NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Structualism - ANSWERSAnalysis of basic elements that make up the mind
Functionalism - ANSWERSThe study of the purpose that mental processes serve
which man believed consciousness was a stream? - ANSWERSWilliam James
Which man bel...
Structualism - ANSWERSAnalysis of basic elements that make up the mind
Functionalism - ANSWERSThe study of the purpose that mental processes serve
which man believed consciousness was a stream? - ANSWERSWilliam James
Which man believed you could break consciousness into part - ANSWERSWilhelm Wundt
Who is known as the founder of psychology and first to teach it and open a lab? - ANSWERSWilhelm
Wundt
What is the emphasis of Frauds psychoanalytic theory? - ANSWERSThe importance of unconscious
mental processes.
Who were the founders of humanistic psychology? - ANSWERSMaslow and Rogers
What is unconsciousness? - ANSWERSThe part of the mind that operates outside of awareness but that
influences thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is cognitive psychology? - ANSWERSThe scientific study of mental processes including perception
thought memory and reasoning
What is behavioral neuroscience? - ANSWERSAn approach to psychology that links psychological
processes to activities in the nervous system and other bodily processes
, What is evolutionary psychology? - ANSWERSExplains mind and behavior in terms of the adaptive value
fo abilities that are preserved over time by natural selection
What is empiricism? - ANSWERSThe belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation
what is the Scientific Method? - ANSWERSA procedure for finding the truth by using empirical evidence
What is a theory? - ANSWERSA hypothetical explanation of a natural phenomenon
What is a hypothesis? - ANSWERSA falsifiable prediction made by a theory
What is an operational definition? - ANSWERSa description of a property in concrete measurable forms
What is validity? - ANSWERSConcrete event that defines property
What is Reliability? - ANSWERSThat something is producing the same answers when its measured more
than once
Which refers to whether something is consistent? - ANSWERSReliablity
Which refers to if something is measuring what its suppose to measure? - ANSWERSValidity
What is a variable? - ANSWERSproperties whose value can very across individuals or over time
What is an experiment? - ANSWERSA technique for establishing a causal relationship between variables
What is manipulation? - ANSWERSInvolves changing a variable in order to determine its causal power
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