Lsu psyc 2000 exam Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Awareness of everything around you and inside of your head at any given moment - ANSWER consciousness consciousness is used to organize your ______, _____, _____, and _____ - ANSWER behavior, thoughts, sensations and feelings 2 types of consciousness? - ANSWER waking, altered state waking consciousness? - ANSWER thoughts, feeling sensations when we are awake; generally clear and organized altered consciousness? - ANSWER shifts in the quality in or pattern of mental activity (Daydreaming,...

Asch used a set of comparison lines and a standard line to experiment with conformity, finding that - ANSWER subjects conformed to group opinion about one third of the time, increased as the number of confederates rose to four, and decreased if just one confederate gave the answer Cross cultural research has found that - ANSWER collectivistic cultures show more conformity than individualistic cultures Gender differences do not exist in conformity unless - ANSWER the response is not private...

clinical psychology - ANSWER study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders sensation & perception - ANSWER study of the processing of stimuli (sight, sound, touch, etc) rom the environment evolutionary psychology - ANSWER study of how behavior is a result of adaptations over time which help people function/survive in their enviornment

Study of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders - ANSWER Clinical psychology study of how genes/genetics makeup influences behavior - ANSWER behavioral genetics study of how behavior is a result of adaptations over time which help people function/survive in their environment - ANSWER evolutionary psychology application of psychology to workplace settings - ANSWER industrial-organizational psychology The scientific study of behavior and mental processes - ANSWER psychology field...

Psychology - ANSWER The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Wilheim Wundt - ANSWER father of psychology, first attempt to bring objectivity/measurements in psychology, founded the 1st experimental psychology lab, work involved objective introspection Edward Titchener - ANSWER student of Wundt, founder of structuralism structuralism - ANSWER study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements William James - ANSWER founder of functionalism Functiona...

How people think - ANSWER Cognition is a mental activity that occurs in the brain when information is being organized, stored, communicated, or processed. How mental images are involved in the process of thinking - ANSWER Mental images represent objects or events and have a picture-like quality Concepts - ANSWER ideas that represent a class of events, objects, or activities Prototypes - ANSWER examples of a concept that more closely match the defining characteristics of that concept

How would the Greek physician Hippocrates have typically dealt with someone suffering from mental illness? A. He would have tried to understand the person's unconscious and the forces at work there. B. He would have someone conduct the religious ritual known as an exorcism. C. He would have made a hole in the patient's skull to release the pressure, a process known today as trephining. D. He would focus on correcting the imbalance of bodily fluids, or humors. - ANSWER D

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes - ANSWER Psychology -Behavior (any action) -Mental Processes (perceptions, thoughts, feelings) -Scientific - ANSWER 3 Aspects of Psychology -Describe -Explain -Predict -Control - ANSWER Goals of Psycholog