PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Scientific Method. Answer: sets of orderly steps used to analyze and
solve problems
● Behavioral Perspective. Answer: how behavior is learned or modified
by environmental causes (NURTURE)
● Behavioral Data. Answer: reports of observation about the behavior of
organisms and the conditions under which the behavior occur
● Psychodynamic Perspective. Answer: behavior is motivated by
inherited instincts, biological drives, & attempts to resolve personal
conflicts between personal need and society's demands
● Cognitive Perspective. Answer: an approach that emphasizes mental
process in perception, memory, language, problem solving and other
areas of behavior
● Humanistic Perspective. Answer: emphasizes the individual's inherent
capacity for making rational choices and developing maximum potential
● Willhelm Wundt. Answer: founding father of psychology
, ● Biological Perspective. Answer: study of physical bases on behavior
● Behavior. Answer: organisms that adjust to their environment
● Standardization. Answer: using uniform, consistent, procedures in all
phases of data collection
● Hypothesis. Answer: tentative and testable statement about the
relationship between causes and consequences
● Determinism. Answer: the idea that all events are determined by
specific casual factors (physical, mental, and behavioral)
● Theory. Answer: organized set of concepts (used to formulate
research)
● Sociocultural Perspective. Answer: studies how an individual's
behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
● Ivan Pavlov. Answer: Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism