Psychology 105 Social psychology Bundle Pack

In order for 5 year old Zane to learn to read Japanese, he must have an awareness that the language moves: a) top to bottom b) bottom to top c) left to right d) right to left - Answer top to bottom June is trying to read her psychology text, and finds that she cannot tune out background noi...

Why to use scientific method - Answer Reduces Various bias (puts distance between researcher and participant) and helps to provide better theories (can be rested against and holds strong ) Hindsight bias - Answer - "I knew it all along" - Make sense of anything with info we already have -...

The term culture is typically used in everyday language to refer to all of the following except - Answer genetic determinants of behavior. The textbook defines culture as the values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people, shared through symbols - Answer and passed down from generation t...

Thinking Definition - Answer any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding What is cognitive economy? - Answer The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of the tim...

The most commonly used IQ test in the United States is the: - Answer Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV. Approximately _____ of the population have an IQ score between 85 and 115. - Answer 68% Higher intelligence is related to the thickness of the _____. - Answer cerebral cortex Below ...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Origins - Answer trace back to philosophy and physiology Origins: Aristotle - Answer wrote about dreams, memory, sleep Nature vs. Nurture - Answer Do your genes or environment have a bigger impact on you Re...

Developmental psychology - Answer The study of how behaviour changes over an individual's lifespan Post Hoc Fallacy - Answer (A then B) != (A causes B) Bidirectional Influences - Answer Development influences experiences, experiences influence development Cohort Effect - Answer Dif...

When people rely on mental shortcuts to reach a conclusion or make a decision, they often fail to take into account how common a behaviour or characteristic is in general. This kind of information is called the __________ by psychological scientists. a) schematome b) base rate c) ground level ...

Psychology - Answer The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Aristotle - Answer The first Western thinker to study psychological topics. He combined the logic of philosophy and empirical observation. De Anima is regarded as the first systematic treatise on psychology. Its topics...

Research suggests that stress-producing events are? - Answer - Universal _______ is the term used to describe physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are threatening or challenging. - Answer - Stress The tendency to overestimate people's fragility and under...

By the end of the first year, what might we expect to see in terms of body growth (height and weight)? - Answer Height- 32 in. -9 months: "baby fat" peaks- helps maintain body temp. -Cephalocaudal trend: head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body What about by the end of the...

Basic human emotions - Answer (5) Fear, sadness, happiness, anger, disgust Natural Observation - Answer -Non laboratory setting, but many important behaviors are infrequent -behavior may also be affected by the presence of the observer -Requires RATER AGREEMENT Emotional Expression in In...

what is the nature vs nurture debate? - Answer nature was is the idea that knowledge is present at birth (created by Plato) nurture is the idea that knowledge is gained through experience (Aristotle) what is the moral definition of nature vs nurture? - Answer Rousseau says that people are bo...

What is the takeaway from the baby head-turning experiment? - Answer Babies turned their neck, working harder to see a face on a paddle over random designs. Suggests babies have a preference for human faces, are ready to form relationships What is the still-face paradigm? - Answer -Mom's do...