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PSYC 331 EXAM 1 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Intro to theories and personalityDefine personality : • no single definition of personality • "persona" --> Latin for "mask" came from theater • "personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person's behavior" • defined in terms of social attractiveness • personality is the dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that unique influences his or her cog...

INTERGROUP RELATIONS : any aspect of human interaction that involves individuals perceiving themselves as members of a social category, or being perceived by others as belonging to a social category PREJUDICE : an attitude toward a group (either favorable or unfavourable) - Feeling/emotion based - Can be overt (willing to self report) or hidden (privately held because we know its a social stigma to share) STEREOTYPES 2 | P a g e : A belief about a group of people (eg. attributes, c...

why do we study development : raising children, understanding social policies (what children need), understanding people independent variable : thing that is manipulated dependent variable : thing that is measured random assignment 2 | P a g e : randomly sorting participants into groups (even) reliability : consistency of measurement test-retest reliability : obtaining the same score when testing multiple times interrater reliabilit

The traditional biomedical model, upon which modern medicine is based, views health as the absence of disease. : True Negative events, such as job loss and divorce, have been linked to increased susceptibility to illness. : True The number one cause of death in the U.S. for women is cancer. : Fals

Psyc 331 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answer Dictionary definition: Personality - Correct Answer State of being a person, characteristics and qualities that form a persons distinctive character, sum of persons physical, mental, emotional and social characteristics Psychological definition: Personality - Correct Answer Unique & relatively enduring internal & external aspects of a person's character; they influence behavior in different situations Personality theorists traditionally con...

Psyc 331 Exam 2 Question And 100% Correct Answer Erickson Biography - Correct Answer -Mother gave birth out of wedlock, raised by stepfather who he thought was his biological father -rejected by german peers for being jewish -quest for an identity Who came up with ego psychology? - Correct Answer Erickson: ego isn't always controlled by our biology, we have ability of creative action & positive growth aside from what we are born with What is the Psychosocial crisis (Erickson) - Corr...

PSYC 331 Sensation & Perception Exam 1 2024 detect - Correct Answer determining sensitivity of the perceptual system; signal present or absent in a quiet room or in noise (of varying types and levels) determine - Correct Answer determining sensitivity to stimulus differences identify/categorize - Correct Answer tends to involve complex stimuli that belong to different classes; it requires experience or expensive training When are you asking participants to do when measuring perception?...

PSYC 331: Cognitive Psychology - Test 1 with complete solution Cognitive Psychology - Correct Answer The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind Mental Processes - Correct Answer Creates representations of the world to enable us to act and to achieve goals Operant Conditioning - Correct Answer Focuses on how behavior is strengthened by the presentation of positive reinforcers Information Processing Approach - Correct Answer Traces the sequence of mental ope...