Myers Psychology for AP – EXAM Questions With Correct Answers

Myers Psychology for AP – EXAM Questions
With Correct Answers


empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that knowledge originates in
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experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and
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experimentation


structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an early school of psychology that used
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introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind (Titchener)
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functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a school of psychology that focused on
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how our mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt,
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survive and flourish (James)
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experimental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of behavior and
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thinking using the experimental method
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behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that psychology (1) should be an
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objective science, overt that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental
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processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2)
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humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-historically significant perspective
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that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's
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potential for personal growth (Maslow, Rogers)
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,cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the interdisciplinary study of the
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brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and
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language)


psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of behavior and mental
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processes


nature-nurture issue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the longstanding controversy over
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the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of
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psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors
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arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
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natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the principle that, among the range of
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inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival with
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most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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level of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the differing complementary views, from
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|biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
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biopsychosocial approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an integrated approach that
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incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
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biological psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that studies
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the links between biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and
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psychological processes |

,evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the roots of
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behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection
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psychodynamic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that
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studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that
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information to treat people with psychological disorders
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behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of observable
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behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
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cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of all the mental
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activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicatin
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social-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how situations
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and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
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psychometrics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the measurement
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of human abilities, attitudes, and traits
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basic research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pure science that aims to increase the
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scientific knowledge base
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developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of
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physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
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, educational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how psychological
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processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
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personality psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of an individual's
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characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting
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social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of how we think
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about, influence, and relate to one another
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applied research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study that aims to solve
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practical problems |




industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the application | | | | | |


|of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in
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workplaces


human factors psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how people and
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machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and
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environments


counseling psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that
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assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage)
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and in achieving greater well-being
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clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that studies,
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assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
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