Meyers AP Psychology Final Review 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 elemental structure of the human mind
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Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a school of psychology that focused on
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how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to
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adapt, survive, and flourish
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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 that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
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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
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,Cognitive Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The interdisciplinary study of the
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brain activity (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) linked with
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cognition.
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study 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 that lead to increased reproduction and survival
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will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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Levels of Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the differing complementary views,
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from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given
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phenomenon
Biopsychosocial Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an integrated perspective 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 Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-therapy deriving from the
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psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious
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forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight
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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
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mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
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communicating
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✔✔-a branch of psychology that
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studies 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 Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The application of | | | | | | |
psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
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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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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
| | | | | | | | | |
experimentation
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an early school of psychology that used
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introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
| | | | | | | | |
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a school of psychology that focused on
| | | | | | | | | |
how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
adapt, survive, and flourish
| | | |
Experimental Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of behavior and
| | | | | | | | |
thinking using the experimental method
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Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that psychology (1) should be an
| | | | | | | | | | |
objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
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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
| | | | | | | | | | | |
potential for personal growth
| | |
,Cognitive Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The interdisciplinary study of the
| | | | | | | |
brain activity (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) linked with
| | | | | | | | | | |
cognition.
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of behavior and mental
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processes
Nature-Nurture Issue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the longstanding controversy over
| | | | | | | |
the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of
| | | | | | | | | | |
psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors
| | | | | | | | | | |
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 that lead to increased reproduction and survival
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will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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Levels of Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the differing complementary views,
| | | | | | | | |
from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given
| | | | | | | | | |
phenomenon
Biopsychosocial Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an integrated perspective that
| | | | | | |
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
| | | | | | | |
Biological Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that studies
| | | | | | | | |
the links between biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and
| | | | | | | | | | |
psychological processes |
,Evolutionary Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the roots of
| | | | | | | | | |
behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection
| | | | | | | | |
Psychodynamic Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-therapy deriving from the
| | | | | | | |
psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious
| | | | | | | | |
forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight
| | | | | | | | |
Behavioral Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of observable
| | | | | | | | |
behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
| | | | | | |
Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of all the
| | | | | | | | | |
mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
| | | | | | | |
communicating
Social-Cultural Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how situations
| | | | | | | | |
and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
| | | | | |
Psychometrics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the measurement
| | | | | | | | |
of human abilities, attitudes, and traits
| | | | |
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pure science that aims to increase the
| | | | | | | | | | |
scientific knowledge base
| |
Developmental Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that
| | | | | | | | |
studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
| | | | | | | | |
, Educational Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how psychological
| | | | | | | | |
processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
| | | | | | |
Personality Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of an individual's
| | | | | | | | |
characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
| | | | | |
Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of how we think
| | | | | | | | | | |
about, influence, and relate to one another
| | | | | |
Applied Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study that aims to solve
| | | | | | | | | |
practical problems |
Industrial-Organizational Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The application of | | | | | | |
psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
| | | | | | | | |
Human Factors Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how people and
| | | | | | | | | | |
machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
environments
Counseling Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that
| | | | | | | | |
assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and in achieving greater well-being
| | | |
Clinical Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that studies,
| | | | | | | | | |
assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
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