Test #1

Question 1

What is Psychology?

Answer 1

scientific study of behavior and mental process

Question 2

Functionalism

Answer 2

William James first American
what the mind does, not what it is made of like structuralism.

Question 3

Structuralism

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Wilhelm Wundt + Edward Bradford Titchener’s objective introspection, trains people to analyze their thoughts.
ex) Giving a flicking light and were asked to explain their thoughts
PERIODIC TABLE - what makes up the mind?

Question 4

Behavioralism

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John B. Watson (reinforcement tactic) ( and B.F. Skinner (wrote paper)
How people learn through their actions and environment

Question 5

Psychodynamic

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Sigmund Freud - personality that focuses on the UNCONCIOUS MIND and early childhood experiences to explain human behavior and personality
thoughts happen unconsciously

Question 6

Humanism

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carl rogers - positve reinforcement
study of the whole person, and how their inner feelings and self-image connect to their behavior

Question 7

Cognitive

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Ulric Neisser
Cognitive psychology is the study of internal mental processes—all of the workings inside your brain, including perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and learning

Question 8

Neuroscientific

Answer 8

Perspective
the brain, hooks them up and sees what’s happening inside their heads. Which part of their brain is firing. Different lobes

Question 9

Evolutionary

Answer 9

Perspective
how our species has evolved, we do things in adaptive ways. Charles darwin. Safer together - Things that we do are adaptive to develop social habits

Question 10

Cross cultural

Answer 10

perspective
Culture affects our view, Japan vs US example,

Question 11

Gender

Answer 11

perspective
difference between men and women and how they think, Women Mary Calkins and Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 12

Positive

Answer 12

perspective
lets talk about when people thrive instead of what’s wrong, make em happy instead of fixing them miserable
Martin Seligman,

Question 13

SCIENCE part of the psychology Definition.

Answer 13

Psychology utilizes the scientific method to gather data and test theories about human behavior and mental processes.

Question 14

BEHAVIORAL part of the psychology definition

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This refers to observable actions and responses that individuals exhibit

Question 15

MENTAL part of the psychology definition

Answer 15

These include internal cognitive functions like thoughts, feelings, emotions, and memories.

Question 16

Subfields within psychology

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Just jobs like counseling, sports psychology etc

Question 17

Steps in Scientific Method

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1 hypothesis 2 testing 3 theory construction

Question 18

Descriptive (Hypothesis testing)

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case studies, naturalistic observation ,survey

Question 19

correlational (hypothesis testing)

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Correlation studies - statistical analysis.
Strong correlation. More hours catching, demure goes up POSTIVE correlation
Inverse correlation. Negative correlation . Hours catching, demure goes down.
1.00 is very good correlation
-1.00 is negative correlation
0.00 no relation

Question 20

experimental studies (hypotheses testing)

Answer 20

Experimental Studies
Independent, ones that you manipulate. INDEPENDENT QUEEN( IV)
dependant is the outcome to see the effect
IV - amount of snake-catching
DV - level of demure

Question 21

Correlation VS Causation

Answer 21

Correlation DOES NOT imply Causation. Baseball Doesnt make weather hotter. Weather doesnt get hotter because of baseball.

TEST question - Dont put CAUSE when you have correlation question

Question 22

Experimental group

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Experimental groups. Get the independent treatment. People catching snakes 5 hours per week, second group 10 hours per week

Question 23

Controlled Group

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No Snake Catching

Question 24

Random assignment

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Reduces likelihood of differences between roups AND Make sure the ONLY difference is the hours snake catching!

Question 25

Statistical significance

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estimate of how likely it is that the result occurred by chance. A probability less than %5 is standard for studies

Question 26

Practical significance

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significance judgment of how important a statistically significant topic is

Question 27

Research participants rights

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Informed consent
Protection from harm and discomfort
Confidentiality
Debriefing after experiment