PSY 100 uky exam 1 questions with correct
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-science of behavior and mental process
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Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anything an organism does (action we can
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observe and record) | |
Mental Processes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective experiences- sensations,
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perceptions, feelings thoughts, dreams, beliefs.
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What is a Behaviorist? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Someone who studies and
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experiments with observable behavior | | |
Which psychologist was known for classical conditioning? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-John B. Watson | |
What was B.F. Skinner known for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-He studied the way
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consequences shape behavior - like other behaviorists he saw little value in
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introspection
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sigmund Freud
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,Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Humanists who
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studied people whom were thriving rather than those with problems. They
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developed theories and treatments to help people reach their full potential
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Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How the body and brain enables
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emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
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Evolutionary Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Natural selection of genes -
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what survived and why?
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Behavior Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How much our genes and our
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environmental influences our individual differences and personality
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Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how behavior springs from unconscious
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drives and conflicts
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Behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How we learn observable
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responses
Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How we encode, process, store and
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retrieve information
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Social-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How behavior and thinking
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vary across situations and cultures
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, What are psychology's 3 main levels of analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Biological influences, genetic mutations, natural selection of adaptive behaviors
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Psychological Influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Learned fears and expectations
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-emotional responses |
-Cognitive Processing |
Socio-cultural influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--precense of others
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-Cultural, societal, and family expectations
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-Peer and other group influences
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-Compelling models (media) | |
How do psychologists ask and answer questions? (What is the process) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--Develop a theory
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-Develop a hypothesis | |
-Collect Data |
-Analyze the results | |
-Publishing, criticizing, replication of results
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An explanation that integrates principles and
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organizes and predicts behavior
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Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Testable prediction based on a theory
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answers
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-science of behavior and mental process
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Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anything an organism does (action we can
| | | | | | | | | |
observe and record) | |
Mental Processes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective experiences- sensations,
| | | | | | |
perceptions, feelings thoughts, dreams, beliefs.
| | | |
What is a Behaviorist? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Someone who studies and
| | | | | | | | | |
experiments with observable behavior | | |
Which psychologist was known for classical conditioning? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-John B. Watson | |
What was B.F. Skinner known for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-He studied the way
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consequences shape behavior - like other behaviorists he saw little value in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
introspection
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sigmund Freud
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,Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Humanists who
| | | | | | | | |
studied people whom were thriving rather than those with problems. They
| | | | | | | | | | |
developed theories and treatments to help people reach their full potential
| | | | | | | | | |
Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How the body and brain enables
| | | | | | | | |
emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
| | | |
Evolutionary Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Natural selection of genes -
| | | | | | | | |
what survived and why?
| | |
Behavior Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How much our genes and our
| | | | | | | | | |
environmental influences our individual differences and personality
| | | | | |
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how behavior springs from unconscious
| | | | | | | |
drives and conflicts
| |
Behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How we learn observable
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responses
Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How we encode, process, store and
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retrieve information
| |
Social-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How behavior and thinking
| | | | | | | |
vary across situations and cultures
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, What are psychology's 3 main levels of analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Biological influences, genetic mutations, natural selection of adaptive behaviors
| | | | | | | |
Psychological Influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Learned fears and expectations
| | | | | | |
-emotional responses |
-Cognitive Processing |
Socio-cultural influences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--precense of others
| | | | | |
-Cultural, societal, and family expectations
| | | |
-Peer and other group influences
| | | |
-Compelling models (media) | |
How do psychologists ask and answer questions? (What is the process) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--Develop a theory
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-Develop a hypothesis | |
-Collect Data |
-Analyze the results | |
-Publishing, criticizing, replication of results
| | | |
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An explanation that integrates principles and
| | | | | | | | |
organizes and predicts behavior
| | |
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Testable prediction based on a theory
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