Psych 1010 Midterm Exam Study
Questions and Correct Answers
curiosity, skepticism, and humility
What are the three parts of the scientific attitude?
critical thinking
thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. rather it
examines assumptions, appraises sources, discerns biases, evaluates evidence
and assesses conclusions
cognitive neuroscience
interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including
perception, thinking, memory, and language)
evolutionary psychology
,study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural
selection
psychiatry
branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practice by physicians
who sometimes provide medical treatment as well as psychological therapy
structuralism
early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection
to reveal the structure of the human mind
functionalism
early school of though promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored
how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive and flourish
behaviorism
view that psychology 1) should be an objective science that 2) studies behavior
without reference to mental processes.
, humanistic psychology
historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential
hindsight bias
tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
placebo effect
beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be
attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and therefore must be due to
the patient's belief in that treatment
observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, draw conclusion
What are the steps of the scientific method?
theory
explain behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we've observed
hypothesis
testable prediction; implied by theory
Questions and Correct Answers
curiosity, skepticism, and humility
What are the three parts of the scientific attitude?
critical thinking
thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. rather it
examines assumptions, appraises sources, discerns biases, evaluates evidence
and assesses conclusions
cognitive neuroscience
interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including
perception, thinking, memory, and language)
evolutionary psychology
,study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural
selection
psychiatry
branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practice by physicians
who sometimes provide medical treatment as well as psychological therapy
structuralism
early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection
to reveal the structure of the human mind
functionalism
early school of though promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored
how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive and flourish
behaviorism
view that psychology 1) should be an objective science that 2) studies behavior
without reference to mental processes.
, humanistic psychology
historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential
hindsight bias
tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
placebo effect
beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be
attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and therefore must be due to
the patient's belief in that treatment
observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, draw conclusion
What are the steps of the scientific method?
theory
explain behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we've observed
hypothesis
testable prediction; implied by theory
