Psyc 3310 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

development Answer: pattern of movement/change that begins at conception and continuous through the human life span biological processes Answer: change in an individuals physical nature cognitive processes Answer: change in the individuals thought process, intelligence and language socioemotional processes Answer: involve changes in the individuals relationships with other people, change in emotion and change in personality psychoanalytic theories Ans...

What is cognitive psychology? Answer: scientific study of mental processes involved in: acquiring & storing information (perception, attention, memory) manipulating information (language, decision making) using existing knowledge in new situations (creativity, problem solving) Donders - purpose Answer: measured how long it takes a person to make a decision through the use of action times Donders - method Answer: Simple RT task: participant pushes a button quickl...

experimental psychology Answer: gain a greater understanding of how and why we behave, think, and feel in certain ways psychology is the study of Answer: human behavior Applied Psychology Answer: use knowledge by applying it to address real world problems outside of the research settingI industrial-organizational psychology (I/O) Answer: application of psychology to the world of work and business (how organizations function) I/O has 2 divisions Answer...

In somatic intervention, what is the DEPENDENT variable? Answer: behavior Which part of the neuron RECEIVES information? Answer: Dendrites How many neurons are in your brain? Answer: around 86 billion Bilinguals with higher proficiency have greater grey matter density. This research is an example of which BioPsych approach? Answer: Correlational Ontogeny falls under which perspective of biological psychology? Choose the best answer. Answer: Dev...