PSYC 2301 || All Correct.

Development psychology correct answers field of psychology that examines physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes across the life span Maturation correct answers Physical growth, beginning with conception, and ending when the body stops growing Critical period correct answers Specific t...

psychology correct answers scientific study of behavior and mental processes functionalism correct answers studied how the mind works to allow humans and animals to adapt to their environment the basic unit of communication is correct answers neuron the part of a neuron that receives commun...

Nervous system correct answers the body's electro chemichal communication circuitry. Neuroscience correct answers The field that studies the nervous system Characteristics of the nervous system correct answers complexity, integration, adatabillity Complexity correct answers The brain can...

Variable correct answers Any event, situation, behavior, or individual characteristic differing in property (in size, degree, or nature) Psychological variables? correct answers memory, intelligence, reaction time, attractiveness, happiness, stress, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, all h...

What is the 3-part definition of psychology? correct answers Psychology is the study of: 1) how the brain takes in information, 2) how the brain processes that information 3) and what behavior results from this process. How are academic and clinical psychologists different? correct answers Academ...

A positive punishment __________, while a negative reinforcement __________ correct answers Introduces as irritant to decreases a behavior; removes something unpleasant to increase a behavior Learned helplessness can occur when a subject correct answers is punished repeatedly without recourse ...

Approximately 1 in every ______ Americans are affected by a psychological disorder during any one year. a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 10 e. 20 correct answers b. 4 The frequency with which a disorder occurs in a population is termed its __________. a. concordance b. incidence c. occurrence rate d. p...

One problem with using the range as the measure of variability is that.... correct answers it depends on just two of the scores in the distribution Measure of ________ indicate how scores are spread out in a distribution, while measures of _______ represent sample scores as a whole correct answer...

1. Which of the following is the best definition of the term scientific method as it is used in the field of psychology? correct answers testing a hypothesis about mental processes and behavior by collecting and analyzing data 2. Susan wants to learn more about children's aggressive behavior. ...

1. According to the definition of psychology, which of the following would a psychologist be most likely to study? a. Genetic differences between breeds of dogs. b. Growth rates of breast cancer cells. c. The chemical structure of antidepressant medication. d. The relationship between parent beh...

Dr. Amani is interested in investigating why women are more able to correctly interpret emotional expressions than men. In this case, he is most interested in the scientific goal of _____ behavior. correct answers explaining According to the science of psychology, a behavior is a(n) correct answe...

empiricism correct answers the idea that all knowledge comes from experience In which country was modern psychology developed? correct answers Germany What event, in 1879, established psychology as a science? correct answers Wundt added a laboratory experience to his experimental psychology le...

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli? correct answers Just noticeable What is described by the concept of perception? correct answers how sensory info is interpreted and consciously experienced. Inattentional ----- refer...

Darla is a physician who asks about physical symptoms when diagnosing illnesses in her patients. Jack is a physician who asks his patients questions about their lifestyle, their environment, their level of stress, and their physical symptoms when diagnosing illnesses in his patients. Based on this i...