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[Show more]What is psychology? - Answer Science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underly it. It is the profession that applies the knowledge found from this science to practical problems. 
 
Where are psychologists employed? - Answer Private practice, Universities, ...
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Add to cartWhat is psychology? - Answer Science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underly it. It is the profession that applies the knowledge found from this science to practical problems. 
 
Where are psychologists employed? - Answer Private practice, Universities, ...
In order for 5 year old Zane to learn to read Japanese, he must have an awareness that the language moves: 
a) top to bottom 
b) bottom to top 
c) left to right 
d) right to left - Answer top to bottom 
 
June is trying to read her psychology text, and finds that she cannot tune out background noi...
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Add to cartIn order for 5 year old Zane to learn to read Japanese, he must have an awareness that the language moves: 
a) top to bottom 
b) bottom to top 
c) left to right 
d) right to left - Answer top to bottom 
 
June is trying to read her psychology text, and finds that she cannot tune out background noi...
Why to use scientific method - Answer Reduces Various bias (puts distance between researcher and participant) and helps to provide better theories (can be rested against and holds strong ) 
 
Hindsight bias - Answer - "I knew it all along" 
- Make sense of anything with info we already have 
-...
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Add to cartWhy to use scientific method - Answer Reduces Various bias (puts distance between researcher and participant) and helps to provide better theories (can be rested against and holds strong ) 
 
Hindsight bias - Answer - "I knew it all along" 
- Make sense of anything with info we already have 
-...
The term culture is typically used in everyday language to refer to all of the following except - Answer genetic determinants of behavior. 
 
The textbook defines culture as the values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people, shared through symbols - Answer and passed down from generation t...
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Add to cartThe term culture is typically used in everyday language to refer to all of the following except - Answer genetic determinants of behavior. 
 
The textbook defines culture as the values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people, shared through symbols - Answer and passed down from generation t...
Thinking Definition - Answer any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding 
 
What is cognitive economy? - Answer The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of the tim...
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Add to cartThinking Definition - Answer any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding 
 
What is cognitive economy? - Answer The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of the tim...
The most commonly used IQ test in the United States is the: - Answer Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV. 
 
Approximately _____ of the population have an IQ score between 85 and 115. - Answer 68% 
 
Higher intelligence is related to the thickness of the _____. - Answer cerebral cortex 
 
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Add to cartThe most commonly used IQ test in the United States is the: - Answer Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV. 
 
Approximately _____ of the population have an IQ score between 85 and 115. - Answer 68% 
 
Higher intelligence is related to the thickness of the _____. - Answer cerebral cortex 
 
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Psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes 
 
Origins - Answer trace back to philosophy and physiology 
 
Origins: Aristotle - Answer wrote about dreams, memory, sleep 
 
Nature vs. Nurture - Answer Do your genes or environment have a bigger impact on you 
 
Re...
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Add to cartPsychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes 
 
Origins - Answer trace back to philosophy and physiology 
 
Origins: Aristotle - Answer wrote about dreams, memory, sleep 
 
Nature vs. Nurture - Answer Do your genes or environment have a bigger impact on you 
 
Re...
Developmental psychology - Answer The study of how behaviour changes over an individual's lifespan 
 
Post Hoc Fallacy - Answer (A then B) != (A causes B) 
 
Bidirectional Influences - Answer Development influences experiences, experiences influence development 
 
Cohort Effect - Answer Dif...
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Add to cartDevelopmental psychology - Answer The study of how behaviour changes over an individual's lifespan 
 
Post Hoc Fallacy - Answer (A then B) != (A causes B) 
 
Bidirectional Influences - Answer Development influences experiences, experiences influence development 
 
Cohort Effect - Answer Dif...
When people rely on mental shortcuts to reach a conclusion or make a decision, they often fail to take into account how common a behaviour or characteristic is in general. This kind of information is called the __________ by psychological scientists. 
 
a) schematome 
b) base rate 
c) ground level 
...
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Add to cartWhen people rely on mental shortcuts to reach a conclusion or make a decision, they often fail to take into account how common a behaviour or characteristic is in general. This kind of information is called the __________ by psychological scientists. 
 
a) schematome 
b) base rate 
c) ground level 
...
Psychology - Answer The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 
 
Aristotle - Answer The first Western thinker to study psychological topics. He combined the logic of philosophy and empirical observation. De Anima is regarded as the first systematic treatise on psychology. Its topics...
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Add to cartPsychology - Answer The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 
 
Aristotle - Answer The first Western thinker to study psychological topics. He combined the logic of philosophy and empirical observation. De Anima is regarded as the first systematic treatise on psychology. Its topics...
Research suggests that stress-producing events are? - Answer - Universal 
 
_______ is the term used to describe physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are threatening or challenging. - Answer - Stress 
 
The tendency to overestimate people's fragility and under...
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Add to cartResearch suggests that stress-producing events are? - Answer - Universal 
 
_______ is the term used to describe physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are threatening or challenging. - Answer - Stress 
 
The tendency to overestimate people's fragility and under...
By the end of the first year, what might we expect to see in terms of body growth (height and weight)? - Answer Height- 32 in. 
-9 months: "baby fat" peaks- helps maintain body temp. 
-Cephalocaudal trend: head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body 
 
What about by the end of the...
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Add to cartBy the end of the first year, what might we expect to see in terms of body growth (height and weight)? - Answer Height- 32 in. 
-9 months: "baby fat" peaks- helps maintain body temp. 
-Cephalocaudal trend: head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body 
 
What about by the end of the...
Basic human emotions - Answer (5) Fear, sadness, happiness, anger, disgust 
 
Natural Observation - Answer -Non laboratory setting, but many important behaviors are infrequent 
-behavior may also be affected by the presence of the observer 
-Requires RATER AGREEMENT 
 
Emotional Expression in In...
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Add to cartBasic human emotions - Answer (5) Fear, sadness, happiness, anger, disgust 
 
Natural Observation - Answer -Non laboratory setting, but many important behaviors are infrequent 
-behavior may also be affected by the presence of the observer 
-Requires RATER AGREEMENT 
 
Emotional Expression in In...
what is the nature vs nurture debate? - Answer nature was is the idea that knowledge is present at birth (created by Plato) 
nurture is the idea that knowledge is gained through experience (Aristotle) 
 
what is the moral definition of nature vs nurture? - Answer Rousseau says that people are bo...
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Add to cartwhat is the nature vs nurture debate? - Answer nature was is the idea that knowledge is present at birth (created by Plato) 
nurture is the idea that knowledge is gained through experience (Aristotle) 
 
what is the moral definition of nature vs nurture? - Answer Rousseau says that people are bo...
What is the takeaway from the baby head-turning experiment? - Answer Babies turned their neck, working harder to see a face on a paddle over random designs. 
Suggests babies have a preference for human faces, are ready to form relationships 
 
What is the still-face paradigm? - Answer -Mom's do...
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Add to cartWhat is the takeaway from the baby head-turning experiment? - Answer Babies turned their neck, working harder to see a face on a paddle over random designs. 
Suggests babies have a preference for human faces, are ready to form relationships 
 
What is the still-face paradigm? - Answer -Mom's do...
Sense of self: - Answer unique sense of identity influenced by social, cultural, and psychological experiences. 
 
1. Social cognition: - Answer refers to how we form impressions of other people, how we interpret the meaning of other people's behavior, and how our behavior is affected by our at...
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Add to cartSense of self: - Answer unique sense of identity influenced by social, cultural, and psychological experiences. 
 
1. Social cognition: - Answer refers to how we form impressions of other people, how we interpret the meaning of other people's behavior, and how our behavior is affected by our at...
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What is counseling psychology? - Answer a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being 
 
How is counseling psychology different to clinical? - Answer Counseling psychology focuses on career/voca...
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Add to cartWhat is counseling psychology? - Answer a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being 
 
How is counseling psychology different to clinical? - Answer Counseling psychology focuses on career/voca...
What has been a concern since the first meeting of the APA? Answer Misconceptions of psychology 
 
What percentage of people believe scientific approach benefits understanding of human behavior? Answer 50% 
 
What is the good news of misconceptions of psychology? Answer There is an increased r...
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Add to cartWhat has been a concern since the first meeting of the APA? Answer Misconceptions of psychology 
 
What percentage of people believe scientific approach benefits understanding of human behavior? Answer 50% 
 
What is the good news of misconceptions of psychology? Answer There is an increased r...
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Thinking Definition - Answer any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding 
 
What is cognitive economy? - Answer The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of th...
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Thinking Definition - Answer any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding 
 
What is cognitive economy? - Answer The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of th...
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