Theories
“Well-substantiated explanation for a phenomenon or relationship.”
What is a theory?
"The study of behavior and mental processes."
What is Psychology?
You can easily manipulate your memories.
True
This experiment was inspired by Barett´s Schema Theory, which stated that humans unconsciously influence their memories.
What is Loftus and Palmer?
"A pyramid of human needs prioritized from the base upward."
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
"A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation."
What is a hypothesis?
Smiling makes you happier.
False
"Dreams preserve feelings and act as space where unacceptable feelings are expressed psychically."
What is the wish-fulfillment theory?
"A value that does not depend on changes in other values."
What is an Independent Variable?
Venting helps calm emotions.
False.
"Our experience of an emotion is the result of an awareness to a physiological response to a emotion-arousing stimulus."
What is the James-Lange Theory?
"A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect."
What is a placebo?
Throughout your life, you only use around 10% of your brain capacity.
False
"There are three stages of moral reasoning that children and adults, likewise, experience. They are preconventional morality, conventional morality, and postconventional morality."
What is Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development?
"The branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children."
What is developmental psychology?
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The way you dress can affect your mood.