Psych 312 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

We can distinguish pseudoscience from science by: evaluating the source of the claim evaluating the claim being made evaluating the evidence for the claims being made (all of the above) A group of students in a cooking class wants to find a faster way to bake a cake. They know that it takes 30 minutes to bake a cake at 350 degrees, so they figure that it should take only 15 minutes to bake at 700 degrees. Which of the following methods of acquiring knowledge are the students using? rat...

Sensation the initial process of detecting and encoding environmental energy Perception the process of organizing and interpreting sensations into meaningful experiences Absolute Threshold the smallest amount of stimulus energy necessary for an observer to reliably detect a stimulus Receptive Field the area on a receptive surface which, when stimulated, changes the firing rate of the cell Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies (D of SNE) the quality of the sensation elicited depends pri...

pseudoscience isnot scientific The scientific method can be used to study only phenomena that can beobserved and measured A research hypothesis must be ______ when subjected to the scientific methodtestable A(n) ______ is a description of some observable event in terms of the specific process or manner by which it was observed or measuredoperational definition Empiricism is a method of knowing based on ______.one's experiences or observations What are the four goals of science?describe...

thinking in multiple dimensions contributes to the adolescents ability to have a more sophisticated and more complicated self-conceptions and relationships abstract thinking having complex discussions about politics and religion requires Piagetian Theorists who adopt a cognitive-developmental view of intellectual development have a ______ perspective. Preoperational In the second stage of Piaget's theory, the _____ stage, children begin to represent the world with words, images, and dr...

NURS 5352 Advanced health Assessment; Test Questions With Correct and Verified Answers Latest Update Answers 2023/2024 Graded A+. Nasal symptoms that imply an allergic response include: Deviated septum Bluish grey or pale pink turbinates Purulent nasal discharge Small atrophied nasal mucous membranes NOSE: An allergic finding includes bluish gray or pale pink nasal turbinates that are swollen and boggy and a transverse crease at the junction between the cartilage and the bone of the nose...

Fall 2023 Registration [Check SPIRE for your enrollment start date. It will be in one of the date ranges listed below.] Seniors (87 credits & above) Apr 19-20 Juniors (57-86 credits) Apr 24-25 Sophomores (27-56 credits) Apr 27-28 Freshmen (26 credits & below) May 1 Note: Enrollment start times and eligibility to register for courses that are restricted by level are determined by a student’s potential credit total, which includes the credits he or she is enrolled in currently (i.e., co...

Fall 2023 Registration [Check SPIRE for your enrollment start date. It will be in one of the date ranges listed below.] Seniors (87 credits & above) Apr 19-20 Juniors (57-86 credits) Apr 24-25 Sophomores (27-56 credits) Apr 27-28 Freshmen (26 credits & below) May 1 Note: Enrollment start times and eligibility to register for courses that are restricted by level are determined by a student’s potential credit total, which includes the credits he or she is enrolled in currently (i.e., co...

Statistical Reasoning Midterm Exam (2023) – Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Statistical Reasoning Midterm Exam (2023) – Questions & Answers (Graded A+) when you are asked to compare two or more dot plots you should do so using SOCS which stands for? - ANSWER - shape, outlier, center, spread A particular data set has a Q1 value of 33 and a Q3 value of 53. Which of the following numbers would be an outlier for this data set? - ANSWER - 2 If a set of data is normally distributed which...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by speci...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by speci...