CU Boulder Psychology 1001 Exam #1 (Berta)
Questions With Correct Answers
What is the definition of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of
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behavior and mental processes
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What two disciplines did psychology develop? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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philosophy and biology | |
What were Rene Descrates' 4 major influences on scientific psychology? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skepticism, Humans defined by thinking, The body is a
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machine, and The mind and body both exist and interact
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What is the mind-body problem? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How can two separate
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realms of existence (the mental and the physical) interact
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What is materialism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything is physical
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What is empiricism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Knowledge comes from experience
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What is physiology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the function of the parts of
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the body
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When and where did scientific psychology begin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Germany in the later 1800s
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, What did Wilhelm Wundt (the founder of psychology) study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Mental processes especially immediate conscious experience | | | | |
What is introspection? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which
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observers examine, record, and describe their mental processes
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What is functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An outlook in psychology that
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attempted to discover how the mind helps organisms to adapt to the world
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What were the 2 influences on functionalism's development in the US? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Darwinism and Americans' practical attitude
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What did behaviorists think psychology should and should not study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It should study observable behavior and it should not study mental
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phenomena such as thinking | | |
Why did did behaviorists think psychology should not study mental phenomena?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind cannot be studied scientifically
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What machine influenced the development of cognitive psychology in the 1960s?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The computer
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What is basic research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pure science that aims to
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increase the scientific knowledge base
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Questions With Correct Answers
What is the definition of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of
| | | | | | | | | | |
behavior and mental processes
| | |
What two disciplines did psychology develop? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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philosophy and biology | |
What were Rene Descrates' 4 major influences on scientific psychology? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skepticism, Humans defined by thinking, The body is a
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machine, and The mind and body both exist and interact
| | | | | | | | |
What is the mind-body problem? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How can two separate
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realms of existence (the mental and the physical) interact
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What is materialism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything is physical
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What is empiricism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Knowledge comes from experience
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What is physiology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of the function of the parts of
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the body
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When and where did scientific psychology begin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Germany in the later 1800s
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, What did Wilhelm Wundt (the founder of psychology) study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Mental processes especially immediate conscious experience | | | | |
What is introspection? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which
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observers examine, record, and describe their mental processes
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What is functionalism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An outlook in psychology that
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attempted to discover how the mind helps organisms to adapt to the world
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What were the 2 influences on functionalism's development in the US? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Darwinism and Americans' practical attitude
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What did behaviorists think psychology should and should not study? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It should study observable behavior and it should not study mental
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phenomena such as thinking | | |
Why did did behaviorists think psychology should not study mental phenomena?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind cannot be studied scientifically
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What machine influenced the development of cognitive psychology in the 1960s?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The computer
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What is basic research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pure science that aims to
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increase the scientific knowledge base
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