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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/04%3A_Research_Designs
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/24%3A_Other_Determinants_of_Helping/24.05%3A_Reactions_To_Receiving_HelpThe negative feelings that we experience when receiving help are likely to be particularly strong when the recipient feels that the implication of the helping is that they are unable to care for thems...The negative feelings that we experience when receiving help are likely to be particularly strong when the recipient feels that the implication of the helping is that they are unable to care for themselves. When the helper takes control of the situation and solves the problem facing the individual, leaving little left for the individual to accomplish on his or her own, the behavior may be seen as indicating that the individual cannot help herself.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/15%3A_The_Healthy_Life/15.06%3A_Psychology_And_MedicineFigure \(\PageIndex{1}\): While the Internet has increased the amount of medical information available to the public and created greater access, there are real concerns about how people are making dec...Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): While the Internet has increased the amount of medical information available to the public and created greater access, there are real concerns about how people are making decisions about their health based on that information. [“WebMD Publishes Flu Risk Map with MapBox” by Mapbox/Flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0.]
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/10%3A_Sleep_and_Why_We_Sleep/10.01%3A_Introductioncitizens falls between 73 and 79 years old (Singh & Siahpush, 2006), we can expect to spend approximately 25 years of our lives sleeping. Some animals never sleep (e.g., several fish and amphibian spe...citizens falls between 73 and 79 years old (Singh & Siahpush, 2006), we can expect to spend approximately 25 years of our lives sleeping. Some animals never sleep (e.g., several fish and amphibian species); other animals can go extended periods of time without sleep and without apparent negative consequences (e.g., dolphins); yet some animals (e.g., rats) die after two weeks of sleep deprivation (Siegel, 2008).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/24%3A_Other_Determinants_of_Helping/24.02%3A_Some_People_Are_More_Helpful_Than_Others-_The_Altruistic_PersonalityThese people help more people in a wider variety of areas, including providing help to coworkers, donating organs, and volunteering, and also have been found to help more quickly than do people who sc...These people help more people in a wider variety of areas, including providing help to coworkers, donating organs, and volunteering, and also have been found to help more quickly than do people who score lower on these measures (Borman et al., 2001; Penner, 2002).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/26%3A_Prejudice_and_Discrimination/26.01%3A_IntroductionHuman conflict can result in crime, war, and mass murder, such as genocide. Prejudice and discrimination often are root causes of human conflict, which explains how strangers come to hate one another ...Human conflict can result in crime, war, and mass murder, such as genocide. Prejudice and discrimination often are root causes of human conflict, which explains how strangers come to hate one another to the extreme of causing others harm. Prejudice and discrimination affect everyone. In this section we will examine the definitions of prejudice and discrimination, examples of these concepts, and causes of these biases.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/12%3A_Sleep_Problems_and_Disorders/12.05%3A_SIDSInfants should not have caps placed on their heads when put down to sleep in order to prevent overheating, and people in the child’s house- hold should abstain from smoking in the home. This campaign ...Infants should not have caps placed on their heads when put down to sleep in order to prevent overheating, and people in the child’s house- hold should abstain from smoking in the home. This campaign is sponsored in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. [“Safe Sleep logo” by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)/Wikimedia Commons is in the public domain.]
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/05%3A_Thinking_like_a_Psychological_Scientist/5.05%3A_Scientific_TheoriesIn the sixteenth century, however, astronomers began systematically charting visible objects in the sky, and, over a 50-year period, with repeated testing, critique, and refinement, they provided evid...In the sixteenth century, however, astronomers began systematically charting visible objects in the sky, and, over a 50-year period, with repeated testing, critique, and refinement, they provided evidence for a revised theory: The Earth and other cosmic objects revolve around the Sun.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/09%3A_What_Is_Consciousness/9.02%3A_Biological_RhythmsBody temperature rises throughout the waking day, peaking in the afternoon, and falls during sleep with the lowest point occurring during the very early morning hours. [“Figure 4.2”/OpenStax is licens...Body temperature rises throughout the waking day, peaking in the afternoon, and falls during sleep with the lowest point occurring during the very early morning hours. [“Figure 4.2”/OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The axons of light-sensitive neurons in the retina pro- vide information to the SCN based on the amount of light present, allowing this internal clock to be synchronized with the outside world (Klein et al., 1991; Welsh et al., 2010) (Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\)).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/08%3A_Psychophysiological_Methods_in_Neuroscience/8.05%3A_ConclusionThe outline of psychophysiological methods above provides a glimpse into the exciting techniques that are available to researchers studying a broad range of topics from clinical to social to cognitive...The outline of psychophysiological methods above provides a glimpse into the exciting techniques that are available to researchers studying a broad range of topics from clinical to social to cognitive psychology. Psychophysiological methods have applications outside of mainstream psychology in areas where psychological phenomena are central, such as economics, health-related decision making, and brain–computer interfaces.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Introductory_Psychology/General_Psychology_for_Honors_Students_(Votaw)/08%3A_Psychophysiological_Methods_in_Neuroscience/8.01%3A_IntroductionAlthough it would be impossible to replicate the type of damage done to Gage in the name of research, methods have developed over the years that are able to safely measure different aspects of nervous...Although it would be impossible to replicate the type of damage done to Gage in the name of research, methods have developed over the years that are able to safely measure different aspects of nervous system activity in order to help researchers better understand psychology as well as the relationship between psychology and biology.
