PSYC2301

Psychology 2301 Blinn Exam 1Nativism - correct answer Philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn Gia is a 'flower child' living in the late 1960s. She is having some problems with depression and would like to talk to a therapist about realizing her full potential. She is MOST likely to resonate to which type of psychological therapy? - correct answer Humanistic Mind - correct answer Private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings ...

Psychology 2301 Chapter 1 Quiz answersWhat is the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing information? - correct answer Critical Thinking If you were keeping an in-depth record of your conscious awareness including sensation, images, feelings, and thoughts that you are aware of experiencing, then you would be practicing what Wundt would call _______. - correct answer Introspection The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior is ...

Psychology 2301 Chapter 1What is the definition of psychology? - correct answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes research methods that yield descriptions behavior rather than casual explanations are called ______ methods - correct answer descriptive when researchers want to record behaviors that occur in a laboratory setting, then they use _____ - correct answer laboratory observation the purpose of _____ is to provide a detailed description of some behavior or diso...

Psychology 2301 Chapter 2 Quiz answersThe human body is composed of how many chromosomes? - correct answer 46 Modern psychologists believe that many human characteristics such as eye color, hair color, or height are ________ - correct answer Polygenic. More than likely your genetics has absolutely nothing to do with the color of the shoes you are wearing right now. Thus your choice of shoe color this morning has a heritability estimate of ________ - correct answer 0% Natural selection i...

Psychology 2301 Chapter 2Neuroscience - correct answer the study of the brain and nervous system Biological psychology - correct answer the branch of psychology that focuses on how the brain and other biological systems influence the human behavior Neurons - correct answer the building blocks of the nervous system that transmit electrical and chemical signals in the body Cell Body - correct answer the region of the neuron that includes a nucleus containing DNA, protein producing mechani...

psychology 2301 chapter 5learning - correct answer enduring change in behavior or thinking that results from experiences habituation - correct answer An organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it stimulus - correct answer something that causes a response classical conditioning - correct answer ivan pavlov. process in which an originally neutral stimulus, by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response, comes to elicit a similar or...

Psychology 2301 Chapter 8Theories of Motivation - correct answer • Instinct • Drive • Incentive • Arousal • Humanistic Theories Instinct - correct answer Genetic programming Drive - correct answer Need to reduce tension caused by unmet needs (getting something to eat because you are hungry) a lot of human behavior is explain by this theory Incentive - correct answer Motivated by rewards (We are tempted just to buy it ) Arousal - correct answer Maintain an ideal level or...

psychology 2301 chapter 9motivation - correct answer a stimulus that can direct behavior, thinking, and feeling extrinsic motivation - correct answer The desire or push to perform a certain behavior based on the potential external rewards that may be received as a result intrinsic motivation - correct answer desire to perform behavior for own sake instinct theory - correct answer people are driven to do certain behaviours based on evolutionary programmed instincts evolutionary perspe...

psychology 2301 chapter 11personality - correct answer unique set of characteristics that influence the way one thinks, acts, and feels and that are relatively consistent and enduring throughout the lifespan temperament - correct answer an individual's behavioral style and characteristic way of responding humor - correct answer used to connect with others, for enjoyment, and to cope with challenges 30-47% humor styles = genetics -grounded by biology, shaped by life experiences psycho...

Psychology 2301 Chapters 1 and 2What does psychology involve? - correct answer -Study/Science -Behavior -Human/Animals Is psychology a S.T.E.M.? - correct answer Yes Why are animals studied? - correct answer They are less predictable than humans Critical Thinking - correct answer Systematically evaluating information to reach reasonable conclusions Amiable Skepticism - correct answer Being open to new ideas but weary when there is no good supporting evidence Where is psychology ...