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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM #1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Psychology - Answer-Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Goals of Psychology - Answer-Describe, Explain, Predict, Influence

Types of research - Answer-Basic research, to gain new knowledge
Applied research, to solve a specific problem

Wilhelm Wudnt - Answer-Established the first psychology lab in 1879. Believed
psychology was the science of mental life, "father of psychology"

Structuralism - Answer-A historical school of psychology devoted to uncovering the
basic structures that make up mind and thought. Structuralists sought the "elements" of
conscious experience

Introspection - Answer-A method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings, used in structuralism

Functionalism - Answer-A school of thought in psychology that was concerned with
studying how mental processes help individuals adapt to their environments.

John B. Watson - Answer-1878-1958 American psychologist who founded behaviorism,
emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting the study of mental
processes.

Behaviorism - Answer-An approach to psychology that emphasizes the study of
observable behavior and the role of the environment as a determinant of behavior

Freud - Answer-(Psychoanalysis) Austrian physician who approached psychology while
trying to treat mental disorders--focused on the unconscious

Psychoanalysis - Answer-A therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious
material into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorders. Mental
life is compared to an iceberg

Humanistic Psychology - Answer-A movement in psychology that focuses on people's
unique capacities for choice, responsibility, and growth.

Cognitive Psychology - Answer-Cognitive psychology sees the individual as a processor
of information, in much the same way that a computer takes in information and follows a
program to produce an output. At the heart of cognitive psychology is the idea of
information processing.

, Gestalt Psychology - Answer-A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often
perceive the WHOLE RATHER THAN SUM of the parts.

Information Processing Theory - Answer-Mind works like a computer, processes steps

Evolutionary Psychology - Answer-A relatively new specialty in psychology that sees
behavior and mental processes in terms of their genetic adaptations for survival and
reproduction.

Biological Psychology - Answer-A branch of psychology concerned with the links
between biology and behavior.

Neuroscience - Answer-How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and
sensory experiences.

Electroencephalogram - Answer-record of brain wave activity made by a
electroencephalograph

Beta wave - Answer-brain wave pattern associated with mental or psychical activity

Alpha Wave - Answer-brain wave associated with deep relaxation

Delta Wave - Answer-brain wave associated with slow wave...deep sleep

Microelectrode - Answer-small wire used to monitor the electrical activity or stimulate
activity within a single neuron

CT Scan - Answer-rotating computerized xray that produces cross sectional images of
the structures of the brain

MRI - Answer-diagnostic scanning technique that produces high resolution images of
the structures of the brain

PET scan - Answer-brain imagining technique that reveals blood flow, oxygen use, and
glucose consumption to reveal activity in various parts odf the brain

Functional MRI - Answer-reveals brain structures and brain activity more precisely and
rapidly than a PET scan

Neuron - Answer-Cell that conducts impulses through the nervous system

Neurotransmitter - Answer-chemicals that help carryout the transmission of impulses
from one neuron to the next

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