Psychology final

Question 1

What is psychology

Answer 1

• the study of psychology (action, what people do)

- the study of mental process (cognition)

Question 2

critical thinking

Answer 2

• Define the problem
• Don’t tolerate uncertainty
• Don’t oversimplify
• consider other interpretations
• examine the evidence

Question 3

Wihelm Wundt

Answer 3

established the first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1879, also created introspection

Question 4

introspection

Answer 4

trying to get everyone to look at it experiences and objects the same way

Question 5

E.B. Tichener

Answer 5

Wundt’s student, brought introspection to America and called it structuralism

Question 6

William James

Answer 6

created functionalism and came up with the first psychology textbook

Question 7

functionalism

Answer 7

the idea that everyone and everything has a universal purpose

Question 8

Signmund Freud

Answer 8

tried to explain the entirety of human existence in 1 theory, psychoanalysis

Question 9

biological perspective

Answer 9

genetics, family history, brain chemistry, chemical imbalance

Question 10

learning perspective

Answer 10

Rewards, reinforcement, etc

Question 11

cognitive perspective

Answer 11

what a person believes, how they see themselves

Question 12

sociocultural perspective

Answer 12

your everyday environment and how you see the world relating to that

Question 13

ethnocentrism

Answer 13

thinking the world should revolve around them, introducing bias

Question 14

basic research

Answer 14

matters just to people in the department

Question 15

applied research

Answer 15

matters to everyone

Question 16

experimental psychology

Answer 16

specialize in basic research

Question 17

educational psychology

Answer 17

how to teach, whats the best way to reinforce behavior

Question 18

developmental psychology

Answer 18

birth-death, how people develop over time, nature vs nurture

Question 19

industrial/organizational psychology

Answer 19

workplace

Question 20

psychometric psychologist

Answer 20

make intelligence and personality tests

Question 21

psychotherapists

Answer 21

don’t need special training

Question 22

clinical psychology

Answer 22

has PHD or PsyD, no prescription power, need license

Question 23

psychiatrist

Answer 23

medical school, can prescribe drug

Question 24

psychoanalyst

Answer 24

specific training in psychoanalytic schools, practice therapy for everyday/minor issues

Question 25

licensed clinical social worker/ marriage, family, and child counseling

Answer 25

masters degree and state license, need both to call yourself social worker

Question 26

scientific process

Answer 26

1. ) theory/ hunch: a general statement
2. ) hypothesis: testable, needs operation
3. ) predictions with operational definition
4. ) gathering empirical evidence