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7th edition Psych Wayne Weiten Ch.6 Outline

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Classical conditioning explains how a neutral stimulus can acquire the capacity to elicit a response originally evoked by another stimulus Many kinds of everyday responses are regulated through classical conditioning including phobias fears and pleasant emotional responses even physiological responses such as immune and sexual functioning respond to classical conditioning A conditioned response may be weaken and extinguished entirely when the CS is no longer paired with the UCS in some cases spontaneous recovery may occur and the extinguished response reappears after a period of nonexposure

Psych ch 10 outline

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Emily Johnson Period 2 2/4/13 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 10: Motivation & Emotion Motivational Theories & Concepts Motivation ? Involves Goal-Directed Behavior Drive Theories Homeostasis ? A State of Physiological Equilibrium or Stability. Drive ? An Internal State of Tension that Motivates an Organism to Engage in Activities that should reduce this Tension. When you Experience Discomfort, An Internal Drive motivates you to Establish Homeostasis again. Drive Theories Don?t Explain All Motivation. Incentive Theory Incentive ? An External Goal that has the Capacity to Motivate Behavior. Incentive Theory revolves around External Stimuli, Not Internal like Drive Theory. Evolutionary Theory Motivation comes from Natural Selection.

Terms Summary- Chapter 18

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Ch 18 Study Tips Xmas Exam 2012 a reaction to frustration: frustration leads to anger bystander effect: the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present. chameleon effect: subconsciously mimicking one another?s body language. cognitive dissonance: the clashing between our thoughts/feelings and our actions. We adjust our attitudes to fit our actions. critical thinking : thinking that does not simple accept a thought but rather examines it in depth. deindividuation: the loss of self awareness and self restraint in group situations resulting in arousal or bad behaviour. foot-in-the -door phenomenon: the tendency for people to agree with a larger request if they have first completed a smaller request.

AP Psychology Final Study Guide

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Psychology ? Eighth Edition by David G. Myers AP Psychology Final Study Guide History and Statistics 1) Validity ? the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. (See also content validity and predictive validity.) (p. 448) 2) Reliability ? the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting. (p. 448) 3) Standardization ? defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group. (p. 446)ontemporary psychology ? According to contemporary psychologists, the unconscious is a type of information processing of which we are unaware. (p. 597)

Themes & Variations: Chapter 1

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What is psychology?? ? ? ?| ? ? ?------> THE STUDY OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR!!!! Psych is a science based off of EMPIRICISM - direct observation & tested? PSYCHOLOGY = PHYSIOLOGY + PHILOSOPHY Wilhem Wundt- FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY In 1879, founded 1st formal laboratory for psychologial research at University of Leipzig, Germany 1st Lab Conscience experiment: attention memory time reaction G. Stanley Hall America's FIRST lab FIRST psych journal FIRST President of APA "Schools" - US Structuralism- ?"What" analyze ?into basic elements sensations feelings images? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?did it through INTROSPECTION - own conscious experience (APART OF FUNCTIONALISM TOO) Functionalism- "Why" William James function- purpose of consciousness mental testing sex differences dev. patterns

Rape Typology

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Sexual Deviance Rape: forced and or common knowledge of one person by another against their will Violates consensual norm of sex forcing another person to have sex against his or her will Typologies Statutory One of the partners is underage, 17 Or is mentally incapable of granting consent Far more common that we know Forcible FBI: corneal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against her will (by a man) Limited to genital intercourse Can be broadened to anal and oral rape Two types of forceable rape in the book Simple Rape that does not involve any physical injuries to the woman Intake officers who are females have just 2% false reporting and 6% when the intake officer is a male This reflects the number of cases reported About 72% of all rapes are by acquaintances

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