psych comprehensive photo album

Comprehensive Photo Album

Lauren BerubePeriod D

Basic Research

This picture shows my mom reading the newspaper. This is an example of basic research because she is learning new information for enjoyment and it will not be used for any specific purpose.

Applied Research

This picture shows my sister doing a research paper. A research paper is an example of applied research because the knowledge she gains is being put to use and applied.

Naturalistic Observation

This is a picture of a squirrel in it’s natural habitat where the observer is not altering or controlling any part of it’s environment.

Case Study

This is a picture of my cousin, who has a mental disability. However, she has no specific diagnosis because her symptoms did not match with any other disorder. She has been experimented on using a case study because her condition does not fit in with other people’s.

Sympathetic Nervous System

This picture represents the sympathetic nervous system because all of the people lined up to start running needed it to get their adrenaline pumping.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

After running in the race, this girl’s parasympathetic nervous system is working to calm her body and return it to homeostasis.

Endocrine System

This man’s endocrine system is working to secrete hormones into his bloodstream that trigger the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine that provide a surge of energy and allow him to finish the race.

Somatic Nervous System

The somatic nervous system controls the skeletal muscles and is allowing my sister to run in this race.

Frontal Lobes

This picture of my calendar shows how the frontal lobes are used in speech and motor production, planning and judgements.

Parietal Lobes

This picture represents how the parietal lobes house the sensory cortex and receive all incoming touch and sensory information.

Occipital Lobes

These sunglasses represent how the occipital lobes house the areas that receive visual information.

Temporal Lobes

These earphones represent how the temporal lobes are the place in the brain where the auditory areas are located.

Change Blindness

This picture represents change blindness because my dad got a haircut and no one in my family noticed until a few days later.

Dissociation

This picture represents dissociation because my mom is talking on the phone while writing information down. Dissociation is a split in consciousness, so some actions can occur simultaneously.

Narcolepsy

This picture represents narcolepsy because it is uncontrollable sleep attacks, usually at times of great excitement.

Inattentional Blindness

In this picture, the observer may not notice the color of the man’s shirt or even the man in the background, since his or her attention would be focused on the dog.

Egocentrism

Meg and blankets This picture represents egocentrism because my sister is standing in front of the TV even though other people want to watch also. Egocentrism is the inability to take another person’s view on an issue.

Schema

This picture of a flower demonstrates a schema because if someone told me to think of a flower, this is what I would think of. A schema is a general framework that allows us to organize information.

Object Permanence

This picture of my winterized pool shows object permanence because someone who did not have object permanence would think the pool disappeared when we covered it for winter.

Conservation

This picture shows two glasses with one cup of water in each. Someone who did not understand conservation would not know that even though the cup on the left looks like it has more, it really doesn’t.

Absolute Threshold

In a busy store, I needed to turn up the volume on my phone because if it was too low, I would not be able to hear it because it would be below my absolute threshold.

Priming

An example of priming would be that if a picture of a dog was flashed very quickly in front of a person and then they saw a picture of a rope and asked its function, the person would be more likely to say a dog leash because they already were thinking about dogs from the earlier picture.

Bottom Up Processing

This picture shows bottom up processing because the person is gathering sensory information by touching the stone that is being sent to the brain, where the feeling of roughness and color are being processed.

Difference Threshold

These notes show how in order for one to be different from another, they have to be over the difference threshold so our ears can detect the difference. Otherwise, all notes would sound the same, especially if they were very close in pitch.

Cones

This picture represents cones because they detect all colors and are located around the center of the retina.

Rods

This picture shows that rods only detect shades of white, black, and gray and are located in the sides of the retina in order to see peripheral vision.

Place Theory

Due to place theory, my sister can tell that her phone is ringing from her left side due to the sound waves hitting her left ear first.

Opponent- Process Theory

The opponent process theory says that if a person was to stare at this brightly colored pattern and then look away, they would see the objects in the opposing color. Red would appear green, yellow would appear blue, and white would appear black.

Mirror Neurons

This picture represents mirror neurons because my dad is smiling and drinking a coffee. Some neurons of people who see him will light up as if they are smiling and drinking coffee also.

Generalization

This picture of stuffed animals shows how my dog started off having dog toys, then she could not tell the difference between her toys and our toys. So, she began playing with them all.

Spontaneous Recovery

After an entire week of waking up at 10 during vacation week, I woke up at 6:07 on Friday due to spontaneous recovery of my normal routine of waking up at 6:24.

Classical Conditioning

We have classically conditioned my dog by feeding her everyday at the same time, so that when it is 2 o’clock in the afternoon, she stands by her food bowl.

Fixed- Ratio Schedule

This picture of my dog shows how a fixed ratio schedule is when a response is reinforced after a specific number of responses. In this case, every time my dog comes inside we give her a treat.

Variable- Ratio Schedule

This picture shows that when applying to colleges, students apply to a number of colleges and after a random number of applications, they will get into a college.

Fixed- Interval Schedule

My alarm clock represents a fixed interval schedule because after it rings the first time in the morning and I hit snooze, it will ring at ten minute intervals.

Variable- Interval Schedule

This weather prediction is an example of a variable interval schedule because it shows how a rainy day will happen after no specific amount of time.

Source Amnesia

This letter without a return address represents source amnesia because I forget where the information came from, just like if I was suffering from source amnesia, I would misattribute the information to where I learned it from.

Recall

This fill in question represents recall because the test taker has to think of the correct answer from memory.

Recodnition

This multiple choice question shows recondition because the test taker simply has to recognize the correct answer.

Serial Position Effect

If I had to remember the items, I would probably only remember the first and last items because they would stand out most due to the Serial Position Effect.

Savant Syndrome

This picture represents savant syndrome because it is when someone has a limited mental ability in all areas except one. In this case, my dog is skilled at writing letters.

G – General Intelligence

This game of Monopoly applies to G, or general intelligence. G underlies all mental abilities, therefore all thinking in math and logic used to play this game would first require general intelligence.

WAIS

This game, “Apples to Apples”, requires similar skills to those that are tested using the WAIS. The WAIS tests both verbal and nonverbal ability, which are put to use by matching nouns and adjectives and competing against the person’s opponents.

Stanford- Binet

This Tale of Two Cities project shows how the Stanford- Binet intelligence test was the American revised version of the test that Binet created in France. In this case, the Americans were modeling their project after the French. However, in the French Revolution the French based their motives off the success of the Americans.

Test- Retest

This picture shows test- retest because it is the second time I am taking them, so I can measure the results from the first test to the second to measure reliability.

Reliability

This test would not be considered reliable, since some students scored very high and others did not. If someone preformed a split test check, the two halves would not be consistent.

Standardization

This picture is of the SAT’s because the scores of each student’s SAT’s are compared with a pretested group to define the scores.

Validity

This anatomy test has questions about the correct chapter and information that we learned, so it would be considered valid, since it is testing what it is supposed to.

Flow

This picture of a Celtic’s basketball game shows flow because all of the players are so good at the game that when they play, they experience a sense of loss of awareness of self and time, so that their skills are at the best they can be.

Set Point

This picture represents set point because it shows where each person’s body is comfortable and their metabolic rate is balanced.

Incentive

While running, a person is overcome with the thirst drive, which is an incentive. This will motivate him to keep running to get to the finish to have water.

Homeostasis

Just as she is balancing to stretch, homeostasis is an internal balance of chemicals and hormones to insure proper bodily functioning.

James Lange TOE

This picture of my paper cut represents the James Lange Theory of Emotion because I felt the stinging sensation in my finger, which produced a feeling of pain.

Cannon Bard TOE

This picture of my paper cut represents the cannon- bard theory of emotion because I simultaneously started to bleed and felt pain in my finger.

Schachter 2 Factor TOE

This picture of a paper cut shows the Schachter two factor theory of emotion because knew the paper cut my skin and I said “Ow!”, which caused a greater feeling of pain.

Facial Feedback

Facial feedback allows others to tell how another person is feeling for . For example, in this picture, my sister is feeling mad and confused.

Adaptation Level Syndrome

I have only had the iPhone for a few months, but now I have it I do not think I could not live without it like I did before, which is true to the adaptation level syndrome.

Type A

This is a picture of my desk and it shows how I would classify myself as a type A person because I like to be neat, hard working and driven.

Type B

This is my sister’s desk and she would be considered Type B because she is easygoing and not as up tight and orderly.

Relative Deprivation

This picture represents relative deprivation because my sister was very happy when she got a phone, but she does not like that I have an iPhone and she only had a basic phone.

Id

These bottles of wine represent the id because it operates on the pleasure principle, therefore a person listening to his or her id would drink the wine if they wanted and not care about the repercussions.

Superego

This water bottle represents the superego because it is the exact opposite of the id. The superego follows all good judgments and a person following his or her superego would only drink water because it would not cause them any harm.

Ego

These soda bottles represent the ego because it mediates between the id and the superego. It functions on the reality principle. The soda would taste better than water but not be as dangerous as alcohol.

Spotlight Effect

This picture demonstrates the spotlight effect because someone told her that her hood looked funny, so for the rest of the day she was self-conscious and thought everyone was staring at her.