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    Psychology Notes

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    Psychology…Chapter 1 Notes Definition of psychology: Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes Science: approach to knowledge based on systematic observation Behavior: directly observable and measurable human actions Mental processes: private psychological activities that include thinking‚ perceiving‚ and feeling Theories: tentative explanation of facts and relationship in sciences 4 goals of psychology: 1. Describe: the information gathered through specific research

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    Define Psychology

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    Psychology can be defined as the scientific process by which behavior and mental processes are studied and categorized. The roots‚ of which date‚ back to classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. The defining difference between the two schools of thought has become knows as “nature v. nurture.” Plato advocated nature‚ known as nativist view‚ which seeks to define one’s actions based on the assumption that we are endowed with certain‚ intrinsic modes of behavior. Alternately‚ Aristotle

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    Introduction to Psychology

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    Is Intelligence a predictor of job and life success? Over the years‚ intelligence has been defined in many different ways and called many different things. There are the abbreviations: “IQ” (intelligence quotient)‚ “g” (general intelligence)‚ “GCA” (general cognitive ability) and “GMA” (general mental ability). Whatever we call it‚ the way we measure it has not really changed in many years.  On how intelligence helps performance‚ most people will suggest that it is by improving things like problem

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    General Psychology

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    PSYCHOLOGY • Comes from the root words : “psyche”‚ or mind‚ and “logos”‚ or study (Boring‚ 1950) • The scientific study of behavior and mental processes (Atkinson‚ 2000) • Is an objective and systematic study of how people behave and think • Its’ goals are to describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ and control behavior and mental processes. Psychologists are interested to find answers to questions like the following: ▪ What part of the brain is responsible for language? ▪ What

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    1.Atticus knew that he had been in trouble with the law before so he asked him what kind of trouble was that. He said that someone used knife and tried to kill him‚than they both been caught to the police. He could not pay for the fee so he just stay in the jail. From this we know that he is very poor and the discriminate to the black people was very harmful even person who got hurt need to go to the jail because he is black‚also we can know that he is really honest. 2.Atticus asked if he know

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    Abnormal Psychology

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    Chapter 2 Conceptualizing Abnormal Psychology One-Dimensional versus Multidimensional Models  One-Dimensional Models  Multidimensional Models  The Role of Genes  Neuroscience  Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences  Emotions  Cultural‚ Social‚ and Interpersonal Factors  Life-Span Development  How do we put it all together? One-Dimensional versus Multidimensional Models  One-Dimensional Models  Single cause‚ operating in isolation  Linear causal model  Ignores critical

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    foundation of psychology

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    Foundation of Psychology Dustina Sallee University of Phoenix Psy300 Ashley Dolecki October 19‚ 2013 Psychology has come a long way; “American psychology at the start of the 20th Century was the psychology of human consciousness and mental life” (Davis‚ Stephen F. & Buskist‚ William‚ and 21st. Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook‚ February 19‚ 2008). Introspection was the first study of psychology; follow came Structuralism and Functionalism‚ Behavioral‚ Humanism‚ Psychoanalysis

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    Four Biological Molecules

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    Populations are kept from getting too large by limiting factors‚ like space and food availability. The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the amount of organisms in a population that the area can sustain. Predator-prey food chains and food webs are the main ways that different species interact with each other within the ecosystem. A food chain usually starts with a producer‚ or an organism able to make its own food with either photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. This can also be referred to as an autotroph

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    AP Psychology

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    A.P. Psychology Crib Notes People: Wundt- "Father of Psychology": Introspection Wertheimer- Gestalt Psychology Titchner- Structuralism James- Functionalism Watson- Behaviorism; "Little Albert Study" Freud- Psychoanalytic; dream analysis; free association; structure of personality; stages of development; defense mechanisms Milgram- Obedience; Ethics Broca- left frontal lobe: associated with expressive language Wernike- left frontal lobe: receptive language Pavlov- Classical conditioning:

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    Developmental Psychology

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    The influences of childhood development have long been a debated issue‚ including the common argument of nature versus nurture. Developmental psychologists have continued to research the underlining influences of an individual’s development‚ whether it’s suggesting development predominantly arises from a biological process or an environmental process. While studying developmental psychology a clear understanding of developmental theorist is required‚ however it can be beneficial to apply two developmental

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