Psych 420 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

As one of their main goals, the original behaviorists tried to: discover a set of principles concerned with how behavior changes in response to different configurations of stimuli Cognitive psychology is primarily concerned with which of the following? the measurement and understanding of mental processes You are likely to perform the same behavior given the following requests: 1) Can you get some milk on your way home? 2) Would you grab some milk for breakfast? 3) We're out of milk. C...

What is development? The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human lifespan. Change that is characterized by increase or decrease in complexity, capability, and function. Prenatal Period Conception to Birth, Single cell to complete organism in approximately 9 months Infancy Birth to 18-24 months, Dependency on adults; beginning of language, symbolic thought, sensorimotor coordination, social learning Childhood (Early) 18-24 months to 5-6 ye...

social influenceThe effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors Social PsychologyThe scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. construalThe way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world individual differencesThe aspects of people's personalities that make them different from other ...

If you believe the church is sacred while your profession is secular, what kind of view is it? - Answer Compartmental What is the problem with comportmental view? - Answer minimizes God's sovereignty What is the opposite of compartmental view? - Answer Sacremental. Instead of having sacrementals, they believe that Jesus santified all The quote "What does Athens have to do with Jeruselum?" have to do about the speakers view? - Answer science/ academics vs. faith Accordi...

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what view does, "what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem" support? - secular psychology has nothing to do with psychology what does Athens represent? - science/reason church is sacred, profession is secular, what view do you have? - compartmental view (to-go box) what is the issue with the compartmental view? - keeps psych and christianity seperate opposite view of compartmental - sacramental Blamire's view on christian vs secular thinking - both useful, both subject to error accor...

what view does, "what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem" support? - secular psychology has nothing to do with psychology what does Athens represent? - science/reason church is sacred, profession is secular, what view do you have? - compartmental view (to-go box) what is the issue with the compartmental view? - keeps psych and christianity seperate opposite view of compartmental - sacramental Blamire's view on christian vs secular thinking - both useful, both subject to error accor...

Psychosocial/Psych 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS A + GUARANTEE PASS A 76 year-old depressed patient is started on an SSRI. When should another antidepressant be tried if there is no response? - ANSWER 8-12 weeks Most learned authorities agree that if there is no response by 8-12 weeks at a maximal therapeutic dose, a different antidepressant should be tried. The 8-12 week period is the correct time frame because it will take this long to increase the dose and attempt to reach maximal dose...

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