C180-Introduction to Psychology Questions and Answers Graded A+
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C180-Introduction to Psychology Questions and Answers Graded A+
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scientific study of the mind and behavior
Mind
the nonphysical manifestation of the brain's activity
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C180-Introduction to Psychology
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Psychology - answer scientific study of the mind and behavior
Mind - answer the nonphysical manifestation of the brain's activity
Behavior - answer The outwardly observable acts of a person, either alone or in a
group.
Structuralism - answer a school of psychology concerned with analyzing the mind by
looking at its smallest and simplest components and seeing how they fit together to form
complete experiences.
consciousness - answer the state of being aware of self and the world.
introspection - answer the technique of observing interior mental events as or
immediately after they occur
Functionalism - answer A school of thought in psychology that sought to understand
how the mind helps individuals adapt to the world around them and function effectively
in it.
natural selection - answer the theory that some individual organisms in every
species, from ants to oak trees, possess characteristics that enable them to survive and
reproduce more fruitfully than others.
adaptation - answer inborn characteristics that help an organism survive and
produce many offspring.
Gesalt psychologists - answer psychologists who focus on the macro psychology of
the behavior of the whole rather than the micro view of the parts
Gestalt Laws: Similarity - answer items that are similar, our brains group together
Gestalt laws of pragnanz - answer reality is organized into the simplest form possible
Gestalt Laws: Proximity - answer objects that are close to one another are grouped
together.
Gestalt Laws: Continuity - answer lines are seen as following the smoothest path.
Gestalt Laws: Closure - answer objects grouped together are seen as a whole.
,unconscious - answer the condition of being unaware of the outside world and
unable to bring oneself into awareness at will.
defensive mechanisms - answer unconscious psychological strategies that protect a
person from anxiety based on unacceptable thoughts or feelings.
psychodynamic theory - answer A psychological theory that specifies that mental
events are engaged in continual push-and-pull interactions among conscious and
unconscious thoughts and feelings; the goal is enlightenment on how such interactions
affect behavior.
humanistic psychology - answer a school of thought in psychology that assumes
people have positive values, free will, and deep inner creativity.
cognitive psychology - answer a school of thought in psychology that attempts to
characterize mental events that allow information to be stored and operated on
internally.
According to psycho-dynamic psychology, depression is a result of - answer
suppressed aggressive drives
Who was a key figure of the behaviorist school of psychological thought? - answer
B.F. Skinner
Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? - answer Sigmund
Freud
Which level of need must be met before the need for belongingness and love can be
satisfied, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - answer Physiological
Suppose there is a positive correlation between age and life satisfaction.What
conclusion does the correlation support? - answer As age increases, the level of life
satisfaction also increases.
How can psychological researchers reduce the impact of their own biases? - answer
By collecting all the data from experiments before running the statistics
Phineas Gage was involved in a serious railway construction accident in 1848. A steel
rod went through his left cheek and exited through the top of his head. After he
recovered, people who knew him noticed that his personality and behavior were
different. Eventually, descriptions of Gage before and after the accident provided
evidence that the frontal lobe is involved in executive functioning.Which research
method does the study of Gage represent? - answer Case study
, Which principle should be established in any psychological study? - answer
Participants should be protected from needless harm.
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? - answer hippocampus
What does the cerebellum influence? - answer Balance and fine motor movement
What does the hypothalamus influence? - answer Pleasure
What does the hippocampus influence? - answer Memory
Which structure is closely associated with reproduction in males? - answer Testes
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals
called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? -
answer It affects mood.
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals
called neurotransmitters. Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action? - answer
Acetylcholine
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight
response? - answer Sympathetic nervous system
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer honks the horn when
driving into the field. On the third day, the farmer drives into the field and honks the
horn, and the cattle start moving toward the truck.Which theorist is associated with
studying this type of behavior? - answer Ivan Pavlov
In Pavlov's original demonstration of classical conditioning, what did the dog's salivation
to the ringing of the bell represent? - answer Conditioned response
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later, while fighting the
fire, the firefighter's heart is racing.According to Pavlov, which learned association is
most likely to develop in this scenario? - answer The firefighter learns to react
emotionally in a similar way to the alarm as to the fire.
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using positive
reinforcement.Which schedule of positive reinforcement would be most helpful to
parents wanting to achieve rapid learning? - answer The parents should use a
continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid learning.
A 50-year-old person who has not ridden a bicycle since childhood gets on a bicycle
and rides effortlessly without even thinking about it.What type of memory is being used
in this situation? - answer Implicit memory
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