Csu psy 252 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Feature Search - ️️Search for a target defined by a single attribute - If salient feature (different) number does not matter - If the feature is different enough, it becomes easier to find the target - Reaction Time for feature searches does not change with set size Monocular Depth Cues - ️️Represented in 2D and observed with one eye 1. Texture Gradient (closer, larger grains, farther apart, away - smaller grains, closer together) 2. Relative Size (closer - bigger, away - smaller)...

Wilhelm Wundt () - Answer-Made Psychology as independent discipline away from physiology - 1879 - 1st Successful formal psych lab - 1881 - 1st journal devoted to psych labs - new psych labs G. Stanley Hall () - Answer-American, was under Wilhelm Wundt - 1883 - 1st American lab @ John Hopkins - 1887 - 1st American psych journal - 1892 - American Psychiatric Association founded Structuralism - Answer-Edward Titchener (1892) - Task of psych is to analyze consciences to basic elements and ...

Carl Rogers () - ️️Humanistic psychologist - agreed with the main assumptions of Abraham Maslow, - For a person to "grow", they need: - an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure) - acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard) - empathy (being listened to and understood) Eugenics - ️️Attempt to improve the human species by selective breeding (ex: Nazi's Aryan Race) - Genetic Stratification - messing with out traits, we ...

Eugenics - ️️Attempt to improve the human species by selective breeding (ex: Nazi's Aryan Race) - Genetic Stratification - messing with out traits, we as a society decide certain genes are unattractive etc. - Genetic engineering - getting into the business of changing genes (hair color, etc.) - Ex: Europeans flooded into the US after WWI - Eugenicists argued the high poverty, unemployment and crime among some immigrants proved genetically inferior - Led to immigration Restriction ...

imaging techniques - ️️- Postion Emission, PET (Positron Emission Tomography Scan, Radioactive glucose (sugar) - MRI: Studies brain anatomy -fMRI (functional MRI): Studies brain function Wilhelm Wundt () - ️️set up the first psychological laboratory in an apartment near the university at Leipzig, Germany; trained subjects in introspection. Subjects were asked to accurately record their cognitive reactions to simple stimuli - 1879 - 1st Successful formal psych lab - 1881 - 1st jou...

Pattern Recognition Study: Letter Search - ️️(Neiser article) Procedure: Shown block of letters -> select target letter and respond when found (reaction time) Trial: - 1st: feature dissimilar background - 2nd: feature similar background Results: - 1st: Faster - 2nd: Slower (detect and analyze features) Feature detectors operating at lower levels of the visual system detect features of incoming stimuli such as those shown in the center of this figure. Later in the perceptual s...

In the Held and Hein's Kitten carousel experiment Kitten A was allowed to interact with its environment while Kitten B was deprived of self-actualized movement. Which course of action is most likely for Kitten B in the following scenarios? - ️️Kitten B does not extend legs when approaching edge of table If you are suffering from macular degeneration what components of the eye is destroyed? - ️️Fovea and small surrounding area Tim has red hair, what is he displaying - ️️A phe...

CSU PSY 252 Exam #2 Study Guide Solutions Sensation - ANSWER-Gathering of information through senses (auditory + visual) Perception - ANSWER-Interpreting information gathered (recognition + organizing) Optical Illusion - ANSWER-Seeing something that does not exist or that is other than it appears -created by use of visual cues that we use everyday Monocular Depth Cues - ANSWER-Represented in 2D and observed with one eye 1. Texture Gradient (closer, larger grains, farther apart, away - sma...

CSU PSY 252: Exam 1 (Deana Davalos) Study Guide Solutions cognitive neuroscience - ANSWER-- The study of neural mechanism underlying the brain - Methods based on premise that cognitive neuroscience or mental state consists of a pattern of activity distributed over neurons Tools used in cognitive neuroscience - ANSWER-- EEG & MEG, Optical dyes, TMS, fMRI, Single unit, Patch Clamp, Multi unit recording, light Microscopy, PET, Micro lesions, 2-Deoxyglucose Neurophysiology - ANSWER-- Explains...