Umd psyc100 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ABC's of Psychology - Affect How you present yourself (Facial Expression), doesn't truly express how you think/feel, outside cover, feel/ have certain emotions Feeling, emotion, mood Behavior Habits, daily/weekend, what everyone else should see, visible to others, observed, act/behave a certain way towards a topic The observable or measurable activity Cognition the thought process, knowing what's going on around you, belief/knowledge of a subject The process involved in knowing (to ...

ABC's of Psychology - Affects, Behavior, Cognition (mental processes) Psychology as a discipline - Studies the relationship between the brain with its function, and the environment with behavior Fixed Mindset - The belief that intelligence is static Characteristics of Fixed Mindset - Avoids challenges, give up easily, see effort as fruitless or worthless, ignores useful negative feedback, feels threatened by success of others. In result, people with growth mindsets plateau early and ac...