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social cognition correct answer: how impressions of others are formed, how causes are attributed to behavior, and the mechanisms that underlie the formation of attitudes about people and things schema correct answer: general knowledge structures social schema correct answer: schemas about social experiences or people stereotyping correct answer: a generalized belief (knowledge structure) about traits/characteristics of members of a group prejudice correct answer: a generalized a...

PSY 120 - Exam 2 Purdue with Prof. Colin, chapters 5-8 Questions With Complete Solutions

human development correct answer: Scientific study of processes of change and stability throughout the human life span life-span development correct answer: concept of human development as a lifelong process which can be studied scientifically physical development correct answer: Develpoment of the body and brain, including patterns of change in sensory capacities, motor skills and health cognitive development correct answer: pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, ...

What two disciplines did psychology develop from? correct answer: Philosophy and physiology 3 Misconceptions of Psychology correct answer: Three misconceptions include: - Psychology is all about treating and studying mental disorders - Psychology is based on logic and intuition. -Psychologists are best at predicting individual behavior as opposed to the behavior of a larger group of individuals. What is the definition of psychology? correct answer: Psychology is the study of behavio...

What is social cognition? correct answer: How people process, store and apply information about other people and social situations Focuses on role that cognitive processes play in our social interactions Is physical appearance an important determinant of first impressions? Why or why not? correct answer: Yes, because it gives us subtle, subconscious information about who it is we are interacting with What is a schema? Specifically, what is a social schema? correct answer: Concept that ...

functional fixedness correct answer: -the tendency to see objects and their functions in certain fixed and typical ways - can be a problem in solving problems because it prevents you from recognizing the tools needed to solve the problem representativeness heuristic correct answer: -the tendency to make decisions based on an alternatives similarity in relation to an ideal -example: people decide whether a sequence is random based on how irregular the sequence looks stages of language d...

Thinking correct answer: the process that undelies the mental manipulation of knowledge usually in an attempt to reason a goal or solve a problem Grammer correct answer: rules of a communication system Three aspects of grammar: correct answer: 1)Phonology 2)Syntax 3)Semantics Phonology correct answer: The rules for combining sounds to make words Syntax correct answer: The rules for combining words to make sentences Semantics correct answer: The rules used in language to co...

sense organs correct answer: organs that receive stimuli (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin) sensory receptor cells correct answer: specialized cells within the sense organs that send neural impulses to the brain sensation correct answer: the information coming in to your brain; elementary components of an experience (such as bitter taste, patterns of light and dark, or a change in temperature) perception correct answer: the collection of processes used to arrive a meaningful interpreta...

Cognitive Process correct answer: Mental manipulation of knowledge and ideas Language correct answer: System of communication (written or spoken) Defining Characteristic of Language correct answer: Grammar Grammar correct answer: Set of rules governing how symbols can be combined to convey meaning Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis correct answer: Perception of reality is shaped by the language used, and language is shaped by the culture and environment How do children learn la...

Sensation correct answer: characteristics of incoming stimuli Perception correct answer: processes used to create a meaningful interpretation of sensations Transduction correct answer: external messages translated into language we can understand Light correct answer: transduced in vision; form of electromagnetic signals Anatomy of the Eye (Vision) correct answer: cornea and lens -> pupil -> retina -> receptor cells (rods and cones) -> optical nerve -> brain Dep...