Psy 201 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Who is Franz Joseph Gall? correct answers Phrenology, brain is a muscle, bombs and ridges Uncritical Acceptance correct answers believing postive descriptions about yourself Confirmation Bias correct answers Confirm what you think about yourself Barnum effect correct answers So general it applies to everyone (circus) Critical Thinking correct answers Don't always believe authority, needs testing and back up What is Psychology? correct answers The scientific study of behavior and ...

IRSC Psy 2012 Exam 1 with 100% Correct Answers Psychology - ANSWERSThe scientific study of thought, mind and behavior Structuralism - ANSWERSbreaking down expierence into its elemental parts offer the best way to understand thoughts and behavior use of introspection - ANSWERSfirst developed by psychologist Wilhelm Wundt ; looking into one's own mind to determine the structure of consciousness Functionalism - ANSWERSa school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral p...

Perceptual Processes correct answers The first research laboratory in psychology was established to study __________________________. Community correct answers Dr. Gauzz believes that low-income families who live in crowded conditions are more likely to need mental health services. Therefore, she works to eliminate over-crowded high-rises for low-income famillies. Dr. Gauzz is most likely a(n) ________________ psychologist. Eclectic correct answers Dr. Hemmings believes that human behavior...

Nature - Genetics Nurture - Environmental influences Neuroscience - How the body and brain work together Evolutionary Psychology - Evolutionary basis of our behavior, natural selection Behavior Genetics - Nature vs nurture Psychodynamic - Freud. Focuses on unconscious drives and motives Behavior Psychology - How human behavior can be shaped or changed through obseration Cognitive Psychology - Thought process, memory, decision making, heuristics Social-Cultural Psychology - How culture sh...

PSY 2012 REVIEW WITH ANSWERS Ch. 1 • Question 1 5 out of 5 points Although the bulk of psychology focuses on human behavior, studying animal behavior has been an essential part of the discipline that allows for . Selected Answer: c. making essential comparisons with humans • Question 2 Ancient Greek philosophers . 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: a. provided natural explanations for their observations • Question 3 Functionalism emerged partly i...

PSY 201 GENERAL PSYCH CHAPTER 4 COMPLETE QUESTIONS

Dr. Abdul wants his research findings to be representative of the students at State U. He makes sure that every student has an equal chance of being a participant, thereby ensuring that he has done __________ sampling. random Which of the following would be spoken by a member of a collectivist culture? I must make my family proud." The modern age of psychology began when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology research laboratory at the University of Leipzig. You firmly believ...

Gestalt Psychologist believed what? correct answers the whole is different from the sum of its parts Freuds view of human nature was largely ___, whereas the view of humanistic psychologist was largely ____. correct answers Negative;Positive The modern view of the subjective experience of having a mind is the result of brain activity traced to what philosopher correct answers Watson criticized the introspective methods of the structuralist and functionalists primarily because correct a...

PsychoanalysisWhich school of psychology attempted to identify the basic elements of the mind? learningThe behavioral perspective is most likely to emphasize the importance of Industrial-organizational psychologyWhich psychological specialty does Dr. Ochoa's work best represent? The meaning of frightening dreamsEarly behaviorists such as John B. Watson would have been LEAST likely to encourage research that focused on Rogers and MaslowWhich psychologists emphasized the growth potentia...

Psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental process What does behavior in psych include all outward and overt reactions. (facial expressions,talking,movement) What does mental process include all internal and covert activity of our minds. (thinking,feeling,remembering) Advantages to science of psychology? its objective-non biased Pros to science facts/data,accurate,clear,peer review,replication,standardized process,intolerance of error,self corrected. Common Sense subjectiv...