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General Psychology Rutgers Exam I Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is psychology? - ANSWER-the scientific study of thought, behavior, and emotion Biological/Neuroscientific Perspective - ANSWER-How physical systems, like the brain, affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts (Ex. Neurotransmi...

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General Psychology Rutgers Exam I
Questions and Answers 100% Pass

What is psychology? - ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of thought, behavior, and

emotion


Biological/Neuroscientific Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-How physical systems, like the

brain, affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts


(Ex. Neurotransmitters in serial killer's brain)


Evolutionary Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-The natural selection of traits


(Ex. Humans who isolated themselves unable to survive and reproduce-->died off--

>why humans need social interaction now)


Behavior Genetics Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-The contribution of genes and

environment to behaviors


(Ex. Intelligence is affected by both genes and environment)


Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-The unconscious dynamics

of the individual


(Ex. How unconscious thoughts affect your moods)


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,Behavioral Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-Learning via reinforcements and punishments


(Ex. When you're kind and generous, people smile at you, so you learned to be that

way)


Cognitive Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-How people reason, remember and interpret


(Ex. Individual perceptions affect mood and behavior)


Sociocultural Perspective - ANSWER✔✔-How social and cultural forces shape

individuals' behaviors


(Ex. Men are seen as more aggressive in American culture-->American men are

expected to be tough/insensitive, so they are)


Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWER✔✔-Had the first psychological laboratory in 1879


Introspection - ANSWER✔✔-*Wilhelm Wundt* Asking people to report what they are

feeling


EB Thitchner - ANSWER✔✔-Uses structuralism


Structuralism - ANSWER✔✔-The analysis of mental structures (what is the mind?)


William James - ANSWER✔✔-Uses functionalism


Functionalism - ANSWER✔✔-The study of how the mind works (why does the mind

do what it does?)




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, Hindsight Bias - ANSWER✔✔-After an outcome occurs, it's easy for people to say they

could have predicted it. It's easier to look back once you know the outcome, which is

why people think research is not needed and psych is common sense


The Scientific Method - ANSWER✔✔-The testing of ideas with the use of data/evidence

(EMPIRICISM)


-First you formulate the research question


-Then you formulate the hypothesis


-Then you design the study to test the hypothesis


-Then you perform the study -Then interpret data


-Then communicate the findings


Hypothesis - ANSWER✔✔-A testable prediction (if, then statement)


(Ex. If people do expressive writing, then their stress levels will go down)


Operational Definition - ANSWER✔✔-A statement about the procedures the researcher

used to measure a variable


( Ex. The designed study to measure stress was measuring heart rate levels. You must

operationally define what you mean by stress levels/expressive writing)


Case Study - ANSWER✔✔-An in depth analysis of one subject (or a small sample),

there is usually something unusual about the subject


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