Intro

Question 1

Enthnocentrism

Answer 1

The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways

Question 2

Evolutionary Psychology

Answer 2

Examines the behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for members of a species over the course of many generations. (i.e. aggression)

Question 3

Natural Selection

Answer 3

Behaviors that enhance organisms’ reprodictive success

Question 4

Positive Psychology

Answer 4

Theory and research used to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative and fulfilling aspects of human existance

Question 5

What is Psychology

Answer 5

Science that studies:
behavior; and
the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it; and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge or this science to practical problems.

Question 6

Research Areas in Psychology

Answer 6

There are seven:

1. Developmental Psychology,
2. Social Psychology,
3. Experimental psychology,
4. Physiological Psychology
5. Cognitive Psychology
6. Personality
7. Psychometrics