PSY 201 University of Oregon Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers
Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descartes: Mental substance (the
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soul) and physical substance (the body). The soul gets information from
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the body then makes decisions and directs the body. Only humans have
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souls.
Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hobbes: The concept of spirit and soul
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is meaningless. The soul is a product of the brains machinery and does
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not cause things to happen.
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Localization of Function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that specific
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parts of the brain serve specific functions.
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Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Natural Selection- how a
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behavior functions to help an animal survive.
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German Experimentalists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The most simple
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kinds of mental processes. Simple sensations, memories, and
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judgements.
, Psychophysics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The relationship between
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conscious sensory experience and physical stimuli.
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Introspectionism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wundt: The study of | | | | | | |
conscious mental events by "introspecting" or "looking within."
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observing or recording ones own thoughts and experiences.
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Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Titchner: Using introspection to
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break apart and examine individual components of conscious
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experience
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-William James: Emphasis on
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purpose and the functions of the mind
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Gestalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Whole organized forms are
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meaningful units of consciousness, not elementary parts
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"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
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Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Watson: emphasized the study of
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the observable environmental effects on behavior
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Independent VS Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Independent: What we cannot measure, what we hypothesize to be
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affecting the dependent variable, what we manipulate.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descartes: Mental substance (the
| | | | | | |
soul) and physical substance (the body). The soul gets information from
| | | | | | | | | | |
the body then makes decisions and directs the body. Only humans have
| | | | | | | | | | | |
souls.
Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Hobbes: The concept of spirit and soul
| | | | | | | | |
is meaningless. The soul is a product of the brains machinery and does
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
not cause things to happen.
| | | |
Localization of Function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that specific
| | | | | | | | |
parts of the brain serve specific functions.
| | | | | |
Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Natural Selection- how a
| | | | | | | |
behavior functions to help an animal survive.
| | | | | |
German Experimentalists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The most simple
| | | | | | |
kinds of mental processes. Simple sensations, memories, and
| | | | | | | |
judgements.
, Psychophysics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The relationship between
| | | | | |
conscious sensory experience and physical stimuli.
| | | | |
Introspectionism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wundt: The study of | | | | | | |
conscious mental events by "introspecting" or "looking within."
| | | | | | | |
observing or recording ones own thoughts and experiences.
| | | | | | |
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Titchner: Using introspection to
| | | | | | |
break apart and examine individual components of conscious
| | | | | | | |
experience
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-William James: Emphasis on
| | | | | | |
purpose and the functions of the mind
| | | | | |
Gestalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Whole organized forms are
| | | | | | | |
meaningful units of consciousness, not elementary parts
| | | | | |
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
| | | | | | | | |
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Watson: emphasized the study of
| | | | | | | |
the observable environmental effects on behavior
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Independent VS Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Independent: What we cannot measure, what we hypothesize to be
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affecting the dependent variable, what we manipulate.
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