Vocab Unit 1

Question 1

The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only

Answer 1

Behaviorism

Question 2

Branch of neuroscience that focuses on the biological basis of psychological processes behavior and learning

Answer 2

Biological psychology

Question 3

Modern theory in which classical conditioning is seen to occur because the condition stimulus provides information or in expectancy about the coming of the unconditioned stimulus

Answer 3

Cognitive perspective

Question 4

A measure of the relationship between two variables

Answer 4

Correlation

Question 5

Making reasoned judgments about claims

Answer 5

Critical thinking

Question 6

Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share

Answer 6

Evolutionary perspective

Question 7

Early perspective in psychology associated with William James in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt live work and play

Answer 7

Functionalism

Question 8

Early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation particularly the perception of patterns and whole figures

Answer 8

Genstalt psychology

Question 9

The process of examining in measuring one’s own thoughts and mental activities

Answer 9

Objective introspection

Question 10

The phenomenon in which the expectations of the participants in a study can influence their behavior

Answer 10

The placebo effect

Question 11

A medical Doctor Who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders

Answer 11

Psychiatrist

Question 12

A professional with an academic degree and specialized in training in one or more areas of psychology

Answer 12

Psychologist

Question 13

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Answer 13

Psychology

Question 14

Process of assigning subjects to the experimental or control group randomly so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group

Answer 14

Random assignment

Question 15

Perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture

Answer 15

Socio-cultural perspective

Question 16

Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Tichenerin which the focus of study is the structure of word basic elements of the mind

Answer 16

Structuralism

Question 17

The third fourth in psychology that focuses on those aspects of personality that make people uniquely human such as subjective feelings and freedom of choice

Answer 17

Humanistic perspective