Mod 1

Question 1

What is functionalism?

Answer 1

School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

Question 2

Personal observation of one’s own thoughts, feelings, or behavior is called _______.

Answer 2

Introspection

Question 3

Which of the following fields analyzes sensations and personal experience as basic elements?

Answer 3

Structuralism

Question 4

What is confirmation bias?

Answer 4

The tendency to remember information that fits one’s expectations while ignoring discrepancies

Question 5

How is behaviorism defined?

Answer 5

The school of thought in psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind

Question 6

The Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called _______.

Answer 6

Psychoanalysis

Question 7

What is superstition?

Answer 7

An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

Question 8

Evolutionary psychologists would focus on which of the following?

Answer 8

Physical features that help plants and animals adapt to their environments

Question 9

The study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements is called _______.

Answer 9

Structuralism