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Quick Review AP Psychology

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crash_course_study_guide_AP_Psych.doc 1 CCrraasshh CCoouurrssee SSttuuddyy GGuuiiddee ffoorr AAPP PPssyycchhoollooggyy EExxaamm IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN Psychology is the scientific study of thought and behavior. Psychologists study how the brain creates thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how internal and external environments affect them. Four primary goals of psychology: describe behavior, explain behavior, predict behavior, influence behavior. I. APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY A. Biological: focuses on the relationship between the body and the mind B. Behavioral: concerned mainly with a person?s observable responses to stimuli C. Cognitive: concerned with memory, perception, thought, and other mental processes

The psychology of attraction: the top five classic studies.

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ATTRACTION The Psychology of Attraction: The Top Five Classic Studies 1. Similarity and the ?Bogus Stranger?- Attraction and Positive Reinforcement (Byrne & Nelson, 1965) 2. Friends in the Dorm : Proximity and ?Mere Exposure? (Festinger, Schachter, & Back, 1950) 3. The Shaky Bridge and ?Misattribution of Arousal? (Dutton & Aron, 1974) 4. Gain-Loss Theory (Aronson & Linder, 1965) 5. Beauty is Good (Dion, Berscheid & Walster, 1972) Remember our Theories? Evolutionary Perspectives, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Social-learning Perspectives, Learning/Cognitive/Behavioral Perspectives What attracts us to other people? Similarity or Homophily ? ?Birds of a Feather? ?There is much evidence that humans engage in assortative mating

Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion

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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion Motives: needs, wants, interests, and desire that propel people in certain directions Motivation-goal directed behavior MOST THEORIES DISTINGUSH BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL MOTIVES Biological is limited based on survival and Social is unlimited through learning/experiences. Biological Motives Social Motives Hunger Sleep Sex Thirst Order Motive Achievement Affiliation Dominance Henry Murray: Most people have needs for achievements, autonomy, affiliation, dominance, exhibition, and order/etc. Motivation of Hunger and Eating Bio Factors in Regulations of Hunger Cannon and Washburn- association with stomach contractions and hunger= NO CORRELATION! Having your stomach removed=you can still be hungry
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