Chapter 9 Personality is all the ways we have of acting‚ thinking‚ believing‚ and feeling that make each of us unique. A personality trait is a complex pattern of behavior‚ thought‚ and feeling that is stable across time and across many situations. Five - factor model is one of the leading theories of personality which posits that everyone’s personality is organized along five broad dimensions or factors of personality. These factors are often referred to as the Big 5: negative emotionality
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psychology because he: a. Coined the term “psychology” b. Was the first to conduct psychology research? c. Opened the first university-based psychology laboratory d. Was the first theorist to consider the role of the brain in behavior 2. Wilhelm Wundt is credited as the founder of scientific psychology because he: a. Coined the term “psychology” b. Was the first to conduct psychology research c. Opened the first university-based psychology laboratory d. Was the first theorist to consider
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Through my semester in General Psychology Taking Psychology has taught me a lot more than I already knew about the human mind and human body. I have actually enjoyed taking Psychology this semester. what I have learned from Psychology class will be carried with me throughout my college and professional career. In Psychology I learned the science of behavior and processes. The “ABC’s” of Psychology which are‚ A- stands for affect‚ which are feelings‚ emotions or moods. B- stands for behaviors
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over another‚ depending on whether it has an impact on reproduction. b. Physiology & Medicine iv. Scientific Method – OPTIC – Observing‚ Predicting‚ Testing‚ Interpreting‚ and Communicating. v. Weber – Ernst Weber did research in perception and later became known as psychophysics vi. Fechner – Gustav Fechner realized in 1850 that one could study the psychological and physical worlds. vii. Darwin – Came up with the most dominant theory in the life
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Objective of experiment * The objective of the experiment is to assess the effect of different pH conditions on enzyme activity. Hypothesis * I feel the pH affected the enzyme activity to produce product. Prediction * If the pH affected the enzyme activity to produce product‚ then rate of reaction will change. Procedure * The procedure that we followed was to take two test tubes and label one pH2 and one pH10 and incubate 1 ml of each solution for 30 minutes. Then after 30 minutes
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Chapter 2 Outline: The Biological Basis of Behavior Hemispherectomies: the removal or the left or right half of the brain. (often used to treat seizures). Improves speech‚ coordination‚ ect. The internal environment of the brain is often calmer and their external environment is enhanced and better. The brain is the “master control” of all the body’s functions. Our brains have billions of cells that make up pathways‚ networks‚ and back-up systems. The two sides of the brain are similar but NOT
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Psych rotations has been a hug revelation for me. I was terrified to start psych rotations‚ but it is not bad at all. My first week scared me the most. I was walking to the entrance and I glance over into a patient’s window and I see a patient with long black hair staring at me out of their window. That was the first impression that it got and scared me. But as I got into the unit and took a tour‚ my nerves started to ease. The first couple of weeks I played it safe and chose the patients with mood
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disadvantages of benzodiazepines prescribed for anxiety is that these medications: A) Take 4 to 6 weeks before onset of action occurs B) Cause dependency with long-term use C) Often cause serious side effects D) Are new to the market with little research Points Earned: 2.0/2.0 Correct Answer(s): B CorrectIncorrectUngraded 4. A
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always been a branch of philosophy until the 1870s‚ where it was developed into an independent scientific field in Germany. Psychology as a field of study began in 1879‚ when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory exclusively for psychological research in Leipzig. Wundt was also the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist and wrote the first textbook on psychology: Principles of Physiological Psychology. Psychology had its separation from the field of philosophy in the late
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE MECHANISM Defense Mechanism/Ego Defense * The protective‚ coping strategies adopted by the brain to shield us from painful feelings. * They are learned usually as early in the childhood stage and are considered maladaptive when they become the predominant means of coping with the stressors. * The method by which the ego can solve the conflicts between the super-ego and the id. * They operate actively and involuntarily without the person’s awareness.
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