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Psychology the discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment Psychology is an empirical science, meaning psychology focuses on evidence gathered by careful observation, experimentation, or measurement Phrenology meaning "study of the mind"; once a theory that different areas of the brain account for specific character and personality traits which can be read by "bumps" on the ...

Jonah is trying to solve a new word problem in his math class. Instead of using words, he draws a picture to represent the different parts of the problem and then he is able to solve it using the graphic information. Jonah overcame obstacles by __________ to solve this problem. ---CORRECT ANSWER--- using restructuring Karina loves oranges and apples. Both are __________ for the category of __________. ---CORRECT ANSWER--- exemplars; fruit Keoh is studying for a test tomorrow, and he kn...

Psych 101 quiz 9 Latest Updated 2022 Graded A "Forensic psychology and careers in psychology and law are just as action-packed as Hollywood and the media portrays them to be." How accurate is the previous statement? Rarely true True or False: A common practice of forensic psychologist is criminal profiling. F What is the main difference between psychology and law and forensic psychology? Forensic psychology applies to the legal system, while psychology and the law has a broader applicati...

Psych 101 quiz 7 already passed What subfield do most (69%) of psychology doctoral students enter into? Health Service Provider According to the book, how do most students who have chosen to work as a health service provider explain their decision? "I want to help people" T/F Research suggests that there are few differences between clinical psychology and counseling psychology graduate programs? T Which of the following is an example of typical jobs that clinical psychologists do? psyc...

Psych 101 Quiz 6 Already Passed When the field of cognitive psychology first became prominent, it was considered a revolutionary development because it was a radical departure from behaviorism. Cognitive psychologists are interested in examining all of the following except classical conditioning. When using the computer as an analogy to explain the relationship between cognition and the brain, the brain is described as the computer's ________ and cognition as its ________. hardware; soft...

Psych 101 quiz 5 latest 2022 grade A+ According to the text, why are so many students attracted to studying psychology? Because it covers how we think, learn, use our memory, feel emotions, cope with adversity and change throughout life According to the book, a main reason students choose to major in psychology is because? They desire to become psychologists or work with people According to the "Ten Most Desirable Qualities in Prospective Employees" table, most employers look for all of...

object permanence the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived What is the difference between heredity and heritability heritability is the proportion of variation in individuals of a group that we can attribute to genes, heredity is the genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to children What is the human genome? the shared genetic profile of human DNA, complete instructions for making an individual, all the genetic material in the organisms chromosomes(DNA)...

Developmental Psychology - A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. - with a focus on three major issues: * Nature and nurture: how does our genetic inheritance (our nature) interact with our experiences (our nurture) to influence our development? * Continuity and stages: What parts of development are gradual and continuous like riding an escalator? What parts change abruptly in separate stages, like climbing rungs on a ladder? *...

Wilhelm Wundt founder of the science of psychology; formed first psychology laboratory Sigmund Freud unconscious mind and psychoanalytic theory, people are not masters of their own minds, behavior is influenced by sexual urges; wish-fulfillment B.F. Skinner stimulus-response approach, behavior and environmental factors Ivan Pavlov conditioned reflexes, behaviorist stimulus-response approach William James leader of 'functionalism', wrote Principles of Psychology, discussed the stream of c...