Showing posts with label PSYCHOLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PSYCHOLOGY. Show all posts

Sunday, August 5, 2007

PSYCHOLOGY TEST 2

Using The Standard Deviants School: Psychology: Module 1: The Basics from Netflix .


(FOR THE FIRST SECTION OF PSYCHOLOGY CLICK HERE)

PROJECT FOR DISC 2

DEVISE YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT TO TEST POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCERS IN A SUBJECT OF YOUR CHOOSING.

PSYCHOLOGY

TEST 2



DEFINE:

SENSATION:



ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD:




DIFFERNECE THRESHOLD:



WHAT DOES JND STAND FOR?




ACCOMMODATION



OPTIC NERVE



RODS



CONES




WHERE ARE RODS AND CONES LOCATED IN THE EYE?


DRAW AND LABEL AN EYE




DRAW AND LABEL AND EAR
(YES KAZZ YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TOO!!)



WHAT ARE FEATURE DETECTORS-



NAME THE 4 THEORIES OF MOTICATION

1.


2.


3.


4.



DEFINE THE 4 THEORIES OF MOTIVATION

1.




2.




3.




4.




WHAT DOES MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS DO?


DRAW A PYRAMID OF MASLOW’S HIERARCHY BEGINNING W/ A BASE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS.



DEFINE EMOTIONS-





WHAT IS THE JAMES-LANGE THEORY?







WHAT IS THE CANNON-BARD THEORY?






WHAT 3 THINGS PLAY A FACTOR IN HOW WE EXPERIENCE EMOTIONS?

1.



2.



3.



WHAT IS SCHACHTER’S TWO FACTOR THEORY OR COGNITIVE LABELING?


______________________________________________:


1.





2.




EMOTIONS COME FROM…


1.



2.




3.




WHAT ARE THE 3 THEORIES OF HOW EMOTIONS OCCUR?

1.


2.



3.



WHAT IS A BEHAVIORIST PSYCHOLOGIST?





DEFINE ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING-






WHAT IS ANOTHER TERM FOR STIMULUS-RESPONSE LEARNING?







2 TYPES OF ASSOCIATIVE OR STIMULUS-RESPONSE LEARNING

1.



2.




WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO?







DEFINE ANTICIPATION-



EXPLAIN WHAT OCCURRED DURING THE PAVLOV’S DOG EXPERIMENT AND WHAT WAS LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIMENT

















WHAT IS A UCS?






WHAT IS A STIMULUS?







WHAT IS A UCR?







DEFINE NEUTRAL STIMULUS-





WHAT IS CS?





WHO WAS LITTLE ALBERT AND WHAT WAS LEARNED FROM HIM?







DEFINE THE FOLLOWING:



ACQUISITION-





GENERALIZATION-





DISCRIMINATION-






EXTINCTION-






SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY-






OPERANT CONDITIONING-






WHAT IS THRONDIKES LAW OF EFFECT?






WHAT IS THE SKINNER BOX AND WHAT WAS LEARNED FROM IT?









DEFINE SHAPING-






DEFINE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS-






WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPERANT CONDITIONING AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING?







WHAT IS A REINFORCER?






WHAT IS A SECONDARY REINFORCER?






WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT?

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

PSYCHOLOGY TEST 1

PSYCHOLOGY
click here for Psychology Syllabus


TEST 1


DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGY:


WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF A PSYCHOLOGIST

1.

2.

3.

4.


WHAT IS BEHAVIOR:


NAME THE MENTAL PROCESSES

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


WHAT IS NATURE?

WHAT IS NURTURE?

WHAT IS THE NATURE VS. NURTURE DEBATE?


NAME THE THEORIES OF PSYCHOLOGY
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


DEFINE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?



STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1.

2.

3.

4.


DEFINE HYPOTHESIS:

WHAT ARE THE 3 RESEARCH METHODS?

1.

2.

3.



DEFINE TESTS:


a.


i.e.:


b.


i.e.:


DEFINE INTERVIEWS:


DEFINE OBSERVATIONS:


DEFINE CASE STUDIES:


3 RESEARCH DESIGNS

1.

2.

3.


DEFINE EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES:



DEFINE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES:


DEFINE DEPENDENT VARIABLES:



WHAT IS NEEDED TO PERFORM A STUDY EXACTLY AS IT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY?


WHAT ARE THE CHARICTERISTICS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP?



WHAT ARE THE CHARICTERISTICS OF A CONTROL GROUP?


WHAT IS A CORRELATIONAL STUDY?


DEFINE POSITIVE CORRELATION:


DEFINE NEGATIVE CORRELATION:


WHAT IS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?



WHAT IS THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?


WHAT DO SENSE RECEPTORS DO?


DEFINE MOTOR NEURONS:


DEFINE INTERNEURONS:



ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER
DRAW AND LABEL A NEURON,
AND EXPLAIN WHAT EACH PART DOES.



WHAT DOES PNS STAND FOR?



WHAT DOES CNS STAND FOR?


NAME 2 NEUROTRANSMITTERS:

Friday, July 20, 2007

PSYCHOLOGY SYLLABUS

We will be using
The Standard Deviants School: Psychology: Module 1: The Basics from Netflix .
(This is a 3 DVD Class Series.)

There are 3 Test Packets to Complete (one for each DVD class) and
Three projects to prepare in order to complete this Subject.


1. FOR TEST PACKET ONE FOR DISC ONE OF PSYCHOLOGY CLICK HERE

2. FOR TEST PACKET TWO FOR DISC TWO OF PSYCHOLOGY CLICK HERE

3. FOR TEST PACKET THREE FOR DISC THREE OF PSYCHOLOGY CLICK HERE

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PROJECT CHOICE ONE for DVD One



RESEARCH PAPER:

PICK THE PSYCHOLOGIST THAT MOST INTERESTS YOU AND WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER.

GO IN DEPTH ABOUT THEIR WORK/THEORIES/STUDIES AND BACKGROUND.

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DOUBLE SPACED

AT LEAST 4 PAGES TYPED



PROJECT CHOICE 2 for DVD ONE

GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS ABOUT EACH OF THESE GREAT PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THEIR WORK.

Sigmund Freud
B.B. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Jean Piaget

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DOUBLE SPACED

AT LEAST 4 PAGES TYPED

You may use the following web-site to begin your search.

http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/p/topten.htm

PROJECT 1 FOR DVD TWO

DEVISE YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT TO TEST POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCERS IN A SUBJECT OF YOUR CHOOSING.


PROJECT 1 FOR DVD THREE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Thursday, January 11, 2007

PSYCHOLOGY TEST PACKET #3

PSYCHOLOGY TEST PACKET #3
click here for Psychology Syllabus



How do people learn?





What is modeling?





How does one learn behavior by modeling?








What did Alburt Bandura do?








What is memory?






Define encoding:







Define Retrieving:




What 2 ways can encoding take place? Define them.

1.



2.




LIST THE WAYS ONE CAN ENCODE AND DEFINE THEM.

1.


2.


What is chunking?







How is chunking related to Heirarchy?






What is STM?








How many chunks can ones STM store at any given time?





What is LTM?






What happens if STM chunks are not carried over to the LTM?







What is another name for forgetting?






What is proactive interference?







What is retroactive interference?







Define Cognitive Development.






Explain Jean Piaget’s work.





Define Schemas and give examples.





Name 2 ways a person reworks their schemas. Define them.


1.



2.


Name the 4 stages of human cognitive development and define them. Give age ranges.

1.



2.



3.



4.




What is Conservation and at what stage is this put into practice?






Define Social Development:







What is Basic Trust?






Define Attribution Theory








Define Self Serving Bias






What is the “Just World Hypothesis?”










What are the flaws of this hypothesis?







What is conformity?







How does prejudice begin?







What is Scapegoating?







Define Social Facilitation and give an example







Define Social Loafing

 
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