WGU C180 Foundations of Psychology
Test Bank | Comprehensive Questions
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• Psychology . Answer: The scientific study of the mind and behavior
• Mind . Answer: The non-physical manifestation of the brain activity
• Behavior . Answer: The outwardly observable acts of a person either
alone or in a group
• Level of the brain . Answer: Events that involve the activity, structure,
and properties of the organ itself - brain cells and their connections, the
chemical solutions in which they exist, and the genes.
• Level of the person . Answer: events that involve the function (mental
processes) and content (mental content) of the mind
• mental contents . Answer: Knowledge, beliefs (including ideas,
explanations, and expectations), desires (such as hopes, goals, and
needs), and feelings (such as fears, guilts, and attractions).
• mental processes . Answer: Actions involved with thinking which
include the need for completing physical actions, paying attention,
perceiving sensations and remembering the past
, • Level of the group . Answer: Analysis that involves understanding the
individuals behavior in the context of their relationships with other
people or the behavior of a group of people as a whole
• Structuralism (Wundt) . Answer: an early school of psychology that
used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
Wundt
• Consciousness . Answer: State of being aware of the self and of the
world
• Introspection . Answer: The technique of observing interior mental
events as they occur or immediately after they occur
• Functionalism (William James) . Answer: A school of psychology that
focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they
enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
• natural selection . Answer: The theory that certain organisms in every
species possessed characteristics that enable them to survive and
reproduce more fruitfully than others
• Adaption . Answer: A trait that helps an organism survive and
reproduce
Test Bank | Comprehensive Questions
and Answers Guide
• Psychology . Answer: The scientific study of the mind and behavior
• Mind . Answer: The non-physical manifestation of the brain activity
• Behavior . Answer: The outwardly observable acts of a person either
alone or in a group
• Level of the brain . Answer: Events that involve the activity, structure,
and properties of the organ itself - brain cells and their connections, the
chemical solutions in which they exist, and the genes.
• Level of the person . Answer: events that involve the function (mental
processes) and content (mental content) of the mind
• mental contents . Answer: Knowledge, beliefs (including ideas,
explanations, and expectations), desires (such as hopes, goals, and
needs), and feelings (such as fears, guilts, and attractions).
• mental processes . Answer: Actions involved with thinking which
include the need for completing physical actions, paying attention,
perceiving sensations and remembering the past
, • Level of the group . Answer: Analysis that involves understanding the
individuals behavior in the context of their relationships with other
people or the behavior of a group of people as a whole
• Structuralism (Wundt) . Answer: an early school of psychology that
used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
Wundt
• Consciousness . Answer: State of being aware of the self and of the
world
• Introspection . Answer: The technique of observing interior mental
events as they occur or immediately after they occur
• Functionalism (William James) . Answer: A school of psychology that
focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they
enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
• natural selection . Answer: The theory that certain organisms in every
species possessed characteristics that enable them to survive and
reproduce more fruitfully than others
• Adaption . Answer: A trait that helps an organism survive and
reproduce
