Mid-term Exam | Psychology 101 | Winter 2014 Name: _________________________________________________________________________ 125 possible points All questions are worth 2 points unless otherwise indicated . 1. Cognitive psychologists are specifically interested in studying a. animal learning and motivation. b. human thinking and memory. c. genetic and hormonal effects on behavior. d. introspection and behavioral disorders. 2. Which of the following statements distinguishes psychoanalysis from other schools of
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Part 1. Phobia 1.1 Meaning of phobia. A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος‚ phóbos‚ meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is an intense and persistent fear of certain situations‚ activities‚ things‚ animals‚ or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one’s control‚ and if the fear is interfering with daily life‚ then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made. This is caused by what are called
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Adolescents to Extremely Violent Movies.” Pediatrics 122(2):306-312 (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2007-1096). 5. See Carnagey‚ Nicholas L.‚ Craig A. Anderson‚ and Brad J. Bushman. 2007. “The effect of video game violence on physiological desensitization to real-life violence.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 43:489-496. Retrieved February 23‚ 2010 (http://anderson.socialpsychology.org/). 6. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2001. Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
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Describe and evaluate two approaches to the treatment of self-defeating behaviour. “Pain is inevitable… Suffering is optional.” Buddhist Scripture Introduction Self-defeating behaviour (maladaptive behaviour) is the idea that people knowingly respond to stimuli that will cause them to fail or bring them trouble. It is defined as “any deliberate or intentional behaviour that has clear‚ definitely or probably negative effects on the self or on the self’s projects” 1. Psychologists have examined
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Although Kanel (2015) described developmental crises as normal transitional phases‚ changing can occur when people respond abnormally (p.10). In chapter 7(PTSD‚ Trauma‚ and Community Disasters) mentioned how natural (Landslides‚ floods‚ fires‚ earthquakes‚ hurricane‚ and storm)‚ community‚ and manmade (bombing‚ gun violence‚ and shooting) disasters contribute to development of PTSD and trauma. Natural disasters are the causes of community disaster. There are some other situations which can lead to
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I can still recall the first time that I saw a horror film. I was seven years old and the movie was Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger. Freddy is a frightening character in the 1984 film. He is a serial killer who has knives instead of fingernails. The nightmare that haunted me nightly was the scene when a teenage girl wanders around a dark boiler room in only her nightgown‚ a screeching is heard as knives are scratched against the pipes. The combination of reality into the movie made it
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Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher by shooting and fire booming after playing violent video games such as Doom and Wolfenstein 3D (Wikipedia‚ 2013). This indicates that mass media had result in youth desensitization where adoption of hostile behaviour occurs because some adolescence are unable to differentiate reality from fantasy. In addition‚ due to the prevalence and the
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Wing Hung Fung (211-784-493) Video Games Leading to more Violence? In this day and age‚ technology most certainly has become an integral part of our life. Modern day technology has undoubtedly made our daily lives much more efficient while bringing us more convenience and flexibility along the way. The evolution of technology has also changed the way we socialize‚ entertain ourselves‚ and now quite possibly the way we behave. The existence of video games began approximately 65 years ago. What
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"The components of anxiety‚ stress‚ habit‚ and fear do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world‚ even though we talk about them as if they do." - Wayne Dwyer‚ Self-Help Author. By trying to establish any connections between the relationships of the above conditions‚ it is important to define each one individually first in order to make any form of correlation. So initially I will be looking at the symptoms of Stress - A mentally or emotionally
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Physical factors are one the primary cause of injuries in sports and exercise for instance‚ a poor tackle in football‚ an awkward landing in gymnastics or poor warm-ups in sprinting. However‚ psychological researchers are continuing to show that thoughts‚ perceptions and aspects of personality may be linked to the incidence of injury. Stress and athletic injury Past research has seen the relationship between athletic injuries and psychological factors as essentially stress-related (1). In this
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