Chapter 1

Question 1

study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection

Answer 1

evolutionary psychology

Question 2

how we encode, process, store and retrieve info

Answer 2

cognitive

Question 3

a sound theory produces a testable…?

Answer 3

hypothesis

Question 4

What is functionalism?

Answer 4

exploring how mental and behavioral processes function, and how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

Question 5

emphasizes human growth potential and having needs of love and acceptance satisfied is very important for all individuals

Answer 5

humanistic psych

Question 6

Believed you can’t observe a sensation, feeling, or thought but you can observe and record behavior as they are conditioned

Answer 6

John B. Watson

Question 7

a scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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applied research

Question 8

what is psychiatry?

Answer 8

deals with psychological disorders

Question 9

First official female Ph.D, wrote The Animal Mind and was APA’s 2nd female president in 1921

Answer 9

Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 10

how behavior comes from the unconscious drives and conflicts

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psychodynamic

Question 11

the dependent variable is the outcome that is measured. what is the independent variable?

Answer 11

manipulated to affect the results

Question 12

What is psychology?

Answer 12

a science of behavior and mental process

Question 13

group not exposed to the tretament

Answer 13

control

Question 14

branch of psychology that studies assess and treat people with psychological disorders

Answer 14

clinical

Question 15

who was structuralism promoted by?

Answer 15

Wundt and Titchner

Question 16

what is the confounding variable?

Answer 16

factors other than the one being studied that may produce effect

Question 17

naturalistic observations are?

Answer 17

descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without interferring

Question 18

behaviorist that studied how consequences shape behavior

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B.F Skinner

Question 19

explains events and behaviors by offering ideas that organized observed data

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theories

Question 20

APA’s first female president in 1905

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Mary Whiton Calkins

Question 21

what is a case study?

Answer 21

techniques in which one individual group is studied to reveal universal principles

Question 22

What was Wundt seeking to measure in his study?

Answer 22

atoms of the mind

Question 23

What is Behaviorism?

Answer 23

a view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior w/o a reference of mental processes

Question 24

obtaining self reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group is a?

Answer 24

survey

Question 25

branch that studies how people interact with their social enviorments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups

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community