PSYC 2510 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operant Conditioning
2 May 2013
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Final exam & basic psychology take home messages. Approximately 75-80 m/c questions & 5-7 short answer questions. Chapter 13 stress, coping & health. Chapters, lectures (including videos) & methodological concepts. Psychology is a science that helps us go beyond personal experiences, intuition and common sense. The majority of human behaviours have multiple causes. When interpreting behaviour, it is wise to consider multiple levels of explanation biological, cognitive and social. Diversity is one aspect of humanity that we should accept and celebrate, but there are more similarities than differences in human behaviour: this includes gender similarity. The cns provides the foundation of behaviour: messing with the cns has implications! (by taking drugs) Perception involves an imperfect reconstruction of an external reality: but things perceived as real, are going to have real effects. Human memory has its advantages and its limits. Memory is malleable: understanding of memory will help you use it better.
