Semester Learning Psychology

* Consolidation- hypothetical process involving gradual conversion of information into memory codes stored in long term memory.

Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________ ____ 1. Low birth weight is a known risk factor for A) antisocial personality disorder. B) dissociative identity disorder. C) major depressive disorder. D) obsessive-compulsive disorder. E) schizophrenia. 2. A lack of conscience is most characteristic of those who have a(n) ________ disorder. A) dissociative B) antisocial personality C) dysthymic D) generalized anxiety E) obsessive-compulsive 3. A World Health Organization study of 20 countries estimated that ________ had the highest prevalence of mental disorders during the prior year. A) Japan B) Germany C) Mexico D) the United States E) the United Kingdom 4. Schizophrenia is most likely to be

The night before the exam was filled with review videos, chapter summaries, scribbled, almost-illegible notes, and very little sleep. I had known the date of the  exam since the day I had registered for it over 6 months ago, and yet I had neglected to do one bit of studying until the literal last minute before the exam. To make matters even worse, I had taken the actual course during the previous semester, so the material was not exactly what you would call "fresh in my mind". I had procrastinated my way  through 6 months of waiting, and now the time had finally come. I was about to take the AP Psychology for the first and only time in my life, and I had not studied a day since the final exam.

Breathe. Breathe in and out slowly and deeply. When you get stressed, you release adrenaline, which produces more stress and makes you panic. But by breathing slowly and deeply, you can reduce adrenaline levels, helping to center your body and clear your mind. TIP: Follow the 4-3-5 rule. Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 3 seconds, and then release for 5 seconds. Repeat ten times.

In module 1. pages 3-6, Myers discusses the different regions of psychology and also credits scientists, philosophers and students who developed psychology into what it is now. According to Myers, mental processes are subjective experiences. When a person has these mental processes such as beliefs or dreams, how do psychologists link specific behaviors to them considering these mental processes are subjective? Are there any past scientists, philosophers or students that should not be considered a psychologist anymore because our definition of psychology has changed? As psychology is always changing due to new advances of information, should past psychological theories no longer be considered as more appropriate ones are being

Approximately 150 White Americans (75 men, 75 women) will be recruited through UW-Oshkosh’s undergraduate psychology participant pool. The participants themselves will choose to participate in the experiment, which will be posted on SONA. The only exclusion criteria are that the individuals be at least 18 years old and of white ethnicity. Participants will be compensated one credit hour for participation in the experiment.

Psychology is one of the most interesting things to study in my opinion. I deal with depression and anxiety and learning about the history of these illnesses in the growth of society is amazing. As said by you in my Psychology 1 class, “The methods of treatment 60 years ago are inhumane. In the future, people will like back on our time now and question our current methods”. Every time I walk into class I get so excited knowing that I take away so much from every lecture. In the future I plan to major in Psychology because of its extreme impact on my life.

The lectures in psychology captured my interest like no other subject had. I vividly remember thinking to myself how incredible it was to think about the science behind why we think. Not only did psychology answer some of these questions, it’s also rapidly changing. Contrary to my love of having questions answered, I love how much is still unknown in psychology. With the progression of technology, the landscape of psychology is shifting; videos we watched in class from five or ten years ago posed questions that couldn’t be answered until recently. Our teacher was able to incorporate new evidence into her presentations, removing the feeling of stagnation felt with other

For the first date, I picked November 9, 1978. The most significant person mentioned on this date is Frank Costin. Frank Costin was the director of the introductory psychology program, and organized the first Institute on Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates. The Institute on Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates is now called the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) and was created with the idea that psychology faculty could come together to express their ideas and advice to others. Some of the things they voiced were the day to day feelings of being a professor, for example, the frustrations, challenges, problems, and joys of teaching. NITOP has been a non-profit, free-standing organization since 1998, and has allowed

The lack of a defined common core irritates people because it is then hard to identify who exactly is a psychologist. One argument in favor of a common core is, breadth of study, that every psychologist should have a basic background in different disciplines of psychology (Benjamin, 2001). There is no common core of classes that all psychologists take, thus, who is a psychologist and who isn’t? A degree in psychology should be enough. Are a dermatologist and a dentist both doctors? Both may have taken lots of biology and chemistry as an undergraduate student, but they didn’t necessarily take all the same classes. Once they went to medical school, for their specialties they certainly didn’t take the same classes, yet they are both still doctors

* Predict: Offering predictions (or hypotheses) about how a given condition or set of conditions will affect

First of all, I felt like I am learning science in psychology class, this week. I have never heard about Neuroplasticity and brain plasticity. I was surprise that our brain is able to learn new materials if the other half is not working properly. That is why our body is called, the mystique, I think. I was also surprise, psychology is also one part of our body! Before to take this course, I thought psychology would be just about one type of methods how people communicate in order to survive in their society. It was great to learn more about psychology in science

There are two types of people: the dogs, and the researchers. Pavlov’s Bell is the most famous psychological experiment classical conditioning, and it paved the way to further understanding learning. In the experiments, there is a researcher and a dog. The dog must simply make a association between a neutral and an unconditioned stimulus (a bowl of food and a bell ringing, respectively); however, the researcher is tasked with training the dog to find an association between the two. The different methods of learning have always fascinated me, so, in an effort to learn in an alternate way, I scheduled a research course during my senior year, but rather than researching an area of science, I requested to do research in literature. I was permitted to do so, with one stipulation: I had to design my curriculum for the trimester before my research could be approved. In learning, I had always been "the dog", simply following promptings of a teacher until a connection was made, but now I was both researcher and dog. I had to

Already getting started next year, I enrolled into a psychology class to get a jumpstart for when I go into college. I chose to enroll into the psychology class because the human mind is something that is very complex and diverse. By me taking this class, I am partially more ahead and more taught than that of a student who doesn’t take the class. And that way, when I get into the psychology major, I have a small intake of what it is all about.

As part of the Psychology module on Pre Entry Course, I have been instructed to