Psychology 3310 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

*Development* - -pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through life span -includes growth, but also decline and dying Traditional view of development - -extensive change from birth to adolescence -little or no change during adulthood -decline in old age *Life-span perspective* - developmental change occurs throughout childhood and adulthood Human life expectancy - -maximum life span: upper boundary of human life span, currently regarded as 122 years ...

3 steps of color discrimination: - - detection ( detect wavelength) - discrimination (tell the difference between different wavelengths) - appearance (assign perceived colors to lights/objects and have them be stable over time/across different conditions) S-cone - "blue" -- cone that detects short wavelengths M-cone - "green" -- cone that detects medium wavelengths L-cone - "red" -- cone that detects long wavelengths photopic - light intensities that are bright enough to stimulate ...

Social Perception - the process through which individuals form impressions of others and interpret information about them Social Influence - the process through which other people affect an individual's thoughts or actions Applied Research in Psychology - the use of the ideas of social psychology to address other fields Basic Research in Social Psychology - the fundamental ideas behind behavior and cognitive process Confederate - an individual who is part of the research team and is...

The split-brain procedure is sometimes used to - Control severe epilepsy Which of the following is not true of someone who exhibits blindsight? - Ability of people who are cortically blind due to lesions in their striate cortex, also known as primary visual cortex or V1, to respond to visual stimuli that they do not consciously see. The belief that everything is composed of physical stuff and should be explained in such terms is called.. - materialism Because the neuroscientists attempt...

FINC 3310/LEAVELL - All Quizzes - Final Exam Preparation The _____ uses Monetary Policy to help control the Money Supply. - Fed The price of one country's currency in terms of another's currency is the ___ rate. - foreign exchange ___ represents an ownership position in a corporation. - Stock A(n) _____ is an obligation of the borrower. - bond A(n) ___ functions as a middle man in the transfer of funds from lenders to borrowers. - financial intermediary A(n) ___ is the c...

FINC 3310/LEAVELL - All Quizzes - Final Exam Preparation 2023/2024 The _____ uses Monetary Policy to help control the Money Supply. - ANSWER-Fed The price of one country's currency in terms of another's currency is the ___ rate. - ANSWER-foreign exchange ___ represents an ownership position in a corporation. - ANSWER-Stock A(n) _____ is an obligation of the borrower. - ANSWER-bond A(n) ___ functions as a middle man in the transfer of funds from lenders to borrowers. - ANSWER-f...

1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________. A. birth; middle adulthood B. birth; old age C. conception; early adulthood D. conception; death 2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"? A. growth and decline in skills and processes B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence C. ...

1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________. A. birth; middle adulthood B. birth; old age C. conception; early adulthood D. conception; death 2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"? A. growth and decline in skills and processes B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence C. ...

*Development* - -pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through life span -includes growth, but also decline and dying Traditional view of development - -extensive change from birth to adolescence -little or no change during adulthood -decline in old age *Life-span perspective* - developmental change occurs throughout childhood and adulthood Human life expectancy - -maximum life span: upper boundary of human life span, currently regarded as 122 years ...

3 steps of color discrimination: - - detection ( detect wavelength) - discrimination (tell the difference between different wavelengths) - appearance (assign perceived colors to lights/objects and have them be stable over time/across different conditions) S-cone - "blue" -- cone that detects short wavelengths M-cone - "green" -- cone that detects medium wavelengths L-cone - "red" -- cone that detects long wavelengths photopic - light intensities that are bright enough to stimulate ...