PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Conditioning, Collective Unconscious, Operant Conditioning

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Urbszat Dax

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Question #1: explain the scientific method (lab #1) Some variable (x-independent) causes a certain behaviour or reaction (y-dependent). While other variables (z-control) that might affect behaviour are held constant (ex, ruled out). The independent variable is the thing that"s changing (x), while the dependent variables are the things that"s value depends on something else, measured in units (y) The effect of (x) on (y) while controlling for (z): doing the same for every lab with different variables. You know (x) is causing the change because you test it twice and everything else stays the same, no other variables are candidates. Question #2: why do we need to redefine the definition of absolute threshold? (lab #2) Absolute threshold is the intensity that you can hear half of the time that gives you one number. For example, the minimum intensity that one can hear.