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ou read about the ABCs of psychology. The "A,B,C" stands for ___. Affect, Behavior, Cognition Psychologists traditionally study Both normal and abnormal functioning and treat individuals with mental and emotional problems The APA's article about psychology explains how some psychologists help victims and bystanders recover from the trauma of an event. Which kind of event do they mention as an example? plane crash The APA's article about psychology mentions that there has been a shift in the way the field addresses problems in society. The move has been to a focus on ___. preventing illness Apply psychological principles to the workplace industrial/organizational Assess and counsel students, consult with parents and staff, and provide behavioral interventions when necessary school assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders clinical Explore the relationships between the brain and behavior how thought and behavior can be explained by activity in the brain neuropsychologist Use only one word to complete a blank: Dweck suggest that students who think they can always develop new abilities with practice have " _________________ mindsets" while those who think that their level of intelligence remains consistent over their lifetime have " __________________ mindsets growth, fixed When Dweck conducted an experiment to test whether changing students' mindsets would influence performance, they told some students that they get smarter over time because everything new that you learn creates new connections between the cells in your brain T/F: Although mindset was found to be correlated with performance in the first study, there was no difference in the performance of the seventh graders when they tried to influence their mindset. false SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Dweck conducted an experiment to determine whether changing students mindsets could actually change their academic performance. Select all of the correct statements about her theory and research evidence. - In the second study, Dweck & Blackwell selected 100 seventh graders and randomly assigned them to attend one of two kinds of study skill workshops. - Students who already had a fixed mindset tended to have lower grades. - The students in the growth mindset workshop ended up having higher grades at the end of the semester. Which of the following is true about the scientific research on learning styles and academic performance? The lack of evidence suggests that students who describe themselves as "social learners" to do equally well on an exam regardless of whether or not a teacher had them spend time meeting with other students in the class. Which of the following is an accurate statement about Roediger & Karpicke's experiment on the testing effect? Students who took a practice test after learning some new information remembered significantly more than those who had more time to study if the final test was 2 days or 1 week later. According to John Nestojko's research, published in the journal Memory and Cognition, students' learning was improved when they Imagined (thought about) how they would teach the material to another student. Which of the following is true about the methodology that Roediger & Karpicke (2006) reported? Half of the students studied for 14 minutes, the other half studied for 7 minutes and then took a practice test Who was more confident in the amount of information they could remember on the final test of what they had learned? the students that studied more Information learned before going to sleep is remembered ________ than information learned earlier in the day. better Mary is a student who wants to score higher than the rest of the class. She compares herself to her friends. Mary is ___ oriented. ego Self-handicapping is motivated by a desire to protect our self-esteem Berglas & Jones (1978) gave participants either an easy or impossible task and, regardless of their performance, told everyone that they had performed very well. Before attempting the task again, some chose to take a performance-enhancing drug, to have something to blame their potential failure on. false- performance hindering drug According to the article on mindfulness, what is a possible reason for why meditation improves academic performance? (check all that apply) can increase mental clarity, self-discipline, and focus and concentration Researchers found that the experimental effect of mindfulness meditation on academic performance was stronger in classes with more ______ than classes with more ______. freshmen, seniors T/F: Using your laptop in class to take notes (as compared to taking notes on paper) improves your ability to recall information from that lesson. false Roberts & Curtis found that students who used their phone most of the class meeting did _____ on a surprise quiz compared to those who used their phone some of the time: worse