EXAM # 1

Question 1

Structuralism

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William Wundt founded structuralism in Germany. This concept analyzes the adult conscious mind breaking down mental processes into most basic components.

Question 2

Functionalism

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Emphasizes the causes and consequences of human behavior.

Question 3

Psychoanalytic Perspective

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Focuses on the UNCONSCIOUS mind instead of the conscious mind.

Question 4

Behaviorism

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A systematic approach to understanding the behaviors of humans

Question 5

Humanism

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Emphasizes the value and agency of human beings individually and collectively.

Question 6

Cognitive Revolution

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Focuses on learning, Perception, Memory, and thinking.

Question 7

Personality traits present during infancy and how they change as you age because of interactions in society (Family, Experiences at school)

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Stability vs. Nurture

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involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person’s life, or a person’s gene.

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Nature vs. Nurture

Question 9

The determinism approach proposes that all behavior has a cause and is thus predictable. Free will is an illusion, and our behavior is governed by or external forces which have no control.

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Determinism vs. Free will

Question 10

Deliver direct care to mental health patients. They may work for hospitals, Nursing homes, or hospice care facilities to help patients deal with the disease, illness, and age.

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Applied Psychologist

Question 11

Examine questions and test hypotheses with aim of understanding thought or behavior.

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Research Psychologist

Question 12

The term covers a broad range of disorders, from depression to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to personality disorders.

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Abnormal Psychology

Question 13

trained professionals who work to identify, address, and overcome learning and behavioral needs in school-aged children. … These professionals provide in-depth psychological services with the goal of helping students succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.

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School Psychology

Question 14

A researcher may inadvertently cue participants to behave or respond in a particular way

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Experimenter Bias

Question 15

Occurs when individuals involved in an experiment act or respond in ways they believe correspond with what the researchers are looking for

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Participant Bias

Question 16

When the researcher and the participant know who or what the experiment is focused on

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Double-Blind experiment

Question 17

A specific group that you want to collect data from vs an entire group to collect data.

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Sample vs. population

Question 18

is one that resembles the population from which it was drawn in all the ways that are important for the research being conducted

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Representative sample

Question 19

The idea that a study’s results will tell us something about a group larger than the sample groups results.

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Generalizability