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OpenStax Psychology 2e – Full set (questions and answers 2024)
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OpenStax Psychology 2e – Full set (questions and answers2024)
American Psychological Association - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔professional organization
representing psychologists in the United States
behaviorism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔focus on observing and controlling behavior
biopsychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔study of how biology influences behavior
biopsychosocial model - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔perspective that asserts that biology,
psychology, and social factors interact to determine an individual's health
clinical psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔area of psychology that focuses on the diagnosis
and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior
cognitive psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔study of cognitions, or thoughts, and their
relationship to experiences and actions
counseling psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔area of psychology that focuses on
improving emotional, social, vocational, and other aspects of the lives of psychologically healthy
individuals
developmental psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔scientific study of development across a
lifespan
dissertation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔long research paper about research that was conducted
as a part of the candidate's doctoral training
,empirical method - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔method for acquiring knowledge based on
observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical
argument or previous authorities
forensic psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔area of psychology that applies the science and
practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
functionalism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔focused on how mental activities helped an organism
adapt to its environment
humanism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔perspective within psychology that emphasizes the
potential for good that is innate to all humans
introspection - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔process by which someone examines their own
conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts
ology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔suffix that denotes "scientific study of"
PhD - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(doctor of philosophy) doctoral degree conferred in many
disciplinary perspectives housed in a traditional college of liberal arts and sciences
PsyD - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(doctor of psychology) doctoral degree that places less
emphasis on research-oriented skills and focuses more on application of psychological principles in
the clinical context
personality psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors
that make each individual unique
personality trait - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔consistent pattern of thought and behavior
,postdoctoral training program - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔allows young scientists to further
develop their research programs and broaden their research skills under the supervision of other
professionals in the field
psyche - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Greek word for soul
psychoanalytic theory - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔focus on the role of the unconscious in
affecting conscious behavior
psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔scientific study of the mind and behavior
sport and exercise psychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔area of psychology that focuses on
the interactions between mental and emotional factors and physical performance in sports, exercise,
and other activities
structuralism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔understanding the conscious experience through
introspection
Wilhelm Wundt - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔established the first psychology laboratory at the
University of Leipzig, Germany
Plato - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in
Athens.
Descartes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔French philosopher, nativist, and dualist
Dualism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the presumption that mind and body are two distinct
entities that interact
William James - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔founder of functionalism; studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment
, Erik Erikson - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔famous for his 8-stage model of psychosocial
development; neo-Freudian
John B. Watson - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔developed behaviorism ( the study of observable
behavior)
Ivan Pavlov - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to
salivate at the ringing of a bell
Albert Bandura - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Social learning theory; Bobo doll experiment
Abraham Maslow - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔created hierarchy of needs
Lawrence Kohlberg - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Theory of Moral Development
Naomi Weisstein - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Credited with starting the feminist revolution in
psychology
Anna Freud - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Continued her father's work in psychoanalysis with an
emphasis on children.
Charles Darwin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔English natural scientist who formulated a theory
of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Democritus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Greek philosopher that said all matter is made of tiny
particles called "atomos" or atoms
behaviorist perspective - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the psychological perspective primarily
concerned with observable behavior that can be objectively recorded and with the relationships of
observable behavior to environmental stimuli
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