Psych 111 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Sensation - correct answers is the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception - correct answers is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Bottom-up processing - correct answers analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brains's integration of sensory information. Example: putting a puzzle together...

principle of falsifiability - The principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation; that is, the theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen. phrenology - The now discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull. structuralism - early psych approach that emphasized the ana...

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4 goals of psychology - correct answers describe how people and animals behave, understand and explain the causes of behavior, predict behaviors/reactions across situations, control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences Wilhelm Wundt - correct answers established first psychological lab, analyzed consciousness and structuralism William James - correct answers built on the principles of introspection & the study of conscious experiences, but instead focused on the why a...

Concept - correct answers a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people Prototype - correct answers a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to this provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories. Used when classifying objects. Algorithm - correct answers a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier use of heuristics. (1 of 2 problem solving methods) He...

For any mental disorders, know the general symptoms and characteristics. - correct answers Cognitive Dissonance - correct answers An unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or beliefs. False Memory - correct answers When people come up with memories that never occurred at all Examples - People who create memories from childhood that never happened - When people create trauma/abuse that never happened - People remember events that didn't happ...

Who is generally considered to be the father of psychology and was responsible for defining psychology as a separate field which could be studied using scientific methods? - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt William James' movement? - correct answers Functionalism Which psychological approach suggests that a psychological phenomenon should not be broken down into smaller parts and must be understood as a whole? - correct answers Wertheimer's Gestalt psychology This psychologist actually s...

consciousness - correct answers the subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment circadian rhythm - correct answers our biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) - correct answers a pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm. in response to light, the SCN causes the pineal gland to adjust melatonin production, thus modifying our feelings of sleepin...

What are the major subdisciplines within current Psychology and what do they study? - correct answers Clinical - Understand and treat mental illness Cognitive - basic skills and processes in attention, memory, language perception Cultural - How geography, national beliefs, and religious values influence mental life and behavior Developmental - How people can change across lifespan Health - Relationship between psychological processes and physical health Industrial/Organizational -...