UVIC /
Psych
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210
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Exam
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2 (Polson) Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
Functionalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Darwin's /
/theory /
/concerned /
/with /
/how //the //mind //functions //or //how //it //is //used //by //an //organism //to //adapt //to //its //environment
Darwin's //influences: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-a //new //focus //on //animal //psychology
-a //new //emphasis //on //the //functions //rather //than //the //structure //of //consciousness
-acceptance //of //methodology //and //data //from //many //fields
-a //new //focus //on //the //description //and //measurement //of //individual //differences
mental /
/test //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔tests /
/of /
/motor /
/and /
/sensory //capacities; //intelligence //tests //use //more //complex //measures //of //mental //abilities
,anecdotal /
/method //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //use //of //observational //reports //about //animal //behavior
Introspection /
/by /
/analogy //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/technique /
/for /
/studying /
/animal /
/behavior /
/by /
/assuming /
/that /
/the /
/same /
/mental //processes //that //occur //in //the //observer's //mind //also //occur //in //the //animal's //mind
Law /
/of /
/Parsimony //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Also /
/called /
/Lloyd /
/Morgan's /
/canon. /
/The /
/notion /
/that /
/animal /
/behavior /
/must /
, /not /
/be /
/attributed /
/to //
a //higher //mental //process //when //it //can //be //explained //in //terms //of //a //lower //mental //process.
functionalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/system /
/of /
/psychology /
/concerned //with //the //mind //as //it //is //used //in //an //organisms //adaptation //to //its //environment
Darwin's //theory //of //evolution //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-mechanism //is //natural //selection
-3 //elements:
// 1. //the //occurrence //of //random //variation
// 2. //the //struggle //for //survival
// 3. //the //survival //of //the //fittest
Darwin's /
/ideas /
/altered /
/subject /
/matter /
/and //methods //of //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1.) //focus //on //animalpsychology
2.) //focus //on //the //functions //of //consciousness
3.) //acceptance //of //new //methodologies //& //data
4.) //focus //on //individual //differences
Psych
/ /
210
/ /
Exam
/ //
2 (Polson) Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
Functionalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Darwin's /
/theory /
/concerned /
/with /
/how //the //mind //functions //or //how //it //is //used //by //an //organism //to //adapt //to //its //environment
Darwin's //influences: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-a //new //focus //on //animal //psychology
-a //new //emphasis //on //the //functions //rather //than //the //structure //of //consciousness
-acceptance //of //methodology //and //data //from //many //fields
-a //new //focus //on //the //description //and //measurement //of //individual //differences
mental /
/test //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔tests /
/of /
/motor /
/and /
/sensory //capacities; //intelligence //tests //use //more //complex //measures //of //mental //abilities
,anecdotal /
/method //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //use //of //observational //reports //about //animal //behavior
Introspection /
/by /
/analogy //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/technique /
/for /
/studying /
/animal /
/behavior /
/by /
/assuming /
/that /
/the /
/same /
/mental //processes //that //occur //in //the //observer's //mind //also //occur //in //the //animal's //mind
Law /
/of /
/Parsimony //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Also /
/called /
/Lloyd /
/Morgan's /
/canon. /
/The /
/notion /
/that /
/animal /
/behavior /
/must /
, /not /
/be /
/attributed /
/to //
a //higher //mental //process //when //it //can //be //explained //in //terms //of //a //lower //mental //process.
functionalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/system /
/of /
/psychology /
/concerned //with //the //mind //as //it //is //used //in //an //organisms //adaptation //to //its //environment
Darwin's //theory //of //evolution //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-mechanism //is //natural //selection
-3 //elements:
// 1. //the //occurrence //of //random //variation
// 2. //the //struggle //for //survival
// 3. //the //survival //of //the //fittest
Darwin's /
/ideas /
/altered /
/subject /
/matter /
/and //methods //of //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1.) //focus //on //animalpsychology
2.) //focus //on //the //functions //of //consciousness
3.) //acceptance //of //new //methodologies //& //data
4.) //focus //on //individual //differences
