Major Field Test in Psychology Exam latest 2026|2027 updated
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Introspection
Focusing on inner sensations, images and feelings.
Wundt used this approach as did James with the stream of consciousness.
Behaviorists
John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner dismissed introspection and redefined psychology as the scientific study
of observable behavior.
Humanistic Psychology
Rebelled against both Behaviorism and Freudian psychology. Pioneers Carl Rogers and Maslow
emphasized the importance of current environmental influences on our growth potential.
Psychology
Science of behavior and mental processes.
Nature-nurture issue
The controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience to the development of our traits
and behaviors.
Biopsychosocial approach
Considers the influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors.
Applied research
practical research- industrial organizational psychologists
Hindsight bias
The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. The I knew it all along
phenomenon)
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,Overconfidence
Humans tend to think they know more than they do.
Theory
An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors
or events
Hypothesis
Testable prediction
Case study
Examines one individual in depth in hope of revealing things true of us all
Naturalistic observation
Observing and recording behavior in a naturally occurring situation without trying to manipulate or
control the situation
Correlation
the extent to which two factors vary together. Positive/negative ranges from -1 to 1. Correlation does not
imply causation.
Experiment
Enable to the researcher to focus on the possible effects of one or more factors by 1) manipulating the
factors of interest and 2) holding constant other factors
Experimental group
receives a treatment
Control group
receives a pseudotreatment
double-blind procedure
neither the participants nor the research assistants collecting the data will know which group is receiving
the treatment
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, Dendrite
the neurons busy branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
Axon
The neurons extension that passes messages through its branching terminal fibers that form junctions
with other neurons
Action potential
short electrical charge that travels down its axon
Synapse
the meeting point between neurons
neurotransmitters
chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap between neurons. will travel across the synapse and
bind to the receiving neuron
Somatic nervous system
Enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
Autonomic nervous system
controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs
Sympathetic nervous system
arouses and expends energy. will accelerate your heartbeat, etc.
Parasympathetic nervous system
produces opposite effects it conserves the energy as it calms you by decreasing your heart beat and
lowering your heart beat.
Adrenal glands
on top of the kidneys and release epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Pituitary gland
located in the center of the brain and is controlled by the hypothalamus: master gland.
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Questions with Detailed Verified Answers (100% correct) | Already
Graded A+.
Introspection
Focusing on inner sensations, images and feelings.
Wundt used this approach as did James with the stream of consciousness.
Behaviorists
John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner dismissed introspection and redefined psychology as the scientific study
of observable behavior.
Humanistic Psychology
Rebelled against both Behaviorism and Freudian psychology. Pioneers Carl Rogers and Maslow
emphasized the importance of current environmental influences on our growth potential.
Psychology
Science of behavior and mental processes.
Nature-nurture issue
The controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience to the development of our traits
and behaviors.
Biopsychosocial approach
Considers the influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors.
Applied research
practical research- industrial organizational psychologists
Hindsight bias
The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. The I knew it all along
phenomenon)
1|Page
,Overconfidence
Humans tend to think they know more than they do.
Theory
An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors
or events
Hypothesis
Testable prediction
Case study
Examines one individual in depth in hope of revealing things true of us all
Naturalistic observation
Observing and recording behavior in a naturally occurring situation without trying to manipulate or
control the situation
Correlation
the extent to which two factors vary together. Positive/negative ranges from -1 to 1. Correlation does not
imply causation.
Experiment
Enable to the researcher to focus on the possible effects of one or more factors by 1) manipulating the
factors of interest and 2) holding constant other factors
Experimental group
receives a treatment
Control group
receives a pseudotreatment
double-blind procedure
neither the participants nor the research assistants collecting the data will know which group is receiving
the treatment
2|Page
, Dendrite
the neurons busy branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
Axon
The neurons extension that passes messages through its branching terminal fibers that form junctions
with other neurons
Action potential
short electrical charge that travels down its axon
Synapse
the meeting point between neurons
neurotransmitters
chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap between neurons. will travel across the synapse and
bind to the receiving neuron
Somatic nervous system
Enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
Autonomic nervous system
controls our glands and the muscles of our internal organs
Sympathetic nervous system
arouses and expends energy. will accelerate your heartbeat, etc.
Parasympathetic nervous system
produces opposite effects it conserves the energy as it calms you by decreasing your heart beat and
lowering your heart beat.
Adrenal glands
on top of the kidneys and release epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Pituitary gland
located in the center of the brain and is controlled by the hypothalamus: master gland.
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