L4

Question 1

The common knowledge of rationality assumption.

Answer 1

PARSIMONY (CHEAPNESS)

Question 2

Used to produce a wide variety of decisive theories, whose predictions about the measurable real world phenomena rule out a much larger set of outcomes that what is already general.

Answer 2

PREDICTIVE

Question 3

What are the 3 Mental Levels of Life?

Answer 3

UNCONSCIOUS, PRECONSCIOUS, CONSCIOUS

Question 4

What are the 5 Assumptions of the Rational Choice Theory?

Answer 4

INDIVIDUALISM, OPTIMALITY, STRUCTURES, SELF-REGARDING INTEREST, RATIONALITY

Question 5

It states that the actions of an individual is concerned entirely with his/her own welfare.

Answer 5

SELF-REGARDING INTEREST

Question 6

It stores all the thoughts of which you could bring into consciousness fairly easily if you wanted to. Thoughts can be easily recalled without special techniques.

Answer 6

PRECONSCIOUS LEVEL

Question 7

Dictates a single course of action; merely a special case of the RCT.

Answer 7

STRUCTURES

Question 8

It is an advantage or profit gained from something.

Answer 8

BENEFIT

Question 9

___________ is defined as the set of psychological theories and therapeutic techniques that have their origin in work and theories of ___________.

Answer 9

PSYCHOANALYSIS, SIGMUND FREUD

Question 10

Means that one set of assumptions relating to each type of actor in a given circumstance is compatible with any set of assumptions about the environmental setting in which the actor is present.

Answer 10

GENERALITY

Question 11

The material that we have no immediate access to, and we cannot bring into consciousness.

Answer 11

UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL

Question 12

What is included in attitude?

Answer 12

BEHAVIOR, FEELINGS, AND THE MIND

Question 13

It is the most predominant assumption of the RCT.

Answer 13

RATIONALITY

Question 14

What does Unconscious Level include?

Answer 14

REPRESSED FEELINGS, HIDDEN MEMORIES, HABITS, THOUGHTS, DESIRES, AND REACTIONS

Question 15

What are the 3 Provinces of Mind?

Answer 15

ID, EGO, SUPEREGO

Question 16

It contains the thoughts of which you are currently aware of. (e.g. logic and reasoning)

Answer 16

CONSCIOUS LEVEL

Question 17

It is the “executive”. Its primary job is to meditate/balance the demands of the id and the outer forces of reality. It is the center of the reason, reality testing, and common sense. It is governed by the Reality Principle.

Answer 17

EGO

Question 18

Describe Sigmund Freud.

Answer 18

1. FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
2. HAD A JEWISH BACKGROUND, THOUGH AVOWED ATHEIST.
3. HAD A MEDICAL BACKGROUND; WANTED TO DO “NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC RESEARCH”.
4. HAD A PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NERVOUS AND BRAIN DISORDERS.

Question 19

It is the view that people behave as they do because they believe that performing their chosen actions has more benefits than costs.

Answer 19

RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY

Question 20

It is the ability of individuals to ultimately take actions.

Answer 20

INDIVIDUALISM

Question 21

What are the Strengths of Rational Choice Theory?

Answer 21

GENERALITY, PARSIMONY (CHEAPNESS), PREDICTIVE

Question 22

It is when individuals choose their actions optimally, given their individual preferences as well as the opportunities or constrains with which the individuals face.

Answer 22

OPTIMALITY

Question 23

It is an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something.

Answer 23

COST

Question 24

It is the oldest and most primitive psychic energy, representing the biological foundations of personality. It is concerned only with satisfying personal desire, and the actions taken are based on the Pleasure Principle (motivates the organism to seek pleasure).

Answer 24

ID

Question 25

It is the “ideal”. It is the consequence pf the oedipal drama. It is the moral arm of the personality, corresponding to one’s conscience and bids the psychic apparatus to pursue idealistic goals and perfection.

Answer 25

SUPEREGO