PSYCH Ch. 3 Neurosystem (Central Nervous System) CNS – Brain & Spinal Cord (Peripheral) PNS Soma – cell body‚ contains nucleus and much of chemical machinery common to most cells Dendrite – part of neuron that is specialized to receive information Axon – transmits information away from the soma to other neurons/muscles/glands Action potential – brief period where channels open and it changes chemical reaction within cell Absolute Refractory Period – minimum length of time after an
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Running head: Professional Ethics and Values Professional Ethics and Values Every day we make judgments about the things around us‚ often without giving conscious thought as we perceive something the way we do. It is often our values and ethics that cause us to assess and respond to things as desirable or undesirable‚ good or bad. According to The Encyclopedia of Psychology (Corsini ed. 1994 p.)‚ a value is “an enduring belief that a specific principle‚ standard or quality is regarded
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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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influence (3 components) -conformity & groupthink – agreeing with a group to not be different -compliance- changing behavior because someone convinced you to do it -persuasion techniques: -obedience & milgrim experiment- shock keeps going up allowed shocks. -group behavior -social loafing- good when alone but lazy in group -social facilitation-positive influence on others performance -ABC model of attitudes- attitude- emotional‚ behavior- our opinions change our actions‚ cognitive-
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Relate Stereotyping‚ Prejudice‚ & Disrimination To Real Life Experiences and Its Global Awareness. The world is well aware with these terms stated above- stereotypes‚ prejudice‚ and discriminate. These three terms are used to further create inequality between people based on their inner and outer characteristics. Specifically the inequallities which are most common are based on races or gender. Being a stereotype means to generate an oversimplified representation of a particular type of a
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Emotion Based On Facial Expressions Aim The James Lane theory suggests that emotions occur post event. If human emotion is based on facial expression‚ then the subject would find the comic funnier if their face is forced into a smile and if the face was formed into a frown then the comic would obviously be less funny. Method IV: The position of the face. The operational definition being the exact position of the pen in the face while reading the comics. DV: The measurement of how funny something
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Chapter 1 1. Correct Psychology is the study of behavior andYour answer: mental processes. 2. Correct The processes involved in learning‚ memory‚ sensation‚ perception‚ and cognition are investigated by which type of psychologists?Your answer: experimental 3. Correct The scientific method isYour answer: an approach to gaining knowledge that relies on collecting data and hypothesis testing. 4. Correct Which of the following is NOT one of the enduring issues in psychology?Your answer: the Chicken-Egg
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Credit value: 10 Unit 17 Psychology for sports performance 17 Psychology for sports performance Sport psychology is the study of people and their behaviours in a sporting arena. Recently‚ interest in sport psychology has increased. Athletes and coaches talk regularly in the media about how sporting success can be attributed to how focused and motivated a player is‚ or how well a team has been able to work together. As a result‚ there is now a growing appreciation of the huge impact that
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Types of Surveys QNT/561 In the following situations‚ decide whether you would use a personal interview‚ telephone survey‚ or self-administered questionnaire. Give your reasons. 1. A survey of the residents of a new subdivision on why they happened to select that area in which to live. You also wish to secure some information about what they like and do not like about life in the subdivision. A self-administered questionnaire is the survey I would choose
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SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Designation: Employer: 1. How comfortable is your work environment? Extremely comfortable Quite comfortable Slightly comfortable Not at all comfortable 2. Are you satisfied with your employer’s catered meals? Satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Slightly dissatisfied Extremely dissatisfied 3. Are you satisfied with your employee benefits? Extremely satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Quite dissatisfied Extremely dissatisfied
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