PSYC 1 - Exam #1 Study Guide
(Chapters 1 - 4) Questions With Verified
Answers
\Q\.Is the mind adaptive and evolved - ANSWERS✔-Yes
\Q\.Where do the roots of psychology lie - ANSWERS✔-In Philosophy and Physiology &
Medicine
\Q\.What is Mind-Body Dualism - ANSWERS✔-The view that the mind (non-physical) and the
body (physical) exist as separate entities
\Q\.Tabula rasa - ANSWERS✔-The notion that individual human beings are born "blank" and
their identity is defined entirely by events after birth
\Q\.Natural Selection - ANSWERS✔-Feedback process where nature favors one design over
another,
depending if it has an impact on reproduction
\Q\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS✔-a critical thinking process for experimentation that is used
to explore observations and answer questions
\Q\.Max Weber - ANSWERS✔-A German political economist and sociologist who is considered
one of the principal architect of modern social science
,\Q\.Gustav Fechner - ANSWERS✔-A German philosopher, physicist, and experimental
psychologist. An early pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics
\Q\.Charles Darwin - ANSWERS✔-An English Natural scientist who laid down a framework for
the theory of evolution
\Q\.Weber-Fechner Law - ANSWERS✔-States that the change in a stimulus that is just barely
noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus
\Q\.Historical Schools of Thought - ANSWERS✔-1. Evolutionary Theory
2. Structuralism
3. Functionalism
4. Gestalt
5. Behaviorism
6. Psychoanalysis
7. Cognitive Revolution
8. Drug Treatment
9. Evolutionary Psychology
10. Neuroscience
\Q\.Evolutionary Theory - ANSWERS✔-Based on natural selection, it is the process by which
organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits
\Q\.Structuralism - ANSWERS✔-The methodology that elements of human culture must be
understood by way of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure. It works to
uncover the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel
, \Q\.Functionalism - ANSWERS✔-The theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by
their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior
\Q\.Gestalt - ANSWERS✔-The whole of anything is perceived as greater than the sum of its parts
and that the whole is not deducible from analysis of its individual parts
\Q\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-The belief that all human actions and responses can be explained
in terms of reflexes conditioned by reward and punishment
\Q\.Psychoanalysis - ANSWERS✔-Aims to treat mental disorders by making people become
conscious of their unconscious thoughts and motivations and bringing repressed fears and
conflicts into the conscious mind
\Q\.Cognitive Revolution - ANSWERS✔-The roughly twenty year period during the 1950's and
1960's when cognitivism became the dominant approach to psychology
\Q\.Drug Treatment - ANSWERS✔-...
\Q\.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWERS✔-A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts
to explain useful mental and psychological traits as the result of evolution and natural selection
\Q\.Neuroscience - ANSWERS✔-The study of how the nervous system develops, its structure,
what it does, and its impact on behavior and cognitive (thinking) functions
\Q\.Major Subdisciplines in Psychology - ANSWERS✔-1. Cognitive
2. Developmental
3. Social
(Chapters 1 - 4) Questions With Verified
Answers
\Q\.Is the mind adaptive and evolved - ANSWERS✔-Yes
\Q\.Where do the roots of psychology lie - ANSWERS✔-In Philosophy and Physiology &
Medicine
\Q\.What is Mind-Body Dualism - ANSWERS✔-The view that the mind (non-physical) and the
body (physical) exist as separate entities
\Q\.Tabula rasa - ANSWERS✔-The notion that individual human beings are born "blank" and
their identity is defined entirely by events after birth
\Q\.Natural Selection - ANSWERS✔-Feedback process where nature favors one design over
another,
depending if it has an impact on reproduction
\Q\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS✔-a critical thinking process for experimentation that is used
to explore observations and answer questions
\Q\.Max Weber - ANSWERS✔-A German political economist and sociologist who is considered
one of the principal architect of modern social science
,\Q\.Gustav Fechner - ANSWERS✔-A German philosopher, physicist, and experimental
psychologist. An early pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics
\Q\.Charles Darwin - ANSWERS✔-An English Natural scientist who laid down a framework for
the theory of evolution
\Q\.Weber-Fechner Law - ANSWERS✔-States that the change in a stimulus that is just barely
noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus
\Q\.Historical Schools of Thought - ANSWERS✔-1. Evolutionary Theory
2. Structuralism
3. Functionalism
4. Gestalt
5. Behaviorism
6. Psychoanalysis
7. Cognitive Revolution
8. Drug Treatment
9. Evolutionary Psychology
10. Neuroscience
\Q\.Evolutionary Theory - ANSWERS✔-Based on natural selection, it is the process by which
organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits
\Q\.Structuralism - ANSWERS✔-The methodology that elements of human culture must be
understood by way of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure. It works to
uncover the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel
, \Q\.Functionalism - ANSWERS✔-The theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by
their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior
\Q\.Gestalt - ANSWERS✔-The whole of anything is perceived as greater than the sum of its parts
and that the whole is not deducible from analysis of its individual parts
\Q\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-The belief that all human actions and responses can be explained
in terms of reflexes conditioned by reward and punishment
\Q\.Psychoanalysis - ANSWERS✔-Aims to treat mental disorders by making people become
conscious of their unconscious thoughts and motivations and bringing repressed fears and
conflicts into the conscious mind
\Q\.Cognitive Revolution - ANSWERS✔-The roughly twenty year period during the 1950's and
1960's when cognitivism became the dominant approach to psychology
\Q\.Drug Treatment - ANSWERS✔-...
\Q\.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWERS✔-A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts
to explain useful mental and psychological traits as the result of evolution and natural selection
\Q\.Neuroscience - ANSWERS✔-The study of how the nervous system develops, its structure,
what it does, and its impact on behavior and cognitive (thinking) functions
\Q\.Major Subdisciplines in Psychology - ANSWERS✔-1. Cognitive
2. Developmental
3. Social
