exam 1

Question 1

What is psychology NOT?

Answer 1

common sense, psychiatry, paraspychology,

Question 2

What is psychology?

Answer 2

Scientific study of mind and behavior, systemic observation

Question 3

Trephination

Answer 3

opening skull to release spirits

Question 4

Dualism

Answer 4

mind and body are separate but coordinated

Question 5

Phrenology

Answer 5

direct link between mind and body, different abilities and traits associated with different areas of the brain

Question 6

Introspection

Answer 6

Thoughtful awareness of one’s own subjective experiments

Question 7

Functionalism

Question 8

Gestalt approach

Answer 8

Knowledge is based on a unified whole rather than “the sum of it’s parts”

Question 9

Behaviorist perspective

Answer 9

private experiences were too vague and subjective for science, focuses on objective and observable behavior

Question 10

Cognitive perspective

Answer 10

Mental processes are important (attaching meaning to something)

Question 11

Evolutionary perspective

Answer 11

nature selects which features provide fitness

Question 12

Cultural perspective

Answer 12

culture shapes and reflects mind and behavior

Question 13

Individualism

Answer 13

independence

Question 14

Collectivism

Answer 14

social behavior shared by collective

Question 15

social perspective

Answer 15

situations influence

Question 16

Personality perspective

Answer 16

you as a person