chapter 1 part 2

Question 1

sensation

Answer 1

what we experience with our five senses

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

how we interpret what we experience with our five senses

Question 3

Cognitive Psychology

Answer 3

-Studies people’s thoughts and how they impact behavior and emotion
-Cognitive psychologists study attention, learning, memory, language, problem solving, etc

Question 4

Developmental Psychology

Answer 4

-Studies the development of individuals over their lifespan and how people mature

Question 5

Personality Psychology

Answer 5

-focuses on how personality develops and identifying personality traits

Question 6

-Personality traits

Answer 6

-relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior

Question 7

Openness

Answer 7

willing to embrace new experiences, exploration, new ideas, and creativity.

Question 8

Conscientiousness

Answer 8

organized, thoughtful, detail-oriented, disciplined, goal driven.

Question 9

Extraversion

Answer 9

sociability, assertiveness, emotional expression.

Question 10

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 10

is based on Charles Darwin’s principles of “survival of the fittest”

Question 11

Agreeableness

Answer 11

cooperative, trustworthy, good natured, peaceful.

Question 12

Neuroticism

Answer 12

combination of anxiety, paranoia, depression, aggression.

Question 13

(New 6th Trait)- Honesty/Humility

Answer 13

measures how manipulative a person is.

Question 14

Object permanence..

Answer 14

the awareness that an object still exists even when one cannot see it.