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Psyc final JWU
Psyc final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Humanism | Purpose in life is happiness Ex: Choice in effort to find himself/herself |
| Manifestation | How someone behaves, nature + nurture |
| Biological | Behavior is result of influences of genetics, hormones, chemicals EX: Drug addict |
| Evolutionary Perspective | Darwinian Theory survival of the fittest EX: Trying to protect gene pool |
| Psychodynamic | Unconscious struggle between good and evil Ex: Latent homosexual |
| Behavioral | All behavior is learned Ex: Seeking attention |
| Cognitive | Behavior is result of how you perceive and analyze events EX: Poor problem solving skills |
| Assumptions | 1. All behavior is governed by laws 2. All laws are knowable 3. Once know all laws we know truth |
| Model | Theory, Hypothesis, Form experiment |
| Control groups | no manipulation |
| Treatment groups | Manipulation |
| Independent variable | What is manipulated |
| Dependent variable | what is measured |
| Central nervous system | brain, Spinal cord, peripheral nervous system |
| Somatic Nervous system | controls voluntary actions |
| Autonomic nervous system | controls involuntary movement |
| Sympathetic NS | arose body |
| Parasympathetic NS | Calms down body |
| Classical conditioning | Associative learning, Pavlovian Response |
| John Hopkins | Father of behaviorism |
| Phobia | Irrational fear that disrupts functioning |
| Shaping | Teach a new behavior by rewarding closer successive approximations of desired response |
| Extinction | Gradual disappearance of a conditioned response |
| Observational learning | Learn a new behavior by watching someone else perform the behavior |
| Encoding | Acquisition of information |
| Visual code | see |
| acoustical code | hear |
| semantic code | learning |
| short term memory | rehearsal, duration 18-20 sec. |
| Chunk theory | long term memory |
| Retrieval of information | Recall correct information at correct time |
| Episoctic | memory of event at which you were present |
| Procedural | memory of how to carry out an act skill based |
| Semantic | Memory of your knowledge of the world |
| Forgetting | breakdown in process of memory |
| Decay theory | Breakdown of storage Ex: age, Drugs and alc, injury or illness |
| Interference theory | Once piece of information will interfere with other information |
| Retroactive interference | New information, interferes with old information |
| Proactive interference | Old learning interfere with ability to learn new information |
| Reconstruction theory | memories become distorted overtime and with changes in attitude |
| Motivated forgetting | repress information that is too traumatic or trivial |
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