PSYC 102 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST TOP
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psychology answer >>>>> study of the mind and behavior
mind answer >>>>> our private thoughts, feelings and perceptions
behavior answer >>>>> observable actions of human and non-human animals
William James answer >>>>> -founder of modern psychology/functionalism
-consciousness is a flowing stream
Plato answer >>>>> Nativism-certain knowledge is innate(natural)
Aristotle answer >>>>> -philosophical empiricism: knowledge is acquired from
experience
-tabula Rosa: blank state
Descartes answer >>>>> -Dualism: the mind (soul) and body (physical) are
different
-interact through pineal gland
Thomas Hobbes answer >>>>> the mind is brain activity
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Phrenology answer >>>>> F.J. Gall
-brains and minds are linked by size
-characteristics and abilities localized in specific areas of brain
H.V. Helmholtz answer >>>>> -studied human run time; estimated length of
nerve impulse
Stimulus answer >>>>> sensory input from environment
Reaction Time answer >>>>> time taken to respond to specific stimulus
Wilhelm Wundt answer >>>>> -taught first course of physio. psych.
-first psych laboratory
Consciousness answer >>>>> person's subjective experience of world and mind
Structuralism answer >>>>> analysis of basic elements that constitute the mind
Introspection answer >>>>> subjective observation of one's own experience
Edward Titchener answer >>>>> -studied under Wundt
-found basic elements of consciousness (44,000 elements of consciousness)