Part 1 I. Our Genetic Inheritance Neuroscience: scientific study of the biology of behavior & mental processes Behavioral Genetics: study of the relative effects of heredity & environment on behavior & mental processes Genes & DNA -The nucleus of every cell contains genes‚ which carry the code for hereditary transmission -Genes are arranged along chromosomes (strands of paired DNA). Evolutionary Psychology: studies how natural selection & adaptation help explain behavior & mental
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Study Guide Chapter 20-Progressivism Progressive Beliefs Gilded Age | Progressivism | Gospel of Wealth * Rich=good=heaven * Poor=bad=sinner=hell * Wealth= an outward sign of wealth * You are a failure if you don’t have wealthHuman Existence=Atomist * You are nothing but a don’t * Random‚ chaotic mess * Solitary existence | Social Gospel * Interconnectedness * Christian notion of love * Brotherly love‚ uplifting‚ “together” * Connected as peopleHuman Existence= Connection
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Developmental Psychology Notes- Chapter 5: Early Childhood: Body and Mind Healthy 6 year old: weighs between 40-50 lbs‚ least 3.5 ft tall‚ looks lean not cubby‚ has adult like body proportions (legs constitute half of total height) Height of Children T-S: African‚ European‚ Asian and Latino descent Obesity major problem‚ children from low income families especially vulnerable to obesity bc their cultures quard against undernutrition/parents rely on cheap fast food (low nutritional value/high
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AP Psychology Summer Vocabulary 1. Absolute Threshold – The minimum amount of energy required for a sensory experience to be produced. 2. Accommodation – In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development‚ the process of changing existing schemas when new information cannot be assimilated. 3. Action Potential – The nerve impulse that travels down the axon and triggers the release of neurotransmitters into a synapse. 4. Afterimage Effect – A sensory experience that continues in the absence of the stimulus
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AP Psychology 5-21-13 Trent is planning to apply to college‚ but has not yet decided where he will apply. When it comes to applying to colleges‚ many factors will play a role in helping him decide. All of those factors are found in the brain. When it comes to the brain and how we think‚ there are four major things that will help him decide‚ availability heuristic‚ compliance‚ prefrontal cortex and prospective memory. Trent will be using all four of these to decide which college he will apply
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television. But is there a way to prove that? The New City research team has designed a correlational study to test whether the public statement from the New City police chief regarding the direct relationship between crimes and violent television can be proven true. The two variables involved in the study are the violent television shows and the number of crimes/arrests among teens. The study will be conducted in the New City Mall on Saturday September 27th 2008 using the survey method. Each willing
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|C) |observational study. | |B) |independent study. |D) |experimental study. | |4. |Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between a sample and a population?
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Psychology Notes – Memory Flow of information in memory: Encoding Storage Retrieval Key terms: Encoding: changing information so that it can be stored Storage: holding information in the memory system Retrieval: recovering information from storage Multi-store: the idea that information passes through a series of memory stores Sensory store: holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time Short-term store: holds approximately seven chunks of information for
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1 Critical Review No. 2: His Brain‚ Her Brain Abstract As Larry Cahill ’s article “His Brain‚ Her Brain”‚ points out there has been data showing a vast “...array of structural‚ chemical and functional variations” between the sexes; but does size matter? Lawrence Summers‚ former President of Harvard‚ thought so. Men ’s brains are 13% larger than women ’s brains‚ but does that really make them more advanced in math‚ physics and science? There are other anatomical variations and some of these
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person being tested on conformity would’ve doubted the seriousness of the others in the study if the other participants hadn’t sounded confident in their answers. On the other hand‚ deception can be seen when a participant being tested says an incorrect answer just to go along with the group; the participant may say it with a peculiar tone of voice or hesitate. • The dependent variable in this study was the outcome that when a participant was put in front of a group‚ they were less accurate
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