Chapter 1 and 2 Flashcards

Introduction to Psychology and Psychological Research

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Applied research is best defined as research that explores

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Practical problems outside the laboratory in real-world settings.

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The area of psychology that tries to explain human behavior by examining heredity, neurology and other biological processes is know as the biodynamic perspective.

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False

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If a psychologist is interested in studying the risk factors that lead to delinquency in adolescence, on what goal of psychology is the researcher focused?

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Predicting behaviour

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Sociocultural psychology is the study of the

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influence of culture and social interactions on people’s behavior

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Psychology is defined as the

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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The clinician who was fascinated by the ability of the unconscious mind to influence the body was

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Sigmund Freud

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Cognitive psychology focuses on

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mental processes, language, and perception

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Dr. Watson, from the __________ school of psychology, focused on objective, observable behavior rather than on the unconscious.

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Behaviorist

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9
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Natural selection, adaptation, and the evolution of behavior patterns are major emphases in the ______ perspective of psychology.

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evolutionary

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10
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The first woman to be recognized in psychology was _____ .

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Mary Calkins

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In what year was the first psychological labortory founded

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1879

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_________ proposes that biological processes, psychological factors, and social forces are all interrelated and inseparable influences.

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The bio-psycho-social model

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The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will and self-actualization was the ____ perspective.

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Humanistic

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What are the goals of psychology?

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To describe, explain, predict, and change behavior

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The psychological perspective that emphasizes objective, observable environmental influences of overt behavior is called the

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Behavioral perspective

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The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is called the _______ perspective.

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cognitive

17
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Which of the following is a mental process?

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remembering

18
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The father of psychology is _____ .

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Wilhelm Wundt

19
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A student placed in a gifted program based on his or her IQ score would be an example of which goal of psychology?

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Predicting behaviour

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The first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology was ______ .

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Dr. Francis Sumner