Psyc2301 collin college - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

psychology 2301 exam 2 (Blinn Meyer) Consciousness: - correct answer A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind. Where did Descartes believe the "seat of the soul" was located? - correct answer Descartes imagined that the seat of the soul—and consciousness—might reside in pineal gland located in the ventricles of the brain. Does brain activity precede conscious will to act, or does it only come after? - correct answer people make the decision to do something before ...

Health Psychology 2301What factors can influence symptoms? - correct answer 1. Situational factors 2. Stress 3. Mood 4. Individual differences/ personality 5. Cultural differences How does symptom interpretation change? - correct answer 1. Prior Experience 2. Socio-demographic 3. Expectations 4. Seriousness 5. Lay referral network (friends family, etc.) 6. Internet Schema - correct answer A patients' own beliefs about their illnesses. What are the components of schemas? - corr...

Psychology 2301 Collin College Exam 1 What is psychology - correct answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes What makes psychology a science? - correct answer because we use the scientific method to test it What did Wundt do? - correct answer INTERNAL Identified structures of the mind and asked people to introspect (look within themselves) What did James do? - correct answer EXTERNAL Also identified structures of the mind and focused on our interactions with envi...

Psychology 2301 exam 3what are the 3 memory processes - correct answer encoding storage retrieval encoding - correct answer process of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory storage - correct answer the process of maintaining information in memory over time retrieval - correct answer the process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored 3 stages of memory - correct answer sensory memory short-term memory long-term ...

Psychology 2301 practice final examThe scientific method starts with _____ - correct answer observations. Based on research, which type of attachment pattern seems to be the least securely attached? - correct answer disorganized attachment According to Bandura, the idea that the environment, behaviors, and cognitive factors all play a mutual role in the development of personality is referred to as _____ - correct answer eciprocal determinism. A(n) ___ is a measure of how strongly two va...

Psychology 2301: Exam 2 Study GuideWhat are the three steps to forming a memory? - correct answer Encoding, storage, retrieval. How many items can the average person store in their short-term memory? - correct answer The average person can store about 7 items in their short-term memory. (5-9) True or False? Long-term memory has no limit on the amount of information that can be stored. - correct answer True, there are no limits for long term memories. What is the difference between an ex...

psyc 2301 exam 1 vocabPsychology - correct answer the scientific study of behavior and mental process The field of psychology studies: - correct answer both healthy and unhealthy behavior; both observable and unobservable behavior j Aristotle - correct answer Influence of Philosophy: wrote of sleep, dreams, memory, mankind and learning Descartes - correct answer influence of philosophy: dualism-mind of brain are two separate entities Locke - correct answer influence of philosophy: ta...

Psychology 2301 Blinn Exam 1Nativism - correct answer Philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn Gia is a 'flower child' living in the late 1960s. She is having some problems with depression and would like to talk to a therapist about realizing her full potential. She is MOST likely to resonate to which type of psychological therapy? - correct answer Humanistic Mind - correct answer Private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings ...

PSYC 2301 Health Psyc MidtermHealth psychology - correct answer Devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill Health - correct answer The World Health Organization defined ______________ as "a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" 1) to give worldwide guidance in the field of health 2) to set global standards for health ...

Psychology 2301 exam 5 what is a psychological disorder - correct answer Are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings and actions what are some of the criteria used for determination - correct answer can be defined by culture and context- different cultures in different contexts have varying judgments on what constitutes a psychological disorder what is the DSM-5 and what is it used for - correct answer Main tool of diagnostic classification: diagnostic and s...