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PY 101 exam 3 Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 exam 3 Cognitive Dissonance - correct answer Leon Festinger dissonance occurs when our behavior contradicts our attitudes- causes anxiety and tension motivated to reduce the dissonance by change behaviors or attitudes, rationalize the discrepancies how others influence us - correct answer conformity, compliance, obedience, group influences, social norms, attitudes and beliefs conformity - correct answer a change in behav...

PY 101 Exam 3 UA Question and answers rated A+ PY 101 Exam 3 UA Reflex - correct answer -Inevitable, involuntary response to stimuli -independent of experience -simplistic Instinct - correct answer -An inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli. -independent of experience -Complex Learning - correct answer -A relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior due to experience. -Dependent on Experience -Can be simplistic or comple...

PY 101 Exam 1 Question and answers verified to pass PY 101 Exam 1 Nature vs. Nurture - correct answer nativism: some knowledge is innate empiricism: all knowledge comes from experience Mind vs. Body - correct answer dualism: mind (soul) and brain are different things materialism: completely material brain created mind Phrenology - correct answer debunked theory stating that personality and mental abilities are localized in specific regions of the brain Franz Gall () Stru...

PY 101 exam 2 UA Question and answers rated A+ PY 101 exam 2 UA Encoding - correct answer the processing of information so that it can be stored Storage - correct answer the retention of encoded representations over time Retrieval - correct answer the act of recalling or remembering stored information when it is needed Consolidation - correct answer a process by which immediate memories become lasting (or long-term) memories Spreading Activation - correct answer stimul...

How can psychology be defined? What is the goal? - Psychology goals include describing, explaining, predicting, and control the behavior and mental processes of others. Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior How did early philosophers influence what we know today as psychology? - While early philosophers relied on methods such as observation and logic, today's psychologists utilize scientific methodologies to study and draw conclusions about human thought and behavior. psychology'...

PY 101 Exam 1 Study Guide UAB Question and answers 100% correct PY 101 Exam 1 Study Guide UAB How can psychology be defined? What is the goal? - correct answer Psychology goals include describing, explaining, predicting, and control the behavior and mental processes of others. Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior How did early philosophers influence what we know today as psychology? - correct answer While early philosophers relied on methods such as observation and logic,...

PY 101 exam 3 Question and answers correctly solved PY 101 exam 3 memory - correct answer the ability to store and retrieve information we have learned sensory memory - correct answer A type of storage that holds sensory information (sights, sounds, and smells) for a few seconds or less. echoic sensory memory - correct answer auditory sensory memory that lasts up to several seconds iconic sensory memory - correct answer visual sensory memory that lasts about a quarter of...

PY 101 Exam 3 Question and answers correctly solved PY 101 Exam 3 memory - correct answer - the ability to store and retrieve information we have learned sensory memory - correct answer - holds small amounts of information for a few seconds short-term memory - correct answer - aka working memory - limited capacity and duration of 15-20 seconds - requires active maintenance rehearsal to prevent forgetting long-term memory - correct answer - unlimited capacity - can last ...

UA PY 101 Exam 4 Question and answers already passed UA PY 101 Exam 4 Personality - correct answer the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think fell behave Psychonomic Perspective - correct answer People change, dont know why we do things, Freud ego - correct answer Largest part that shows to the outside world super ego (freud) - correct answer The partly conscious and partly unconscious. It is composed of the conscience and ego ideal Id - correct answer ...

PY 101 Exam 5 Question and answers verified to pass PY 101 Exam 5 d - correct answer Personality is thought to be ________. a. short term and easily changed b. a pattern of short-term characteristics c. unstable and short term d. long term, stable and not easily changed c - correct answer In cartoons, when a character faces a moral dilemma, an angel often appears over one shoulder and a devil appears over the other shoulder, with both giving advice. According to Freud, the devil i...