AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science
should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the structural elements of the human mind
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and
behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish
experimental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of behavior and thinking using the
experimental method
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that
(2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree
with (1) but not with (2)
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅historically significant perspective that emphasized the
growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth
psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the science of behavior and mental processes
nature-nurture issue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the longstanding controversy over the relative
contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the principle that, among the range of inherited trait
variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival with most likely be passed on to succeeding
generations
level of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the differing complementary views, from biological to
psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
, biopsychosocial approach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
biological psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a branch of psychology that studies the links between
biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes
evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the roots of behavior and mental
processes using the principles of natural selection
psychodynamic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a branch of psychology that studies how
unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with
psychological disorders
behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of observable behavior, and its
explanation by principles of learning
cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of all the mental activities associated
with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicatin
social-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of how situations and cultures affect our
behavior and thinking
psychometrics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities,
attitudes, and traits
basic research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social
change throughout the life span
empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science
should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the structural elements of the human mind
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and
behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish
experimental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of behavior and thinking using the
experimental method
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that
(2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree
with (1) but not with (2)
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅historically significant perspective that emphasized the
growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth
psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the science of behavior and mental processes
nature-nurture issue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the longstanding controversy over the relative
contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the principle that, among the range of inherited trait
variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival with most likely be passed on to succeeding
generations
level of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the differing complementary views, from biological to
psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
, biopsychosocial approach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an integrated approach that incorporates biological,
psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
biological psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a branch of psychology that studies the links between
biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes
evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the roots of behavior and mental
processes using the principles of natural selection
psychodynamic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a branch of psychology that studies how
unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with
psychological disorders
behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of observable behavior, and its
explanation by principles of learning
cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of all the mental activities associated
with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicatin
social-cultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of how situations and cultures affect our
behavior and thinking
psychometrics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities,
attitudes, and traits
basic research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social
change throughout the life span
