Test 1

Question 1

What is Psychology

Answer 1

The Study of behavior and mental processes both human and animals

Question 2

What are the goals of Psychology

Answer 2

To describe, explain, predict and change (meant to improve life)

Question 3

What kind of method does psychology follow

Answer 3

Scientific Method

Question 4

What are the branches of Psychology?

Answer 4

1 Clinical 
2 School 
3 Developmental
4 Social
5 Neuropsychology
6 Cognitive  
7 Health
8 Organizationa/Industrial 
9 Cross Cultural 
10 Environmental 
11 Experimental
12 Forensic 
13 Gender/cultural 
14 Personality
15 Positive

Question 5

What is Clinical Psychology

Answer 5

Assess and Diagnose: treat abnormal behavior in social/career adjustment.

Question 6

What is School Psychology

Answer 6

Work w/in the educational systems to promote intellectual, social, & emotional development of students.

Question 7

What is Developmental Psychology

Answer 7

(Lifespan) Growth and change from conception to death.

Question 8

What is Social Psychology

Answer 8

How the individual is affected by the group , in ways including aggression, prejudice, love, helping, conformity, and attitudes.

Question 9

What is Neuro Psychology

Answer 9

The relationship between the brain and the Nervous System and its behavior

Question 10

What is Cognitive Psychology

Answer 10

The Type of therapy that studies higher mental processes. Also known as information processing theory : understand memory and how we store and restore info.

Question 11

What is Health Psychology

Answer 11

Studies how psychology contributes to maintaining good health.

Question 12

What is Organizational/Industrial Psychology

Answer 12

Study productivity, job satisfaction, motivation, and help companies run smoothly.

Question 13

What is Cross Cultural Psychology

Answer 13

Studies similarities and Differences in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.

Question 14

What is Environmental Psychology

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How people affect and are affected by the physical environment.

Question 15

What is Experimental Psychology

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Examines process such as learning, conditioning, motivation, emotion, sensation and perception in humans and other animals

Question 16

What is Forensic Psychology

Answer 16

Applies principles of psychology to the legal system

Question 17

What is Gender/Cultural Psychology

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How men and women of dif. cultures differ from one another and how they are similar

Question 18

What is Personality Psychology

Answer 18

Studies unique and relatively stable patterns in a persons thoughts and feelings and actions

Question 19

What is Positive Psychology

Answer 19

Examines factors relating to optimal human functioning

Question 20

Structuralism- What is it? Who started it? When?

Answer 20

Was founded by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879, It was started in order to find what the structure of the mind and what its made up; through conscious experience. Through Introspection.

Question 21

Functionalism- What is it? Who started it? When?

Answer 21

Was founded by William James In the late 1800’s, He created the first psychological laboratory. He created the theory of the “Stream of Consciousness” meaning that thought is constantly moving, thoughts are . , from into each other
The Primary Needs are biological needs.
This was sparked by Darwinism.

Question 22

What are the Four Models

Answer 22

S.Freud = unconscious instinctual drives, motive behavior
Cognitive(A Beck) Thought Process/ reasoning. info. processing
Behavioral (B.F. Skinner) Observable Behavior
Humanistic (C.Rodgers) individual Control Free Will

Question 23

What is research ?

Answer 23

The systematic inquiry aimed @ discovering new knowledge

Question 24

What is Archival ?

Answer 24

Examining existing records for the purpose of conforming Hypothesis.

Question 25

What is Naturalistic observation ?

Answer 25

observation of natural situation w/o researcher intervention & records info.

Question 26

What is a Case Study ?

Answer 26

A long term study ( like developmental) it is reliable and valid

Question 27

What is a Survey Study?

Answer 27

Sample of a group the represents the population, researcher is interested in examination by using questions and interviews.

Question 28

What is Correlation Research? And what are the three types of Correlations?

Answer 28

Determines whether there is a relationship between variables
Positive Cor. - Variables move in the same direction
Negative Cor. - Variables move in the opposite direction
Zero Cor. - Variables have no correlation.

Question 29

What is Experimental Research ?

Answer 29

Determines cause and effect relaionships between 2 variables by deliberately producing a change in one variable and observing the effect that change has on the other variable.

Question 30

What is Classical Conditioning? Who started it? And When?

Answer 30

Ivan Pavlov 1906, is unconditioned stimulus (evolves a natural response w/o training; it is also unconditioned response which is natural to us

Question 31

What is Conditioned Stimulus/Response??

Answer 31

C.S.- The once Natural Stimulus that has been repeatedly pared with the unconditioned stimulus brings abt response through training.
C.R.- Response to the C.S.

Question 32

What is Extinction ?

Answer 32

When the Conditioned Response is suppressed

Question 33

What is spontaneous Recovery ?

Answer 33

After pause or rest of that condition

Question 34

What is Operate Learning ?

What are the two dif types of Reinforcement?

Answer 34

B.F. Skinner = A reinforcer strengthens a response, to increase the likely hood of occurring again.
Positive Rein.- a pleasant stimulus follows a desired response.:Reward.
Negative Rein.- unpleasant stimulus thats given until the desired response is achieved and then removed.