Chapter 1: Note Packet

Question 1

It seeks to answer questions about how people think, feel, act as they do.

Answer 1

Psychological science

Question 2

…… and ……. (greek philosophers) concluded that the mind is seperated from the body and that knowledge is innate.

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Socrates

Plato

Question 3

One of Socrates & Platos student , ………., disagreed saying that knowledge grows from the experiences stored in our memories -

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Aristotle

Question 4

He was a french philosopher who believed that animal spirits flow from the brain through what we call nerves to the muscles, giving movement -

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Rene Descartes

Question 5

He was an english philosopher who argues that the mind at birth is a blank slate.

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John Locke

Question 6

Locke’s ideas, with his countryman ………, helped form empiricism

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Bacon

Question 7

The view that science should rely on observation and experimentation -

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Empiricism

Question 8

1st psychological laboratory was founded in 1879 by…..

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 9

…… introduced the school of structuralism , which explored basic elements of mind using the method of introspection

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Edward Tichener

Question 10

The method of structuralism proved ……

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Unreliable

Question 11

William James founded the school of ……..

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Functionalism

Question 12

The school of functionalism focused on …..

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How mental and behavioral processes enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

Question 13

First female president of the american psychological association was ….

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Mary Calkins

Question 14

The first woman to receive a Ph. D. In psychology was …

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Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 15

Psychologists who explore thinking and behavior by conducting experiments are called ….

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Experimental psychologist

Question 16

The historical roots of psychology include …… and ……

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Biology and philosophy

Question 17

Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of ….

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Learning

Question 18

The personality theorist Sigmund Freud & Jean Piaget studied ….

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Children

Question 19

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow forged ………. psychology.

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Humanistic

Question 20

humanistic psychology emphasized the growth potential of ……..

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Healthy people

Question 21

The study of brain activity is linked with mental activity called …..

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Cognitive neuroscience

Question 22

Psychology is the study of …….. and …… processes

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Behavior and mental

Question 23

“Behavior” refers to ……..

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Any action we can observe adn record

Question 24

“Mental processes” refers to internal …….. we infer from behavior

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Subjective experiences

Question 25

The # of psychologists is …..

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Increasing

Question 26

Psychological science is also ….

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Globalizing

Question 27

The nature -nurture issue is the controversy over the relative contributions of ……. and ……

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Biology

Experience

Question 28

……. he explained species of variation by proposing the process of evolution , which works through the principle of natural selection -

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Charles Darwin

Question 29

Natural selection has traits that contributes to ……. and ……..

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Reproduction

Srurvival

Question 30

Each person is a complex system that is part of a larger ……. and at same time composed of a smaller system

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Social system

Question 31

3 main levels psychologists work from -

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Analysis-biological
Psychological
Social Culture

Question 32

Psychologists who study how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences are working from the ……….

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Biological perspective

Question 33

Pschologists who study how natural selection influences behavior tendencies are working from …..

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Evolutionary perspective

Question 34

Psychologists who believe that behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts are working from the ….

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Psychodynamic perspective

Question 35

Psychologists who study the mechanisms by which observable responses are acquired and changed are working from …..

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Behavioral perspective

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The …… perspective explores how we encode, process, store, retrieve info

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Cognitive

Question 37

Psychologists working from the historically important humanistic perspective explore how ……

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People attempt to fulfill their potential

Question 38

Psychologists who study how thinking and behavior vary in different situations are working from the ……. and …….

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Social / cultural perspective

Question 39

The branch of psychology devoted to measuring our abilities, attitudes, and traits are …..

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Psychometrics

Question 40

…… research builds psychology’s knowledge base

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Basic

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…. research seeks solutions to practical problems -

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Applied

Question 42

Psychologists who study our changing abilities from womb to tomb are …….

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Developmental psychologists

Question 43

Educational psychologists influence on ….. and …..

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Teaching

Learning

Question 44

Psychologists who help people cope w problems in life are ……….

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Counseling psychologists

Question 45

Psychologists who study, assess, and treat troubled people are ………

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Clinical psychologists

Question 46

Medical doctors who provide psychotherapy and treat medical causes of of psychological disorders are called….

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Psychiatrists

Question 47

To master any subject, you must ….. process it

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Actively

Question 48

The five steps to the SQ3R study method is -

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Surgery
Question
Read
Rehearse
Review

Question 49

5 study tips -

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Distribute study time
Learn to think critically
Listen actively
Overlearn
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