<p>Question: Weber’s law for vision is 8% or .1 (10%). Barron says 8%. Kaplan gives me an equation and says it is .1
Which is right?</p>
<p>What is priming? Barron says it is when we respond more quickly and/or accurately to questions we have seen before. Kaplan says it is when stimuli perceived at only a subliminal level can be recognized or identified ore quickly in future trials. I do see the connection between 2 explanations but would like to know which is more closely correct.</p>
<p>What is blind sight? I don’t get it.</p>
<p>Thank you beforehand!!!</p>
<p>they won’t ask you to distinguish</p>
<p>Clearly explain the key differences between Availability heuristic & Representativeness heuristic. Give an example of each.</p>
<p>Explain the Yerkes-Dodson law. Give an example</p>
<p>Yerkes-Dodson Law:
Developed by psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson back in 1908. The Yerkes-Dodson Law attempts to state a relationship between AROUSAL and PERFORMANCE. According to the Yerkes-Dodson Law, performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a certain point. Subsequent research has found that different tasks require different levels of arousal for optimal performance. For example, difficult or intellectually demanding tasks may require a lower level of arousal (for concentration), while tasks demanding stamina or persistence may be performed better with higher levels of arousal (in order to increase motivation).</p>
<p>The Yerkes-Dodson Law did appear as part of a 2000 Essay Question. The questions stated: “Your high school is proposing moving to a system in which grades are no longer given or used to evaluate student performance. Define each of the following concepts and state how each might either positively or negatively change student behavior under such as system.” The Yerkes-Dodson Law was one of the 4 concepts asked. For example, for students who were too anxious, removing grades may help them relax, thus improving their performance."</p>
<p>For a great explanation of the availability and representative heuristics see Post 27 on this thread.</p>
<p>Thank you dark knight!!!
It helped me a lot.</p>
<p>Thank you for the compliment, dark knight!</p>
<p>Where are you guys in AP Psych right now? We’re about to take our test on memory and language, but we’ve been jumping around the textbook ridiculously. I think all we have left is states of consciousness, emotion and intelligence.</p>
<p>^ Your examples were great! Have you done Abnormal, Treatment of Abnormal, and Social Psychology?</p>
<p>Hey guys. Do you know if there is a connection between Information-Processing Model of memory processing and Information-Processing Model in developmental psychology? I think they are essentially the same thing but just has different aspects in each area. Just wanting to confirm that what I think is right.
Clarification for Information-Processing Model: states that our abilities to memorize, interpret, & perceive gradually develop as we age rather than developing in distinct stages. Sounds like related to memory processing. It was place under Criticisms of Piaget section in Barron. Hmm…</p>
<p>What is the difference between subliminal (thought) & subconscious (self/mind)?
I know and understand clearly the definition. But a little blurred on the difference. I think the difference is that subliminal is for for something w/out conscious (like advertising), subconscious is for like humans w/ conscious (like the subconscious mind/state of consciousness). But basically, they refer to the same concept right? Stimuli below our conscious level, but we can still access some info on this level: like priming, mere-exposure effect.
What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Give some examples of archetypes (Jung) in real life situations.
My: rooting for the underdog. Have no idea WHY it is one, but it’s helpful to know some in mind.</p>
<p>Something subliminal acts upon our subconscious, which is the level of consciousness that we are not aware of. Jung’s archetypes are behaviors / desires that all humans share. Supposedly they are passed down from generation to generation. I guess some examples would be marriage and death ceremonies.</p>
<p>can anyone explain structuralism and introspection?</p>
<p>Structuralism says that the human body is composed of many complex parts. Famous structuralists include Wilhelm Wundt and E.B. Titchener.</p>
<p>Introspection is where a person self-reports for a psychological experiment or study.</p>
<p>K, self-studiers.</p>
<p>Here is the plan. Let us create an awesome thread where we pull out hard questions from practice tests and such and post them here. We get practice, and create a soft copy for self-studiers to come!</p>
<p>The rule is that you answer a question and you post a question. Simple as that.
I’ll start with a basic one.</p>
<p>Time is an important variable in many psychological concepts. Describe a specific example that clearly demonstrates an understanding of each of the following concepts and how it relates to or is affected by time. Use a different example for each concept.<br>
• Critical period
• Fluid intelligence
• Group polarization
• James-Lange theory of emotion
• Presentation of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in classical conditioning
• Refractory period in neural firing
• Sound localization
• Spontaneous recovery</p>
<p>Is it bad that I don’t know a good portion of these questions?</p>
<p>Just curious, how many of you are self-studying this and not taking an AP Psych class?</p>
<p>Self-studying usually implies that you have not taken the class before. </p>
<p>I’ve never taken a psych class and I’m not even halfway through the Barron’s book 
I feel like I should be worried.</p>