Chapter 1 What is Psychology?

Question 1

Confounding Variable

Answer 1

a third variable that influences both the independent and dependent variable

Question 2

Unreliability

Answer 2

not consistent

Question 3

Determinism

Answer 3

everything that happens has an observable/measurable cause (cause)

Question 4

Free Will

Answer 4

behavior is caused by a person’s independent decisions (choose)

Question 5

Dualism

Answer 5

mind is separate from the brain/rest of body (NO CONSCIOUS)

Question 6

Monism

Answer 6

conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain (CONSCIOUS)

Question 7

3 Areas of Work in Psychology

Answer 7

service providers to individuals/organizations, teaching/research psyhologists

Question 8

What are the 3 general points?

Answer 8

How strong is the evidence, “It Depends”, Measurement Matters

Question 9

What are the 3 philosophical issues in psychology?

Answer 9

Mind-Brain Problem, Determinism vs. Free Will, Nature vs. Nurture

Question 10

Mind-Brain Problem

Answer 10

how experience relates to the brain

Question 11

Nature vs. Nurture

Answer 11

Nature=heredity factors
Nurture=environmental factors

Question 12

Service Providers to Individuals Examples

Answer 12

clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, clinical social workers, counseling psychologists, forensic psychologists

Question 13

Service Providers to Organizations Examples

Answer 13

Industrial-organizational psychologists, human factors psychologists, military psychologists, school psychologists

Question 14

Teaching/Research Psychologists Examples

Answer 14

developmental psychologists, learning/motivation psychologists, cognitive psychologists, biological psychologists, evolutionary psychologists, evolutionary psychologists, social psychologists, cross-cultural psychologists