Course Syllabus PSYC 101 General Psychology Course Description Introduction to psychology as a scientific discipline concerned with the study of behavior. Consideration will be given to such topics as human development, motivation, emotion, perception, learning, personality, intelligence, measurement, and applied areas. Rationale This course is a broad general overview of the many different areas covered within the field of psychology. It introduces students to the way psychology
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new psych research labs in north America G. Stanley Hall * former student of Wundt * 1883 = started first US research lab in John Hopkins Uni, Baltimore Maryland * 1887 = first psych journal * Early theories: structuralism vs. Functionalism * Structuralism – late 1800’s to 1927 * Edward Tichener (student of Wundt) * Studying
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Critical Thinking – PHI 210 The Accuracy of Our Senses The ability for a person to learn how something smells, tastes, looks, sounds and feels is directly related to senses (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007). A human’s sense organs are their nose, tongue, eyes, ears and skin (Sensitivity, 2005). These organs have the ability to interpret sensations causing the body to have reflex reactions that do not require thought (Sensitivity, 2005). This is proof of sensory information and data collection
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Psychology Student’s Name Course Institution/Affiliation Professor Date Early adolescence Introduction Various people develop at different paces and differently due to several factors including genetics. This may be the reason why there are several ages suggested for the beginning and the end of this crucial stage of development. However, a consensual factor is that it does not occur earlier than eight years, and it ends not later than 14years. This is the only age after infancy where
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differences and differences in ability Personality - Personality is the pattern of relatively enduring ways that a person feels, thinks, and behaves Two determinants of Personality * Nature * Nurture Nature- biological heritage, the genes we get from our parents that determine our personality, 50% Nurture- life experiences, other 50%, could be strictness of parents, # of kids in family, -Managers have to take into account that they will not change personalities, but must find ways to deal
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experience panic disorder initially, basics of OCD and PTSD , specific phobia, social phobia Mood: what is a mood disorder? mood disturbances pre-dominant features, dysthmia- less severe depressive symptoms (timespan of dysthymia vs. MDD) most days for 2 yrs vs. not as long (weeks), helplessness theory (how might these individuals think?) depressed people- automatically attribute negative experiences to internals stable and global causes, bipolar (basics)- unstable moods, most common antidepressant-
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group/family/education/media/religion/work Nature vs Nurture Gender socialization Harlow experiment (findings) Looking glass self Self-identity Anticipatory socialization Resocialization (voluntary/involuntary) Total Institutions Social Interaction Social Structure Status set Roles/Groups Achieved vs Ascribed Status Master Status Role strain vs Role conflict Role exit Social Control (informal/formal) Deviance vs. crime Strain theory Labelling theory
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has been long lasting disagreements surrounding the Nature Vs Nurture controversy. Nature refers to the idea that teenage delinquents are born naturally violent as a result of genetic disorders, it is assumed that the genes an individual has inherited makes some teens behave violently. Nurture refers to the ways that people learn to behave violently as a result of their surroundings. The causes of teenage delinquency are greatly based on nurture due to the juvenile youth experiencing or witnessing
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Human Development & Learning FHT 4 601.2.1-02 During the last few decades, psychologists have put forth many theories regarding cognitive development, especially as it relates to education. Two that I feel align most with my own ideas of how children best learn are the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev S. Vygotsky. They both developed theories that have been accepted throughout the educational arena, and in fact are still taught in education classes to today. They strived
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QUESTION 1 (B) - Students who go to class half an hour later than the prescribed start time for eight classes in a semester lost every desirable privileges (breaks during class, no football games, graduation dinner etc.). After the rule was implemented, there seemed to be a marked improvement in student attendance in class. How does operant conditioning explain the students’ behavior? Introduction Operant conditioning was thoroughly studied by Burrhus Frederick Skinner (B.F. Skinner), which
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