Psy 393 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Research bias correct answer: A textbook company interviews teachers about the materials they use and conclude that their products are the best. Metacognition correct answer: The "master" process that dictates the use of other processes in building or using memories. Also known as the central executive function. Classical conditioning correct answer: The process by which individuals associate two stimuli in their surroundings Cognitive modeling correct answer: Instruction that inc...

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 6 outline-notes-Conformity and Obedience Public conformity involves doing or saying what others around us say or do; private acceptance involves coming to feel or think as others do. Greater conformity occurs in collectivist societies, while greater individuation occurs in individualistic societies. The foot-in-the-door technique is a procedure for gaining compliance by first securing compliance with a small request, then escalating to a larger one. T...

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 13 outline-notes. Conflict & Peacemaking Chapter 13: Conflict and Peacemaking OVERVIEW: Conflict is a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals. Social dilemmas such as nuclear arms, global warming, and overpopulation occur as various parties pursue their self-interest to their collective detriment. The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the games have been used to study how well-meaning people easily become trapped in mutually destructive behavior. Tragedy...

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 6 outline-notes. Group Influence Chapter 8: Group Influence What is a Group? • "two or more people who interact and influence one another" • perceive themselves as "us" (not "them") TEST YOURSELF: Which of these are "groups"? • people waiting at a bus stop • people who have waited all night in line for concert tickets • a class of students waiting for a late professor • a committee in student government • people waiting in line...

Syracuse University/Professor Jorgensen Personality Psychology (PSY 393) Topics Include: Lecture: Rollo May, Humanistic Psychology Text: Chapter 14: Rogers Person-Center Theory Chapter 15: Maslow and His Legacy: Need Hierarchy Theory and Positive Psychology

Syracuse University; Professor Jorgensen Personality Psychology (PSY 393) Topics include: Chapter 1: Personality Theory Chapter 7: Personalogical Trait Theory (Gordon Allport) Chapter 8: Two Factor Analytic Trait Theories Chapter 9: Biological Theories

Syracuse University; Professor Jorgensen Personality Psychology (PSY 393) Topics Include: Lecture Notes: Psychoanalytic Psychologists (Freud, Jung) Text Notes: Chapter 2: Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis Chapter 3: Jung: Analytical Psych Chapter 4: Adler: Individual Psych Chapter 6: Horney and Relational Theory: Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Theory

Syracuse University Professor Jorgensen PSY 393 Lecture Notes Topics include: Behaviorism Module Social Learning Module