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Psychology - Answer Scientific study of behavior and mental processes Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in Germany in 1879. He was studying objective introspection which was essentially to measure what was in our minds and our reactions. - Answer Who was Wundt? Where and when did he make his discoveries? Objective Introspection - Answer The process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities He produced a lot of the Gestalt principles...

AU - PSYC 375 Unit 5 Exam Questions and Answers Freud's preferred ______ as his method of treatment because, thought it was more difficult to arrive at the original traumatic experience, once the experience was acknowledges it was available to the patient to deal with in a rational manner: - Answer-Free association Adler believed that a weakness could be converted into a strength through: - Answer-Overcompensation Sigmund Freud viewed the ego defenses as obstacles to the understanding o...

Define Psychology : study of mind; study of behavior and mental processing Describe the scientific method : is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. Why is Psychology defined as a hub science? : bc numerous scientific fields come together in psyc, connect other disciplin What are the major roots of Psychology? : 2: phil and physical science What is the relationship between behavior and biology? : reciprocal relationship How did mos...

Psychology 2301 Collin College -PSYC 2301 EXAM 1 fully solvedDefine Psychology - correct answer study of mind; study of behavior and mental processing Describe the scientific method - correct answer is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. Why is Psychology defined as a hub science? - correct answer bc numerous scientific fields come together in psyc, connect other disciplin What are the major roots of Psychology? - correct answer 2: ...

Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt Functionalism William James Psychodynamic Sigmund Freud Behaviorism John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner Gestalt Max Wertheimer Humanistic Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers Key mental strategies and goals are inborn through adaptation of the species, the result of natural selection. Evolutionary Psychology Uses computer as a model for the human mind. Cognitive Psychology Belief that people have positive values, free will, and deep inner creativity; inspired ...

WGU C180 Intro to Psychology, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, graded A+ Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt Functionalism William James Psychodynamic Sigmund Freud Behaviorism John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner Gestalt Max Wertheimer Humanistic Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers Key mental strategies and goals are inborn through adaptation of the species, the result of natural selection. Evolutionary Psychology Uses computer as a model for the human mind. Cognitive Psychology B...

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General Psychology PSYC-2301 Unit 1 (Ch.1-3) fully solvedWhich of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? - correct answer All of the above. Critical thinking, Use of the scientific method, and critical evaluation of sources of information. Psyche is a Greek word meaning? - correct answer Soul Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in? - correct answer Philosophy In the scienti...

behavior/behaviorism - correct answers Discovered by John Watson. The school of psychology that holds that psychology should limit itself to the study of overt, observable behavior. What did Plato and Descarte have in common? - correct answers They were dualists, thought the mind and body was separate What did Greek philosophers attribute observations - correct answers naturalistic explanation Who is the father of structuralism - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt Who was the first psycho...

Psychology - Answer-Scientific Study of behavior and mental processes Goal of Description - Answer-What's Happening? To Whom? Where? What else? Advantage: Simple and Straightfoward Disadvantage: Doesn't cover relationships (Perceiving the Question step derives this goal) Goal of Prediction - Answer-Goes into connections/relationships Advantages: Relationships Disadvantages: No WHY? (Forming Hypotheses) Goal of Explanation - Answer-Why are things occurring?? Advantage: Most thorough u...