This bundle contains everything you need to know for the first interim exam of Introduction to Psychology for the University of Amsterdam. It uses the book "Psychology by P. Gray and D. F., Bjorkland (eight edition)". The bundle contains the following chapters:
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.
Science is the attempt to answer questions through the systematic collection and analysis of objective, observable data.
Clever Hans was a horse, which had received an education and seemed to be able to answer a lot of questions, including arithmetic questions. This was, in fact, not true. The horse was able to recognize visual signals to which he
........Read moreAdaptation refers to modification as a result of changed life circumstances.
Genes never produce behaviour directly, so genes are technically not for a behavioural trait, but associated with that behavioural trait. All the effects that genes have on behaviour occur through their role in building and modifying the physical structures of the body.
Genes affect
........Read moreThe brain contains a lot of nerve cells or neurons. The points of communication between neurons are called synapses. The brain and the spinal cord make up the central nervous system. Extensions from the central nervous system, called nerves, make up the peripheral nervous system. The difference between a neuron and a nerve is that a nerve is
........Read moreSlower changing components of the mind are referred to as behavioural states (e.g: variations in motivation, emotion).
Motivation refers to the entire constellation of factors, inside and outside of the organism, that causes an individual to behave in a particular way at a particular time. Motivational state or drive refers to an internal condition that orients an
........Read morePhotoreceptors are specialized light-detecting cells. One possible evolutionary road of the eyes is the following: photoreceptors became concentrated in groups, they began to form light detecting organs and this light-detecting organ developed until it became the eye as we know it today.
The front of the eyeball is covered by the cornea, a transparent tissue. Here
........Read moreAnimals need to learn to survive. Learning is any process through which experience at one time can alter an individual’s behaviour at another tie. Experience is any effects of the environment that are mediated by the individual’s sensory system. Future behaviour is any behaviour that is not part of the individual’s immediate response to the sensory stimulation during
........Read moreIn a model on how the memory works there are three types of memory stores:
Thanks for this contribution! Marg00t contributed on 31-05-2021 11:41
Thanks for this contribution! It's a very clear summary and I like that it's not too long (:
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