Shalena Millward V. Duarte Psychology 211 16 April 2013 Internet Assignment Chapter 1 what is abnormal behavior? psychology.about.com › ... › Abnormal Psychology Abnormal psychology is a study which defines‚ give details about why it happens‚ tries to calculate violence and hazardous behavior‚ and tries to regulate unusual behavior. The behavior ranges from risky or unusual behavior to more unsensational and prevalent ones such as people with depression who stays in their homes. Standards
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Biological Level of Analysis: -Outlining the principles that define the BLA: What will be in this essay: 1. State what you will be talking about. 2. Define the BLA. 3. State the principles of BLA: -Behavior has physiological bases. -Behavior can be inherited -Behavior has evolutionary processes. -Animal studies give an insight into human behavior. 4. Purpose of the BLA 5. Bi-directional relationship in human behavior. 6. Reductionist approach. The writing part:
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for conscious awareness * Priming: the activation‚ often unconsciously‚ of certain associations‚ thus predisposing one’s perception‚ memory or response. * In 1992‚ Greenwald conducted 16 double-blind experiments evaluating subliminal self-help tapes. His results were uniform: Not one had any therapeutic effect. * Difference threshold‚ a.k.a. noticeable difference/jnd‚ is the lowest difference you can detect between 2
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Jordan Stauffer Social Psych Project April 26‚ 2012 Conformity Peter Ustinov once said‚ “In America‚ through pressure of conformity‚ there is freedom of choice‚ but nothing to choose from.” This is unbelievably true as much as we try not to admit it. Society has made it where we really don’t have a choice when it comes to certain things if we want to be “normal” and liked. Although we might say we would act differently than everyone else in a hypothetical situation‚ when it comes down to
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WHAT IS RESEARCH AT LEAST 4 PEER REVIEW JOURNALS. {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} Write about ANGER Do not put a www. Or going to a government website to get statistics. It must be peer reviewed. WHY NOT??? The case of Cheryl and the Internet PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS No pictures‚ a lot of statistics. Formal in format Sources are cited with footnotes or
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Nastasia Boutros E.C. Essay 2 Section 1: Social facilitation is influence observers have on peoples or animal’s behaviors (Myers‚ 2009). When we are being observed doing a complicated task‚ we tend to perform worse because the presence of others makes us nervous. On the other hand though if we are performing a simple task we perform better and faster than usual in front of an audience (Janowsky‚ 2010). When a pianist for instance is attempting to learn a new piece in the presence of his classmates
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Lauren Scalzitti PSYC 101-Kaufman March 8‚ 2012 Media Assignment The Fairly OddParents For this assignment I chose to watch ten minutes from the children’s television program‚ The Fairly OddParents. The episode followed the main character‚ a little boy named Timmy‚ his father‚ and his two "fairly oddparents" (which are much like fairy godparents). The little boy‚ Timmy is trying to obtain the attention of his father who is busy with work and house chores. The father keeps promising Timmy
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Quantitative datarelating to‚ measuring‚ or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality Qualitative data relating to‚ measuring‚ or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity Strengths of qualitative data: Qualitative research provides more insight into the sampled data‚ as their open ended nature mean they are less limiting of the information provided; they also eliminate the a priori assumptions used in quantitative data Limitations of qualitative
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Chapter 2 Outline The Biological Perspective Neuron A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell Dendrites Dendrites are treelike extensions at the beginning of a neuron that help increase the surface area of the cell body and are covered with synapses Soma The soma is the cell body of a neuron. Axon The Axon of a neuron is a singular fiber that carries information away from the soma to the synaptic sites of other neurons (dendrites and somas)‚ muscles‚ Glial
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Prologue: The Story of Psychology A. Overview and Highlights The human brain has perplexed the minds of philosophers since the age of the ancient Greeks. In the late 1800s‚ the study of the brain-psychology-became its own discipline independent from philosophy when the scientific method was employed to study the underlying mechanisms of the psyche. Although the original research produced by the first psychologists was widely subjective and biased‚ it helped to pave the way for serious research conducted
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