psychotherapy the treatment of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage understanding of problems and modify troubling feelings, behaviors, or relationships biomedical therapies the use of medications, electroconvulsive therapy, or other medical treatments to treat the symptoms associated with psychological disorders psychotropic medications drugs that are used to […]

NULL HYPOTHESIS AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESIS Null hypothesis = predicts that there will be no results or that the results will be due to chance Experimental hypothesis = predicts the exact result on the manipulation of the IV on the DV THE INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDANT VARIABLES IN AN EXPERIMENT Independent variable (IV) is manipulated E.G. noise […]

Learning A relatively permanent change in behavior (or behavioral potential) as a result of experience. Behaviorism An approach that emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the role of the environment and prior experiences as determinants of behavior. Unconditioned Stimulus (US) The classical conditioning term for a stimulus that already elicits a certain response without […]

learning A relatively permanent change in behavior, knowledge, capability, or attitude that is acquired through experience and cannot be attributed to illness, injury, or maturation. classical conditioning A type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another. stimulus Any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds. […]

The space between neurons in the brain most likely contributes to complex thinking in humans. true Infants usually double their birthweight by the end of their first year. false Self-righting inhibits the brain development of infants who have enriching environments. false Eli is 6 months old. He slaps the water redeatedly each time he is […]

Psychology Scientific study of behavior and mental processes Behavior includes all of our outward or overt action and reactions. such as talking, facial expressions and movements Mental Processes Internal,covert activities of our minds. Such as thinking felling and remembering Psychology’s goals Description,Explanation,Prediction,and Contorl How long has psychology been around? Relatively new field, 135 years old […]

psychology the science of behavior and mental processes nature-nurture issue the long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors natural selection the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to […]

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) An chronic organic brain syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in intellectual ability, and deterioration of personality Anterograde amnesia The inability of form new memories after a brain injury; forward-acting amnesia chunking The process of grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit (or chunk) on the basis of […]

What is observational learning? Occurs when someone uses observation of another person’s actions and their consequences to guide their future actions, the person being observed is referred to as a model. What is attention? Learner pays attention in order to observe the modeled behaviour. What is retention? Learner mentally represents and retains what has been […]

B. logically Piaget believed that until about age 6, it is difficult for children to think: A. subjectively. B. logically. C. about animism. D. egocentrically. A. regulate emotions. The preeminent psychosocial accomplishment between the ages of 2 and 6 is learning when and how to: A. regulate emotions. B. make friends. C. know right from […]