Exam 1 PSY 100 Introduction To Psychology
Questions with correct answers
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thinking that does not blindly accept
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arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions appraises the
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sources, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions
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Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of thought promoted by
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Wundt and Titchener; Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human
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mind
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of thought promoted by
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James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes
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function how they enable the organism to adapt survive, and flourish
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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 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 human growth potential
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of behavior and mental
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processes
,Cognitive Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the interdisciplinary study of the
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brain activity linked with cognition
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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 those chance
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inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a
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particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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Evolutionary Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the evolution of
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behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection
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Behavior Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the relative power and
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limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior
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Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values,
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and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation
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to the next
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Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of human
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functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues
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that help individual and communities to thrive
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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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performance
Psychological Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an integrated approach that
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incorporates biological psychological and social cultural levels of analysis
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Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pure science that arms to increase the
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scientific knowledge base
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Applied Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study that aims to solve
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practical problems |
Counseling Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that assist
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people with problems in living 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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Psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of medicine dealing with
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psychological disorders, practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical
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treatments as well as psychological therapy
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Community Psychological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychological that
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studies how people interact with their social environments and how social
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institutions affect individuals and groups
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Questions with correct answers
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thinking that does not blindly accept
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arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions appraises the
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sources, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions
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Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of thought promoted by
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Wundt and Titchener; Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human
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mind
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of thought promoted by
| | | | | | | | |
James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes
| | | | | | | | | | |
function how they enable the organism to adapt survive, and flourish
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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 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 human growth potential
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of behavior and mental
| | | | | | | | |
processes
,Cognitive Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the interdisciplinary study of the
| | | | | | | |
brain activity linked with cognition
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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 those chance
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inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a
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particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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Evolutionary Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the evolution of
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behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection
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Behavior Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of the relative power and
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limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior
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Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values,
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and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation
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to the next
| |
Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of human
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functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues
| | | | | | | | | | |
that help individual and communities to thrive
| | | | | |
, Levels of Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the differing complementary views,
| | | | | | | | |
from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given
| | | | | | | | | |
performance
Psychological Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an integrated approach that
| | | | | | | |
incorporates biological psychological and social cultural levels of analysis
| | | | | | | |
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pure science that arms to increase the
| | | | | | | | | | |
scientific knowledge base
| |
Applied Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study that aims to solve
| | | | | | | | | |
practical problems |
Counseling Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychology that assist
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people with problems in living 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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Psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of medicine dealing with
| | | | | | | | |
psychological disorders, practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical
| | | | | | | | |
treatments as well as psychological therapy
| | | | |
Community Psychological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a branch of psychological that
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studies how people interact with their social environments and how social
| | | | | | | | | | |
institutions affect individuals and groups
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