participants were 200 psychology undergraduate students who voluntarily participated‚ 100 of which are men and another 100 are women. One group of participants were tasked to watch violent videotape and another group of participants were tasked to watch a non-violent videotape‚ and afterwards they were asked to list down either non-aggressive words‚ homonyms or aggressive words. During the listing of the words‚ they were asked to immediately write down another word after the other. Participants recorded
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Chapter 1 What is psychology? Behavior | Everything we do that can be directly observed. | | | | behavioral approach | A psychological perspective emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants. | | | | biological approach | A psychological perspective that examines behavior and mental processes through a focus on the body‚ especially the brain and nervous system. | | | | cognitive approach | A psychological
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Distinguish between operant conditioning‚ observational learning‚ and social learning. How are these different kinds of learning utilized in the work place? Give specific examples for each one. o Operant Conditioning: conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response • o Observational Learning: is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others • o Social Learning:
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PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING Learning is a process that depends on experience and leads to long-term changes in behavior potential. Behavior potential designates the possible behavior of an individual‚ not actual behavior. The main assumption behind all learning psychology is that the effects of the environment‚ conditioning‚ reinforcement‚ etc. provide psychologists with the best information from which to understand human behavior. As opposed to short term changes in behavior potential (caused e.g.
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guard. The experiment was set to happen in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Professor Zimbardo‚ had high expectations for the experiment and the participants adapted to their roles well beyond what Zimbardo thought. The guards became powerful and knew that they had power over the prisoners. They took the role as a guard so far as to torture the prisoners. Many of the prisoners accepted the abuse and for others who didn’t accepted the abuse‚ they were harassed. The experiment became
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| Connection Between Health and Psychology | | | LaTisha M. Green | HCA/250Charriet Womble11/11/2012 | | There are many doctors that would agree that there is a connection between physical health and psychological health. When you are getting stressed out over your job because you may be overworked or there are financial problems within your family. All of this could cause you to have some form of physical reaction. We are going to look at how these two things if they are
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Elizabeth has been a drug user for a long time. Her friend believe that addiction has not a biological explanation as none of her friends are addicts and they do not encourage her to take drugs. Describe and evaluate one biological explanation of drug addiction that could be used to understand Elizabeth’s drug explanation. Drug misuse causes significant changes to our neurotransmitter levels in the brain‚ and specifically levels of dopamine and serotonin. As these chemicals are both involved
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Chapter 1: Psychology and Life Multiple Choice Questions 1.1-1. Psychology is best defined as the scientific study of a. the mind and consciousness. b. the mental processes of individuals. c. mental disorders and abnormal behavior. d. the behavior of individuals and their mental processes. Difficulty: 1 Page Ref: 2 Topic: What Makes Psychology Unique? Skill: Factual Answer: d. the behavior of individuals and their mental processes. % correct 95 a= 95 b= 2 c= 2 d= 0
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These vectors of development must reach resolution for the student to achieve identity. The seven vectors posed by him are developing competence‚ managing emotions‚ moving through autonomy toward independence‚ developing mature interpersonal relationships‚ establishing identity‚ developing purpose‚ and developing integrity. These can be used as maps to help determine where students are and which way they are heading. Though Chickering did not necessarily state that a student’s movements through
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5. How did the field of psychology emerge? The field of psychology emerged 130 years ago‚ when researchers began to directly study and observe psychological effects. The first psychological laboratory was established in Germany 1879 by Wilhelem Wundt. 6. What a contemporary perspectives in psychology? Three complementary streams of psychology are the: a) Biological perspective(including biopsychology and evolutionary psychology) b) Psychological perspective (including behaviorism‚
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