BYU Psych375 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers
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BYU Psych375
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BYU Psych375
BYU Psych375 Exam 1 Practice Questions
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John B. Watson - ANSWERBehaviorist
o He focused on observable human nature. He thought internal thoughts had no causal role in behavior
What did Watson study or introduce to the scientific field? - ANSWERo He believed you can raise
anyone to b...
The role of the child in their cognitive development - ANSWER✔✔a. The opposite of what Watson said.
"let me train an infant and I can shape their entire future"
b. Development is an active process
c. Children give cues to their environment that they are ready to move to the next developmental level
d. Development progresses in interaction between biology and experience
Nature and nurture - ANSWER✔✔a. Related to individual differences
b. Our environment or genes do not 100% control us. We are not doomed
Equifinality and multifinality (individual differences) - ANSWER✔✔a. We can't always determine why
someone like a child is depressed
i. Multifinity - We can't say someone is doomed if they were sexually abused as a child.
1. Sexual abuse can lead to sex aversion, hyper sexuality, or normal sexuality
ii. Equifinity
1. Parental divorce, physical abuse, or parental substance abuse may lead to child depression
What are the major theories of cognitive development? - ANSWER✔✔1. Intelligence is an active,
constructive, and dynamic process
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