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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: ...

Holistic Care Answer Incorporates the client's developmental needs, social networks, and lofestyle preferences. Gestalt Theory Answer States that the "Whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Pieces and parts fit together to produce thoughts, actions, and structures, such as family units. Advocates that the patient and entire family are assisted back to wellness. Developed by Max Wertheimer in the 1920's. Gardner Answer Suggests that individuals have multiple intelligences and grow...

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...

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...

Theories of Counseling Final Test 2023/2024 Which is NOT True of Gestalt Psychology and Gestalt Therapy?" a. Gestalt - as a word seems to have no exact English translation. b. Primary originator and master practitioner of Gestalt therapy was Fritz Pearls (along with his wife, Laura). c. Gestalt Psychology - focused on the dynamic organization of experience into complete patterns. d. Gestalt Therapists' Emphasis - is on awareness, choice, and responsibility for one's behavior ...

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...

Psychology - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Four Goals of Psychology - Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control Wilhelm Wundt - "Father of Psychology"; introspection-1879 Edward Titchener - Wundt's student; brought structuralism to America Margaret Washburn - First woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology William James - founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment Minorities in Psychology - many of psychology's ...

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...

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

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...