Class Notes for Psychology at Acadia University

A lot of big companies know and us the theories around changing attitude to get you to buy their products. Attitudes: positive or negative feelings tow

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Having one kind of skill interferes with our ability to perform another task. You have a red bar - when asked to name the colour it is easy. The word i

Anxiety can cause people to change their behavior to reduce inconsistencies. There was a study in which participants were given an objectively boring t

Hoarding disorder: one of the new disorders in the dsm. A compulsion to gather stuff and the thought of getting rid of it causes anxiety. Trichotilloma

They were created to help us predict a number of things. Deviance: a behaviour considered abnormal that is statistically rare in a certain culture. (ex

A person might need to adjust the type of coping style based on conflicts that occur in their lives. Approach-approach: there are two possible motivati