PS102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Toy Block, Absolute Threshold, Cognitive Neuroscience
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Ps102b winter 2018 exam review questions: which of the following is a new area of psychology that focuses on how mental processes interact with biological functions of the brain? a. Behavioural genetics: after watching her mother talking on the phone, ten-month old janessa holds a toy block to her ear and begins to babble. Which of the following theorists would explain janessa"s behaviour through social observation? a. freud b. skinner c. thorndike d. bandura. Tara decides she needs more light and replaces it with a 60-watt bulb, but doesn"t notice a difference in brightness. She then replaces the 60-watt bulb with a 75-watt bulb and notices a definite difference. Which of the following is exemplified by tara"s experience with the light bulbs? difference threshold absolute threshold psychophysics sensory adaptation: a nurse pinches your shoulder before giving a shot, and quickly rubs it down with cold alcohol afterward.