Name:______________________
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Psychology Essay #1
Due February 24th
Handwritten
Using appropriate psychology terminology answer the following questions using complete sentences.
Shelly has recently had an important exam in her American history class. She had not been doing well in
this class as she would have liked. She studied for hours, but she felt ill on the day of the test and did
not perform as well as she had hoped.
A. Explain how each of the following factors could have contributed to Shelly’s disappointing
performance.
a. General adaptation syndrome
b. Dual processing theory
c. State dependent theory
B. Describe how Shelly could use each of the following psychological principles to improve her
future performance.
a. Yerkes-Dodson law
b. A mnemonic device
c. Spacing Effect
d. Internal locus of control
e. Negative Reinforcement