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General Psychology Final Exam MGCCC Study Guide Solutions Social science - ANSWER-systematic study o people Psychology - ANSWER-scientific study of behavior and mental processes Hard Science - ANSWER-Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject hypothesis} *chemistry, physiology} Soft...

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Social science - ANSWER✔✔-systematic study o people


Psychology - ANSWER✔✔-scientific study of behavior and mental processes


Hard Science - ANSWER✔✔-Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject

hypothesis} *chemistry, physiology}


Soft Science - ANSWER✔✔-discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific

investigation which may be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy,

psychology*


2 parent disciplines of psychology - ANSWER✔✔-philosophy and physiology


Wundt - ANSWER✔✔-father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879.

gave credibility to psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)


Structuralism - ANSWER✔✔-Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down

mental processes into basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and

introspection




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, Funtionalism - ANSWER✔✔-James.theory which focuses on the purpose of

consciousness and mental behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing -

mind adapts to changing environments -"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-

day applied psychology.


psychoanalytic - ANSWER✔✔-freud


behaviorism - ANSWER✔✔-pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)


Cognitive - ANSWER✔✔-piaget/vygotsky


Humanistic - ANSWER✔✔-Maslow/rogers


Bio-psyhcological - ANSWER✔✔-Darwin/Buss


Nature - ANSWER✔✔-Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of

biology(brain, genetics, etc.


Nurture - ANSWER✔✔-sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones

social/cultural context, how they're raised, environment)


Nature - ANSWER✔✔-nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up,

heredity


Nurture - ANSWER✔✔-Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing,

parenting style, culture


Nativism - ANSWER✔✔-Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them

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