General Psychology

Question 1

Issues in Psychology

Answer 1

1. Nature vs Nurture
2. Rationality vs. Irrationality
3. Stability vs. Change

Question 2

Behavioural Psychology

Answer 2

Focus on overt behaviour

Question 3

Cognitive Psychology

Answer 3

Focuses on Cognitive Processes such as memory, decision making, thought and reasoning

Question 4

Biological

Answer 4

Focuses on biological events and processes that underlie behavior

Question 5

Sociocultural

Answer 5

Focuses on all aspects of social behaviour and on the impact of cultural factors on behaviour

Question 6

Psychodynamic

Answer 6

Focuses on Personality and on the role of Hidden, Unconscious processes on behaviour

Question 7

Evolutionary

Answer 7

Focuses on the possible role of inherited tendencies in various aspects of behaviour

Question 8

Accuracy (Scientific Methods)

Answer 8

A commitment to gathering information in as careful, precise and error-free manner as possible

Question 9

Objectivity (Scientific Methods)

Answer 9

Obtaining information and evaluating it in a manner that is free from bias as much as humanly possible

Question 10

Skepticism (Scientific Methods)

Answer 10

Accepting findings as accurate only after they have been verified over and over again, preferably by many different scientists working independently

Question 11

Open-Mindedness (Scientific Methods)

Answer 11

Commitment to changing one’s world views even if strongly held in the face of evidence that shows them to be inaccurate

Question 12

Confounding Variable

Answer 12

An unmeasured variable that has an effect on both the supposed cause and effect in an experimentational study