PSYCH Chapter One: Psychology and Scientific Thinking What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind‚ brain‚ and behavior. As a discipline‚ psychology spans many levels of analysis. Biological social influences Attachment Need to examine ALL of them: genetic/neurochemical/physiological and mental/behavioral/social level Depression at differing levels of Explanation Molecular level>Neurochemical>Neurological/physiological>Mental>Behavioral>Social Challenging
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Chapter One A. Understanding Psychology Directions: Answer each of the following questions in a brief paragraph. 1. “Psychology has a short past‚ but a long history.” What does that mean? 2. How did Wundt help to define psychology as a science of the mind? 3. Why did James think that sensation and perception alone couldn’t explain behaviour? 4. How did Freud’s ideas differ from previous approaches to psychology? 5. How did Watson’s approach to psychology differ from that of Freud?
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Caroline’s approach is an example of A) pseudoscience. B) the scientific method. C) the psychoanalytic model. D) the biopsychological model. 2. The term pseudoscience refers to A) the scientific study of psychology and related phenomena. B) hypotheses that have been rejected through observation and testing. C) ideas that are presented as science but in fact do not use the basic principles of scientific thinking procedure
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areas of psychology and these areas include Developmental psychology‚ Cognitive psychology‚ Behavioral psychology‚ and Social psychology. While in this course I was able to learn not only about the areas of psychology‚ but also learned a lot about myself. Within this paper‚ I will explain each major area of psychology and I will also explain personality‚ how it is measured‚ and how it is used in psychology. I will also explain the importance of knowing the nervous system while learning psychology. I also
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1) Of 100 individuals with moderate depression‚ 50 receive 8 weeks of a new cognitive-behavioral therapy‚ while the other 50 are placed on a waiting list for 8 weeks. At the end of the 8 weeks all 100 are given psychological tests to assess their level of depression. Independent Variable? (explain): The independent variable is the cognitive-behavioral therapy given to 50 of the individuals. This is the independent variable because this
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Psyc 3331 Psychology of Gender Notes 02.02.05 Chapter 1 Key Terms Androcentric bias: discipline of psychology that is largely focused on men and describes men as superior and women as inferior. Bias in Research Methods: bias occurs in every part of the research process-from question formulation and research design to data analysis and interpretation Blatant sexism: occurs when women are treated in a transparently harmful and unequal way. Covert sexism: form of sexism that’s intentional
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OCEAN v. Social cognitive theories of personality 1. Bandura’s Reciprocal Determinism 2. Rotter’s Locus of Control B. Measuring and studying personality i. Nature vs. Nurture 1. Minnesota twins studies/Jim study 2. Loehlin adoption studies 3. Cultural influence – Hofstede’s world-wide study ii. Personality assessment methods 1. Observation 2. Interviews 3. Personality Inventories a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) b. California Personality Inventory (CPI) c. Myers-Briggs
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LSP 101/05 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT 1 GUIDE PART A TASK: 1. To read and understand the research article by Thang‚ Ting‚ and Nurjanah Mohd Jaafar (2011‚ 40-54) entitled ‘Attitudes and Motivation of Malaysian Secondary Students towards learning English as a second Language: A Case Study’ published in The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 17 No.1 2. To write a summary of the article as instructed by the TMA question. | OBJECTIVES | 1. To
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How racial prejudice (toward African Americans) has changed since the 1940’s 4. Describe the research by Clark and Clark 5. Cross cultural study from 27 countries on gender 6. Social Dominance Orientation- Characteristics‚ career choice/social dominance 7. Altmeyer’s research on social dominance 8. Church membership and prejudice 9. Pettigrew’s study in South Africa- Who was the most prejudiced? 10. Theories of Aggression 11. Types of aggression-hostile and instrumental 12. Frustration-aggression
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self-structure - an internal. sdf-constructed. dynamic organization of drives. abilities. beliefs‚ and individual history. The better developed this structure is. the more aware individuals appear to be of their own uniqueness and similarity to others and of their own strengths and weaknesses in making their way in the world. The less developed this structure is. the more confused individuals seem about their own distinctiveness from others and the more they have to rely
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