Psychology Timeline
The PsychSim5 Activities
Psychology’s Timeline Purpose: To provide a more comprehensive synopsis of the origins of psychology, the early history of psychology as a discipline, and the major themes in twentieth century psychology. Summary: This activity will take you on a tour through the history of psychology. You will learn how psychology grew out of philosophy and medical physiology, and will become acquainted with some of the pioneers of psychology as a scientific discipline.
Descriptive Statistics Purpose: To describe the common measures of central tendency and variability and demonstrate their use in summarizing a data set. Summary: This activity introduces you to the basic statistics that researchers use to summarize …show more content…
After a brief review of the methods of brain research involving electrical stimulation and destructive surgery, you will examine the effects of stimulating or destroying two different regions of a rat’s hypothalamus. The results will be graphed in terms of the rat’s daily food intake and body weight, illustrating the role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of eating and weight control. Expressing Emotion Purpose: To examine facial expressions and the underlying nonverbal messages they may convey. Summary: In this activity you will learn about the role of facial expressions in the nonverbal communication of emotion. Then we’ll put you in control of a cartoon-type face and test your skill in manipulating its facial muscles to form particular emotional expressions. This will help you learn the facial cues associated with each primary emotion.
Helplessly Hoping Purpose: To explain the research basis for the concept of learned helplessness. Summary: In this activity you will explore the importance of a sense of personal control over the events in your life. You’ll participate in a simulated experiment on learned helplessness in dogs, and then consider how the results might apply to the behavior of people trapped in unpleasant …show more content…
First woman PhD o ______ Pavlov (______) 1915 C. Discovered conditioning o ______ Piaget (______) 1920 D. Founded behaviorism o ______ Rogers (______) 1940 E. Studied reinforcement o ______ Skinner (______) 1950 F. Studied children’s intelligence o ______ Thorndike (______) 1955 G. Studied language o ______ Washburn (______) 1960 H. Humanist approach o ______ Watson (______) 1970 I. Humanistic therapy
PsychSim 5: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Name: Section: Date: This activity introduces you to the basic statistics that researchers use to summarize their sets of data. The numbers below represent the scores of a group of students on a math test. Use them to perform the required calculations. 10, 13, 10, 12, 11, 7, 12, 11, 6, 11, 12, 11, 8, 10, 9 Distribution of Scores
• Sort the scores; that is, arrange them in order from lowest to highest.
• Create a frequency histogram.
Measures of Central Tendency
• What is a mode?
• What is the mode of your distribution? _____________________ • What is a
Psychology’s Timeline Purpose: To provide a more comprehensive synopsis of the origins of psychology, the early history of psychology as a discipline, and the major themes in twentieth century psychology. Summary: This activity will take you on a tour through the history of psychology. You will learn how psychology grew out of philosophy and medical physiology, and will become acquainted with some of the pioneers of psychology as a scientific discipline.
Descriptive Statistics Purpose: To describe the common measures of central tendency and variability and demonstrate their use in summarizing a data set. Summary: This activity introduces you to the basic statistics that researchers use to summarize …show more content…
After a brief review of the methods of brain research involving electrical stimulation and destructive surgery, you will examine the effects of stimulating or destroying two different regions of a rat’s hypothalamus. The results will be graphed in terms of the rat’s daily food intake and body weight, illustrating the role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of eating and weight control. Expressing Emotion Purpose: To examine facial expressions and the underlying nonverbal messages they may convey. Summary: In this activity you will learn about the role of facial expressions in the nonverbal communication of emotion. Then we’ll put you in control of a cartoon-type face and test your skill in manipulating its facial muscles to form particular emotional expressions. This will help you learn the facial cues associated with each primary emotion.
Helplessly Hoping Purpose: To explain the research basis for the concept of learned helplessness. Summary: In this activity you will explore the importance of a sense of personal control over the events in your life. You’ll participate in a simulated experiment on learned helplessness in dogs, and then consider how the results might apply to the behavior of people trapped in unpleasant …show more content…
First woman PhD o ______ Pavlov (______) 1915 C. Discovered conditioning o ______ Piaget (______) 1920 D. Founded behaviorism o ______ Rogers (______) 1940 E. Studied reinforcement o ______ Skinner (______) 1950 F. Studied children’s intelligence o ______ Thorndike (______) 1955 G. Studied language o ______ Washburn (______) 1960 H. Humanist approach o ______ Watson (______) 1970 I. Humanistic therapy
PsychSim 5: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Name: Section: Date: This activity introduces you to the basic statistics that researchers use to summarize their sets of data. The numbers below represent the scores of a group of students on a math test. Use them to perform the required calculations. 10, 13, 10, 12, 11, 7, 12, 11, 6, 11, 12, 11, 8, 10, 9 Distribution of Scores
• Sort the scores; that is, arrange them in order from lowest to highest.
• Create a frequency histogram.
Measures of Central Tendency
• What is a mode?
• What is the mode of your distribution? _____________________ • What is a