2011 Course code: ABPG1103 Course: Introduction to Psychology Matriculation No: 800918135538001 Identity Card No: 800918-13-5538 Telephone No: 0128083693 (Malaysia) +66896759616 (Thailand) Email:syhu@oum.edu.my Learning Centre: Pulau Pinang Learning Centre 1 ABPG 1103 Table of Contents Course Guide Title: Four subfields of psychology in their different areas of research and specialization. 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Clinical Psychology 2.1 Research area 2.1.1 Intelligence test 2.1.2
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H A P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business
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influence on human sexual behavior Desire does rise slightly at ovulation among women with mates Women’s sexuality is more responsive to testosterone level that to estrogen level Short term shifts in testosterone level are normal in men The Psychology of Sex Erotic material and other external stimuli can trigger sexual arousal in both men and women The activated brain areas differ somewhat Sexually explicit material may lead people to perceive their partners as comparatively less appealing
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Question 1 What is attribution theory? What are three determinants of attribution? What are its implications for explaining organizational behaviour? Attribution theory A theory that explains how individuals pinpoint the causes of their own behaviour and that of others. People will believe others actions to be caused by internal or external factors based on three types of information: Distinctiveness‚ Consensus and Consistency. The attributions may not always accurate. For example‚ an executive
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these cycles: Free running experiments. Here you very carefully remove people from the natural environmental stimuli. You take them to a building where everything is independent of the environment. There is not external stimuli – nothing to signal what time it is – eg day light and sound etc. The experiment showed that the endogenous cycle of sleeping is actually internal and lasts 25 hours. • There are time keeping mechanisms within the brain. It is a tear-brain shaped area within the hypothalamus
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Schemas are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to rapidly and efficiently process all the information we have seen before (Hess& Flannagan‚ 1992) Reference Benjafield‚ John G.‚ (1996) Collican‚ H. Introduction to Research Method and Statistics in Psychology: 2nd Edition. Great Britain: Hobder & Stoughton Educational‚ 1996.
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Language is the medium of culture on which their daily lives and identities are based. To define what language can be spoken is to define the identity not only of the individual‚ but also of the country. You will probably be surprise to hear that English is not the official language of the United States. I was surprised. In my country Ukraine when I was born and grew up official language is Ukrainian‚ but sixty five percentages of the former Soviet republic is a native Russian
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Paper on article Done for Intro to Psychology IQ And Mathematical Learning In the article Motivation‚ Not IQ‚ Matters Most for Learning New Math Skills‚ psychologists study math abilities and habits of thirty-five hundred German students from the fifth to tenth grade. Students’ mathematical abilities were evaluated each year using standardized testing. In addition to this students were given an IQ test and surveys that questioned about their attitudes toward math. As the title of this report
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Journal Article Review Paper Journal Article in APA Format Corriveau‚ K. H.‚ Kinzler‚ K. D.‚ & Harris‚ P. L. (2013). Accuracy trumps accent in children’s endorsement of object labels. Developmental Psychology‚ 49(3)‚ 470-479. doi:10.1037/a0030604 Title of the journal article Accuracy Trumps Accent in Children’s Endorsement of Object Labels Author(s) & Affiliation(s) Kathleen H. Corriveau‚ Boston University Katherine D. Kinzler‚ University of Chicago Paul L. Harris‚ Harvard University
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What is Psychology? What exactly is psychology? Popular television programs‚ books‚ and films have contributed to a a number of misconceptions about this subject. The diverse careers paths of those holding psychology degrees also contribute to this confusion. Psychology is both an applied and academic field that studies the human mind and behavior. Research in psychology seeks to understand and explain how we think‚ act and feel. As most people already realize‚ a large part of psychology is devoted
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