QM-Exam 1 – Minimester UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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QM-Exam 1 – Minimester UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- the scientific study of thought and behavior
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER- a 19th century school of psychology that argued that
breaking down experience into its elemental parts offered the best...
QM-Exam 1 – Minimester UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- the scientific study of thought and behavior
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER- a 19th century school of psychology that argued that
breaking down experience into its elemental parts offered the best way to understand thought
and behavior
introspection - CORRECT ANSWER- A method of self-observation in which participants
report their thoughts and feelings
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER- 19th century school of psychology that argued it was
better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe its parts
The influences of nature - CORRECT ANSWER- -what we think of as pre-wiring
-genetic inheritance
-biological factors
the influence nurture (environment) - CORRECT ANSWER- -the influence of external
factors after conception
-the product of exposure
-life experiences
- learning on an individual.
evolutionary perspective - CORRECT ANSWER- human thought and behavior have been
shaped by evolutionary forces (natural and sexual selection)
psychoanalytic perspectives - CORRECT ANSWER- -Early childhood conflicts have lasting
effects.
-Personality is largely shaped by unconscious forces
, Science - CORRECT ANSWER- An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence
about the natural world.
-physical
-biological
-social
pseudoscience - CORRECT ANSWER- claims presented as scientific that are not supported
by evidence obtained with the scientific method
population - CORRECT ANSWER- A group of individuals that belong to the same species
and live in the same area (everything)
Sample - CORRECT ANSWER- a subset of the population
Representative sample - CORRECT ANSWER- a research sample that accurately reflects the
population of people one is studying
Data collection - CORRECT ANSWER- The process of acquiring existing information or
developing new information.
case study - CORRECT ANSWER- a study design in which a psychologist, often a therapist,
observes one person over a long period of time
naturalistic observation - CORRECT ANSWER- a study in which the researcher
unobtrusively observes and records behavior in the real world
survey - CORRECT ANSWER- A study, generally in the form of an interview or
questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act.
Replication - CORRECT ANSWER- repeating the essence of a research study, usually with
different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other
participants and circumstances
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