Psychological Concepts: Conflicts, Memory, and Stimuli

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Which type of conflict involves choosing between two equally undesirable options?

  • Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict (correct)
  • Approach-Approach Conflict
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Approach-Avoidance Conflict

In the context of cognitive psychology, what does a 'vector' represent?

  • A barrier to achieving a goal
  • The encoding capacity of memory
  • A force influencing psychological movement toward or away from a goal (correct)
  • The intensity of a stimulus

Which of the following best describes the cognitive process of memory?

  • A physical trace in the brain
  • An exact replica of past experiences
  • Encoding, storing, and retrieving information (correct)
  • A temporary storage of sensory information

Which area of psychology is Kurt Lewin credited with founding?

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Which type of stimulus involves feeling something and reacting?

<p>Kinesthetic Stimulus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In psychological terms, what does a 'barrier' represent?

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Ivan Pavlov's experiments primarily demonstrated what type of conditioning?

<p>Classical Conditioning (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Edward Thorndike contribute to the study of learning?

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What is 'life space' in the context of psychology?

<p>A psychological representation of an individual's environment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Latin word 'Cognoscere' mean?

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Flashcards

Vector

A force influencing psychological movement toward or away from a goal.

Memory

The mental process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.

Kurt Lewin

Founder of Social Psychology.

Kinesthetic Stimulus

Feeling something and then reacting.

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Barriers

A psychological obstruction.

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Visual Stimulus

You see something, you react.

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Cognitive Psychology

The study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think.

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Edward Thorndike

Emphasizes connections between stimuli and responses in learning.

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Learning

A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience.

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Stimulus

An event, sensation, or experience that causes a reaction.

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Study Notes

  • Approach-Approach Conflict, Approach-Avoidance Conflict, and Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict differences should be understood.
  • Vector is a force influencing psychological movement toward or away from the goal.
  • Memory is a mental process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.
  • Kurt Lewin is the founder of Social Psychology.
  • Kinesthetic Stimulus involves feeling something and reacting.
  • Barriers are a psychological obstruction.
  • Ivan Pavlov is a Russian psychologist known for classical conditioning studies.
  • Visual Stimulus involves seeing something and reacting.
  • Auditory Stimulus involves hearing something and reacting.
  • Cognitive Psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think.
  • Edward Thorndike emphasizes the connections between stimuli and responses in learning.
  • Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience.
  • Life Space is a psychological representation of an individual's environment.
  • Olfactory Stimulus involves smelling something and reacting.
  • Ivan Pavlov primarily used dogs in experiments to demonstrate classical conditioning.
  • Cognoscere: Derived from the Latin word for "to know" or "to come to know."
  • Conflicts: State of tensions brought about by two opposing desires in the individual.
  • Stimulus is an event, sensation, or experience that causes a reaction.
  • Gustatory Stimulus involves tasting something and reacting.
  • Foreign Hull: The life space is surrounded by a non-psychological boundary.
  • Valences are the attracting or repelling powers of regions.
  • Field Theory concepts are important.
  • There are reasons why some events cannot be remembered.

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