PSYCHOLOGY 1100 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
humanistic
emphasizes feelings and emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of
observation
social psychology
Studies how people are affected by others
Psychodynamic theory
an approach to personality development, based largely on the ideas of Sigmund Freud,
which holds that much of behaviour is governed by unconscious forces. (a theory)
cognitive neurocience
scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the
neural substrates of mental processes
cognitive psychology
Emphasis on higher mental processes ; to understand people's behavior, we must
understand how they think
evolutionary psychology
attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory,
perception, or language
behavioral
how we learn observable responses
control group
The group of subjects in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable.
hypothesis
prediction about the relationship between two or more variables.
case study
analyses of special individuals
naturalistic observation
watching and recording individuals' behavior in their natural setting
correlational study
representation of a relationship between two or more variables which does not
determine cause and effect.
representative sample
a survey group that represent the population being studied.
Random sample
each member of the population has an equal chance of being included.
experimental group
to explore cause and effect
placebo
a false or ineffective treatment administered as if it was the real treatment
dendrites
receive information from other cells
axon
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
humanistic
emphasizes feelings and emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of
observation
social psychology
Studies how people are affected by others
Psychodynamic theory
an approach to personality development, based largely on the ideas of Sigmund Freud,
which holds that much of behaviour is governed by unconscious forces. (a theory)
cognitive neurocience
scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the
neural substrates of mental processes
cognitive psychology
Emphasis on higher mental processes ; to understand people's behavior, we must
understand how they think
evolutionary psychology
attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory,
perception, or language
behavioral
how we learn observable responses
control group
The group of subjects in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable.
hypothesis
prediction about the relationship between two or more variables.
case study
analyses of special individuals
naturalistic observation
watching and recording individuals' behavior in their natural setting
correlational study
representation of a relationship between two or more variables which does not
determine cause and effect.
representative sample
a survey group that represent the population being studied.
Random sample
each member of the population has an equal chance of being included.
experimental group
to explore cause and effect
placebo
a false or ineffective treatment administered as if it was the real treatment
dendrites
receive information from other cells
axon
