Methods‚ Approaches and History A. What is Psychology- 1. Scientific study- the understanding of behavioral and mental processes 2. Behavior- Anything an organism does‚ any action we can observe and record. i.e. yelling‚ smiling‚ blinking‚ sweating‚ and talking. 3. Mental Processes- the internal‚ subjective experiences we infer from behavior-sensations‚ perceptions‚ dreams‚ thoughts‚ beliefs‚ and feelings. B. The scientific Method 1. Testable Hypothesis- a testable prediction‚ often implied
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VCE Psychology Unit 3 Notes. Covering consciousness and memory Consciousness Chapter 2 -‐ States of Consciousness • OVERVIEW Concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness including daydreaming and alcohol-‐induced‚ in terms of levels of awareness‚ content limitations‚ controlled and automatic processes‚ perceptual and cognitive distortions‚
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Unit 1 Questions. Total: 16 marks 1. How many electrons does Mg2+ have? (1 mark) 10 electrons 2. Given that the half-life of the radioisotope carbon-14 is 5730 years‚ how useful do you think this isotope would be for dating bones that are over a million years old? (2 marks) 3. Summarize the four major types of biochemical reactions studied in this lesson. For each type give its name‚ a word summary of what happens during the reaction‚ and an example of where the reaction might be biologically important
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Farewell to Arms Vocabulary List Page 3 - Orchards: an area of land on which fruit or nut trees are grown‚ especially commercially - Artillery: catapults and other large mechanical weapons once used by armies Page 4 - Bulged: to contain so much that the sides expand outward - Cholera: an acute and often fatal intestinal disease that produces severe gastrointestinal symptoms and is usually caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae Page 5 - Plateau: an area of high ground
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Unit 1 Exercises Chapter 1 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software is a no charge/ non price software. Free software is software that users have the freedom to distribute and change. The 3 characteristics of free software is that you’re able to download it many times & install it on several computers without paying out of pocket each time you download it. The 2nd characteristic is you can also share the free software with others. And the 3rd characteristic
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Key Terms for Chapter 18‚ Section 4: conflict: a perceived incompatibility of actions‚ goals‚ or ideas social trap: a situation in which the conflicting parties‚ by each rationally pursuing their self- interest‚ become caught in mutually destructive behavior mere exposure effect: the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them passionate love: an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another‚ usually present at the beginning of a love relationship
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The mind is complicated but so are we. Our attitudes are shaped by beliefs and are constantly challenging our behavior. They are formed while we observe others or by repeated exposure to something. What some of us do not know is that we are consciously unaware of those beliefs and attitudes. We strive so much to do what others do and to think like them that we forget that we do not always have to have the same concepts. One way of knowing how much implicit evaluations influence our perception‚
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and level of challenge and opportunity for growth provided by the job‚ health and safety among others. Some studies require an employee to response on “yes” or “no” options and some studies require him to rate himself on the basis of the scale 1-5 (where 1 is considered no satisfaction at all while 5 is considered most satisfied). Job satisfaction is important to companies large and small. Some companies considered this as basis of their hiring or terminating an employee but some considered this
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A new drug has been formulated to reduce hyperactivity for children ages 5-17. To test this I will be using 100 children that are randomly selected clinically labeled hyperactive child. 50 Children will be randomly assigned to the experimental group and the others will be placed in the control group. Both groups however will be told that they are being given the new drug (a single – blind study). The experimental group will be given the drug and will be asked to meet every day for two hours‚
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Chapter Five: Learning Classical Conditioning Definition of Learning - the process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior Pavlov’s Conditioning Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov accidentally hit upon classical conditioning by studying digestive processes of dogs Trained the dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell by presenting the sound just before food was brought into the room Eventually the dogs began to salivate at
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