Perspectives In Psych (Unit 1)

Question 1

psychology

Answer 1

the scientific study of the brain/mind and it’s function, particularly behavior

Question 2

skepticism

Answer 2

an attitude between cynicism and and being gullible, not accepting everything at face-value

Question 3

humility

Answer 3

being open to the possibility that you are wrong

Question 4

critical thinking

Answer 4

thinking that does not blindly accept arguments/conclusions

Question 5

cognition

Answer 5

the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge through thought and the senses

Question 6

common sense

Answer 6

judgement influenced by past experiences rather than scientific fact

Question 7

hindsight bias

Answer 7

a common phenomenon in which people perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were

Question 8

confirmation bias

Answer 8

the tendency to seek out/prefer information that aligns with pre-existing beliefs

Question 9

sigmund freud (primary goal & main legacy)

Answer 9

primary goal: to diagnose/treat mental illnesses
legacy: founder of the psychoanalytic perspective)

Question 10

overconfidence

Answer 10

the tendency to overestimate our own knowledge/abilities

Question 11

psychoanalytic perspective

Answer 11

the idea that all abnormal behavior can be explained by repressed childhood traumas manifesting themselves in our unconscious

Question 12

behaviorism

Answer 12

did not care about what was going on inside the mind, but rather limited itself to observable phenomenon. the theory that behavior is the response to stimuli in our environment

Question 13

significant people in behaviorism

Answer 13

Ivan Pavlov, BF Skinner, John B. Watson

Question 14

humanistic perspective

Answer 14

the theory that human behavior is influenced by how we strive to meet our full potential, when one level on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is not met we behave abnormally

Question 15

significant people in humanistic perspective

Answer 15

Maslow, Carl Rogers

Question 16

cognitive perspective

Answer 16

abnormal behavior is caused by maladaptive thinking

Question 17

biological perspective

Answer 17

abnormal behavior is caused by a physical, biological issue in the brain

Question 17

socio-cultural perspective

Answer 17

abnormal behavior is caused by environment factors external to ourselves

Question 18

evolutionary perspective

Answer 18

the theory that natural selection promoted the survival of certain genes related to behavior/cognition, and that certain abnormal behaviors may have been advantageous in some stage of our evolution