Worksheet for Chapter 1 What is Psychology? Please answer ALL questions in your OWN WORDS!!! 1. Define Psychology. Psychology is the science of human and animal behavior. 2. Define the perspectives listed below. a. BIOLOGICAL/NEUROSCIENCE- the study of anatomy b. PSYCHODYNAMIC- the study of interacting motives and emotions c. BEHAVIORAL/LEARNING- the manner of behaving or acting d. HUMANISTIC- is when a person has a strong interest
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Paula Santa Cruz AP Psychology December 1‚ 2012 Xenophobia is commonly defined as a disorder causing one to be deathly afraid of strangers and being in public areas. a) assuming the role of a successful psychologist‚ explain how you might use systematic desensitization to help cure a patient of xenophobia. b) if your initial attempts using systematic desensitization fail‚ what will you prescribe next? Desensitization is awfully similar to classical conditioning in the way that the
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chapter 2 chapter outline module 5 Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior The Structure of the Neuron How Neurons Fire Where Neurons Connect to One Another: Bridging the Gap Neurotransmitters: Multitalented Chemical Couriers module 6 module 7 The Brain The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating within the Body The Nervous System The Endocrine System: Of Chemicals and Glands Studying the Brain’s Structure and Functions: Spying on the Brain The Central Core:
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There are four perspectives scientists have when looking at motivation including: • Instinct theory • Drive reduction theory • External/Arousal theory • Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs • Instincts and Evolutionary Psychology • To be an instinct‚ a complex behavior must have a fixed pattern throughout a species and be unlearned. • Early instinct theorists tried to explain motivation through this theory but they were merely listing instead of explaining such
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Prologue: The Story of Psychology A. Overview and Highlights The human brain has perplexed the minds of philosophers since the age of the ancient Greeks. In the late 1800s‚ the study of the brain-psychology-became its own discipline independent from philosophy when the scientific method was employed to study the underlying mechanisms of the psyche. Although the original research produced by the first psychologists was widely subjective and biased‚ it helped to pave the way for serious research conducted
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the idea that the mind and body are separate yet intertwined. 3. Neuroscience- the scientific study of the nervous system. 4. Structuralism- an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into basic underlying components or elements. 5. Functionalism- an approach to psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose‚ or function‚ of mind and behavior. 6. Gestalt theory- a theory based on the idea that the whole of personal experience is different
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AP Psychology Fall Term Project Introduction I am more interested in the abstract and philosophical aspects rather than the more concrete biological aspects of psychology. The topic that interested me the most so far this year and the topic that I continued to research was the topic of morality. I didn’t have a specific question I wanted to address but as I read some articles about people who were institutionalized for violently expressing psychopathic personality traits‚ I came across an
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Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Paper Learning Team A June 26‚ 2011 PSY/300 Teresa Neal Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Paper In a world where nothing seems to be considered normal anymore‚ psychology tries to draw the line between what it is and what is not. The different schools of thought have their own perspective on the definition‚ origin‚ and treatment of abnormal behavior and this paper will cover a few‚ trying to make it possible to have a clear difference between normal and
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UNIT 3 PSYCHOLOGY SAC #1 “Biological bases of behaviour” Test Duration: 50 minutes This test is worth 60 marks. It is broken up into two sections: |SECTION |No. of questions |Marks allocated | |Multiple choice |30 |30 | |Short answer
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AP Human Geography Outline Ch. 1 Thinking Geographically Key Issue 1: How do geographers describe where things are? Map- a two-dimensional model of Earth’s surface‚ or a portion of it. Place- a specific point of Earth distinguished by a particular character. Region- an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features. Scale- the relationship between a map’s distances and the actual distances on Earth. Space- the physical gap between two objects
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