1.1 the four major research perspectives

Question 1

psychology

Answer 1

The science of human behavior and mental processes.

Question 2

biological perspective

Answer 2

A research perspective whose major explanatory focus is how the BRAIN, NERVOUS SYSTEM, and other PHYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISIMS produce behavior and mental processes.

Question 3

cognitive perspective

Answer 3

A research perspective whose major explanatory focus is how MENTAL PROCESS, such as PERCEPTION, MEMORY, and PROBLEM SOLVING, work and impact behavior.

Question 4

behavioral perspective

Answer 4

A research perspective whose major explanatory focus is how EXTERNAL ENVIORMENTS EFFECT OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR.

Question 5

sociocultural perspective

Answer 5

A research perspective whose major explanatory focus is how other people and the CULTURE CONTEXT IMPACT BEHAVIOR and MENTAL PROCESSES.

Question 6

hindsight bias

(I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)

Answer 6

The tendency, after learning about an outcome, to be overconfident in one’s ability to have predicted it.