of the mind. 
Who is the Father of Structuralism? William Wundt, First known psychologist from Germany. 
What are the main components...
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Add to cartWhat are the main components of Structuralism? The study of the structure and characteristics of the mind; Categorizing sensations and perceptions; Study of the parts of the mind. 
Who is the Father of Structuralism? William Wundt, First known psychologist from Germany. 
What are the main components...
Acetylcholine A neurotransmitter found in both central and peripheral nervous systems linked to Alzheimer's disease and used to transmit nerve impulses to the muscles, respectively., A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. Inhibitory effect but also...
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Add to cartAcetylcholine A neurotransmitter found in both central and peripheral nervous systems linked to Alzheimer's disease and used to transmit nerve impulses to the muscles, respectively., A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. Inhibitory effect but also...
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Add to cartMaturation biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience 
Cognition all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating 
Schema a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information 
Assim...
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Add to cartMaturation biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience 
Cognition all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating 
Schema a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information 
Assim...
Psychology the scientific study of Human Behavior and Mental Processes 
Behavior Actions that can be directly observed 
Mental Processes Private, internal experiences 
Science The use of systematic methods to observe the natural world. Psychology is a field of science. 
Critical Thinking Thinking de...
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Add to cartPsychology the scientific study of Human Behavior and Mental Processes 
Behavior Actions that can be directly observed 
Mental Processes Private, internal experiences 
Science The use of systematic methods to observe the natural world. Psychology is a field of science. 
Critical Thinking Thinking de...
Cassandra is experiencing hunger for quite a while now and has still not eaten. According to the drive theories, if she continues to ignore her hunger and not eta for prolonged periods of time, what will she experience A. Internal tension or drive to obtain food B. External drive to obtain food C. I...
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Add to cartCassandra is experiencing hunger for quite a while now and has still not eaten. According to the drive theories, if she continues to ignore her hunger and not eta for prolonged periods of time, what will she experience A. Internal tension or drive to obtain food B. External drive to obtain food C. I...
Psychology scientific study of behavior and the mind 
Psychology's main goals 1) describe-observe carefully and describe accurately 2) explain-reasons people know and don't know about what influences their psychology 3) predict-direct applied impact in many fields 4) control-self-control, other-co...
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Add to cartPsychology scientific study of behavior and the mind 
Psychology's main goals 1) describe-observe carefully and describe accurately 2) explain-reasons people know and don't know about what influences their psychology 3) predict-direct applied impact in many fields 4) control-self-control, other-co...
Accommodation developed by psychologist Jean Piaget to describe what occurs when new information or experiences cause you to modify your existing schemas. Rather than make the new information fit into an existing schema, you change the schema in order to accommodate the new information. 
Agreeablene...
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Add to cartAccommodation developed by psychologist Jean Piaget to describe what occurs when new information or experiences cause you to modify your existing schemas. Rather than make the new information fit into an existing schema, you change the schema in order to accommodate the new information. 
Agreeablene...
Functionalism Studies how consciousness changes according to the environment. - William James 
Gestalt psychology the study of how people preceive information (hear,see,etc) 
Behaviorism (theory) study that all behavior is received through conditioning. 
Cognitive approach deals with mental processe...
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Add to cartFunctionalism Studies how consciousness changes according to the environment. - William James 
Gestalt psychology the study of how people preceive information (hear,see,etc) 
Behaviorism (theory) study that all behavior is received through conditioning. 
Cognitive approach deals with mental processe...
When talking with my friend recently, he told me about how last weekend he saw his son take his toys and put them in two groups. In one group were the things that were "alive" (like dolls, stuffed animals etc.) and in the other group were things that were not alive (ping pong rackets, toy furnitur...
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Add to cartWhen talking with my friend recently, he told me about how last weekend he saw his son take his toys and put them in two groups. In one group were the things that were "alive" (like dolls, stuffed animals etc.) and in the other group were things that were not alive (ping pong rackets, toy furnitur...
Is known as the father of psychology Wilhelm Wundt 
Mary Cover Jones achieved counterconditioning with "Little Peter" by using food 
The belief that every experience can be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations is known as structuralism 
Freud proposed that there is a(n) _____ mi...
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Add to cartIs known as the father of psychology Wilhelm Wundt 
Mary Cover Jones achieved counterconditioning with "Little Peter" by using food 
The belief that every experience can be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations is known as structuralism 
Freud proposed that there is a(n) _____ mi...
Dr. Wolfe spent the last year studying a man named Jeremy. Jeremy had a stroke that destroyed a part of his brain called the hippocampus. Since his injury, Jeremy cannot create new memories of anything that has happened to him. The type of research Dr. Wolfe is engaged in is a(n) a. experiment. b. s...
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Add to cartDr. Wolfe spent the last year studying a man named Jeremy. Jeremy had a stroke that destroyed a part of his brain called the hippocampus. Since his injury, Jeremy cannot create new memories of anything that has happened to him. The type of research Dr. Wolfe is engaged in is a(n) a. experiment. b. s...
Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible. her own conscious experience 
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on ________ and early childhood experiences. a person's unconscious 
According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ________. st...
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Add to cartIntrospection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible. her own conscious experience 
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on ________ and early childhood experiences. a person's unconscious 
According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ________. st...
Correlation equals causation. TRUE/FALSE False Correlation: ice cream sales and robberies Causation: heat 
You are a horrible multitasker. True or False True -Your have to have 100% focus on something in order to fully comprehend it 
negative correlation indicates that one variable negatively impact...
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Add to cartCorrelation equals causation. TRUE/FALSE False Correlation: ice cream sales and robberies Causation: heat 
You are a horrible multitasker. True or False True -Your have to have 100% focus on something in order to fully comprehend it 
negative correlation indicates that one variable negatively impact...
Social psychology focuses on ___ in predicting human behavior. situational factors 
Making internal attributions for your successes and making external attributions for your failures. self-serving bias 
Collectivist cultures are to __ as individualistic cultures are to ___. situational; dispositiona...
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Add to cartSocial psychology focuses on ___ in predicting human behavior. situational factors 
Making internal attributions for your successes and making external attributions for your failures. self-serving bias 
Collectivist cultures are to __ as individualistic cultures are to ___. situational; dispositiona...
Psychology science of the mind and behavior 
Dualism the idea that the world is composed if 2 distinct categories of substance: mental substance (the should) and physical substance (the body) 
Descartes - own model of dualism - animals have no soul, so much behavior does not require a soul - body ca...
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Add to cartPsychology science of the mind and behavior 
Dualism the idea that the world is composed if 2 distinct categories of substance: mental substance (the should) and physical substance (the body) 
Descartes - own model of dualism - animals have no soul, so much behavior does not require a soul - body ca...
Refractory Period When the ions of a neuron are imbalanced, the neuron cannot initiate another action potential, and is in a 
False When you feel something more intensely it is because the neurons are firing more intensely 
Endocrine System The body's means of chemical communication is the 
Selecti...
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Add to cartRefractory Period When the ions of a neuron are imbalanced, the neuron cannot initiate another action potential, and is in a 
False When you feel something more intensely it is because the neurons are firing more intensely 
Endocrine System The body's means of chemical communication is the 
Selecti...
_______ is the technique used to try to extract the structure of intelligence from a set of correlations. Factor analysis 
If you give your dog a biscuit every fifth time he plays dead, what reinforcement schedule is he on? Fixed ratio 
Edward Thorndike conducted an experiment which involved putting...
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Add to cart_______ is the technique used to try to extract the structure of intelligence from a set of correlations. Factor analysis 
If you give your dog a biscuit every fifth time he plays dead, what reinforcement schedule is he on? Fixed ratio 
Edward Thorndike conducted an experiment which involved putting...
Recall type of retrieval that requires you to produce an item from memory in response to a cue or question 
Recognition type of retrieval that requires you to judge whether you have encountered a stimulus previously 
Acquisition the processes of gaining new information and placing it in memory, enco...
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Add to cartRecall type of retrieval that requires you to produce an item from memory in response to a cue or question 
Recognition type of retrieval that requires you to judge whether you have encountered a stimulus previously 
Acquisition the processes of gaining new information and placing it in memory, enco...
Three roadblocks to critical thinking hindsight bias, overconfidence, perceiving patterns in random events 
This _______ ______ (also known as the i-knew-it-all-along phenomenon) is easy to demonstrate by giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding, and giving the other h...
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Add to cartThree roadblocks to critical thinking hindsight bias, overconfidence, perceiving patterns in random events 
This _______ ______ (also known as the i-knew-it-all-along phenomenon) is easy to demonstrate by giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding, and giving the other h...
In Watson's classic studies with a baby, rats became conditioned stimuli for fear 
A psychologist wants to see how much caffeine benefits students who have not slept well. She gives some students strong coffee and other students decaffeinated coffee (but doesn't tell them which they get!). After a...
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Add to cartIn Watson's classic studies with a baby, rats became conditioned stimuli for fear 
A psychologist wants to see how much caffeine benefits students who have not slept well. She gives some students strong coffee and other students decaffeinated coffee (but doesn't tell them which they get!). After a...
What is Psychology? The science of BEHAVIOR and MENTAL PROCESSES 
-scientific method -critcally thinking 
Observable behavior (OVERT) Behaviors that can be obviously seen by others 
(speech and physical movement) 
Internal mental processes (COVERT) hidden/hard to find, cannot be directly observed 
(...
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Add to cartWhat is Psychology? The science of BEHAVIOR and MENTAL PROCESSES 
-scientific method -critcally thinking 
Observable behavior (OVERT) Behaviors that can be obviously seen by others 
(speech and physical movement) 
Internal mental processes (COVERT) hidden/hard to find, cannot be directly observed 
(...
What is abnormal behavior? deviant, MALADAPTIVE, or personally distressful over a long period of time 
What is maladaptive behavior? interferes with one's ability to function effectively 
What is the psychological approach? emphasizes the contributions of experiences, thoughts, emotions, and person...
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Add to cartWhat is abnormal behavior? deviant, MALADAPTIVE, or personally distressful over a long period of time 
What is maladaptive behavior? interferes with one's ability to function effectively 
What is the psychological approach? emphasizes the contributions of experiences, thoughts, emotions, and person...
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