Introduction to Psychology Review from Last Class: Pre-Psychology Psychology; Are humans like animals or do we have something special? Modern Roots of Pyschology Early physiologists (Sechnov‚ Pavlov‚ Broca) brain can explain behaviour Wundt behaviour (the mind) can be measured scientifically using laboratory techniques Titchener introspection can provide clues to the mind James functionalism: how depends on why Freud ‘nuf said Other influential branches Gestalt Behaviorists
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8/27 Memory Chapter Summary Memory 6.1 What are the three processes of memory and the different model of how memory works? Memory can be defined as an active system that receives information from the senses‚ organizes and alters it as it stores it away‚ and then retrieves the information from storage. The three process are: Encoding Storage Retrieval Models of Memory In the levels-of-processing model of memory‚ information that gets more deeply processed is more likely to be remembered
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The Catcher in the Rye There are many different ways to see something and everyone has a different way of perceiving things as real or fake. There are many different ways of looking at something and every single person has a right to look at things in their own unique way. Holden had a way of looking at things very differently as well. The phrase “Everyone is innocent until proven guilty” was not something that Holden went
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Many people may get the concepts of sensation and perception mixed up. It is a common error or misconception that they are the same thing‚ but they actually are not. Sensation has much more to do with our five senses‚ whereas perception is more of an interpretation of what is actually sensed. Even though they are usually linked together 99 percent of the time‚ they do not always have to go together… meaning we can have sensation without perception or vice versa. Sensation is all based on
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cialChapter 13 Gender & Sexuality Gender vs. Sex *SEX: Refers to anatomical or biological characteristics of women and men. *GENDER: The roles and characteristics that society assigns to men and women‚ and has built within it the inequality of women and men. Gender Roles *A set of expectations concerning behaviour and attitudes that relates to being male or female Pink Collar Ghetto * men make more money the females in the same position (chart on the powerpoint) Hegemonic Masculinity and
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University of Phoenix Material Validity and Reliability Matrix For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix‚ prepare a 50-100-word description of test’s application and under what conditions these types of reliability would be used as well as when it would be inappropriate. Then prepare a 50-100-word description of each test’s strengths and a 50-100-word description of each test’s weaknesses. TEST of Reliability Application and APPROPRIATENESS Strengths Weaknesses
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Variables - any factor that can change in amount or kind over time. Eg age‚ time‚ IQ‚ memory etc An experiment tests the cause-effect relationship between variables Independent variable – the variable that is systematically manipulated‚ changed or varied in some way by the experimenter‚ in order to assess its effect on participant’s responses (DV) Dependent variable – the variable that the experimenter is measuring‚ shows any effects of the IV It is called the DV because whether or not it will
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Flight Chapter 1 and 2 In the book Flight‚ written by Sherman Alexie the narrator is a fifteen year old adolescence as well as foster child. The speakers name is anonymous but he insist to be called “Zits” due to the severe acne he has. Zits descends from an Indian and Irish background; his mother was Irish and his father was Indian. Zits’s is characterized with a low self-esteem possibly because his father abandoned the family literally two minutes after Zits was born. Zits became an orphan at
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INSTRUCTIONS: This assignment focuses on regression. You should review Chapter 4 of "A Student Guide to SPSS" before trying to complete this assignment. Use the SPSS file ’Lab-Assignment-3-Data’ to complete the assignment. This file can also be found in the folder called ’Lab Assignment 3’ on vista. The SPSS file contains data from the online survey and the CogLab "Memory Span" experiment your class completed. Marking of lab assignments will be very strict. If you did not complete the CogLab "Memory
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Section I: Descriptive Research Study Design 1. The subject being researched is the inferiority complex‚ specifically the Napoleon Complex‚ also known as Short Man Syndrome. 2. Freud’s Psychological approach of the subconscious would be the most appropriate approach to researching the mechanics behind the Napoleon Complex. 3. The Observational Method would be the most appropriate method for research. The Naturalistic Observation would be optimal for it allows the researcher to simply watch the
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