psy 201 olemiss exam 1 questions with
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psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The scientific study of the mind and
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behavior
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Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all the actions that result from
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sensing and interpreting information from the world through the brain.
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Three steps in thinking critically - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. "What is the
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claim I am being asked to accept?"
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| 2. "What evidence, if any, is provided to support the claim?"
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3. "Given the evidence, to what extent should the claim be accepted or
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rejected?
Three benefits of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-personal
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academic and professional | |
who were some early psychologists that studied psychological questions
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aristotle and Plato
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,Nature/nurture debate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Both nature and | | | | | | |
nurture influence our psychological development
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Mind/body problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are the mind and the
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body separate and distinct?
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Descartes idea of dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the
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body are separate yet intertwined
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Phineas Gage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-railroad worker who survived a
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severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and
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behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of
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the localization of brain function
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what was the first school of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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structuralism
Structuralism definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Developed the first
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scientific approach to studying the human mind and behavior, based on
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the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into underlying
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parts
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of psychology
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concerned with the function of mind and behavior.
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, what did William James argue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind was
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much more complex than its elements and could not be broken down.
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The most important function of the mind is in how it is useful to people.
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what is functionalism rooted from - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Darwin's
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Evolutionary Theory |
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Based on the idea that our
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thoughts and actions are influenced by unconscious mental forces.
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Psychological disorders were seen as the result of conflicts between
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unconscious thoughts and acceptable behavior.
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____________ used psychoanalysis to help others become more
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accepting of unconscious mental forces. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-freud
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Gestalt Behaviorism: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that the whole
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of personal experience is different from simply the sum of its parts.
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Developed in opposition to structuralism. Explored how people
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experience sensory input. | |
gestalt behaviorism developed in opposition to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-structuralism
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psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The scientific study of the mind and
| | | | | | | | |
behavior
|
Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all the actions that result from
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sensing and interpreting information from the world through the brain.
| | | | | | | | |
Three steps in thinking critically - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. "What is the
| | | | | | | | | |
claim I am being asked to accept?"
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| 2. "What evidence, if any, is provided to support the claim?"
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3. "Given the evidence, to what extent should the claim be accepted or
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rejected?
Three benefits of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-personal
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academic and professional | |
who were some early psychologists that studied psychological questions
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aristotle and Plato
| | | | |
,Nature/nurture debate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Both nature and | | | | | | |
nurture influence our psychological development
| | | |
Mind/body problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are the mind and the
| | | | | | | | |
body separate and distinct?
| | |
Descartes idea of dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the
| | | | | | | | | |
body are separate yet intertwined
| | | |
Phineas Gage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-railroad worker who survived a
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severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and
| | | | | | | | |
behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of
| | | | | | | | | | |
the localization of brain function
| | | | |
what was the first school of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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structuralism
Structuralism definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Developed the first
| | | | | | |
scientific approach to studying the human mind and behavior, based on
| | | | | | | | | | |
the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into underlying
| | | | | | | | | | |
parts
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early school of psychology
| | | | | | |
concerned with the function of mind and behavior.
| | | | | | |
, what did William James argue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind was
| | | | | | | | | |
much more complex than its elements and could not be broken down.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
The most important function of the mind is in how it is useful to people.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
what is functionalism rooted from - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Darwin's
| | | | | | | |
Evolutionary Theory |
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Based on the idea that our
| | | | | | | | |
thoughts and actions are influenced by unconscious mental forces.
| | | | | | | | |
Psychological disorders were seen as the result of conflicts between
| | | | | | | | | |
unconscious thoughts and acceptable behavior.
| | | |
____________ used psychoanalysis to help others become more
| | | | | | | |
accepting of unconscious mental forces. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-freud
| | | | | | |
Gestalt Behaviorism: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that the whole
| | | | | | | | |
of personal experience is different from simply the sum of its parts.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Developed in opposition to structuralism. Explored how people
| | | | | | | |
experience sensory input. | |
gestalt behaviorism developed in opposition to - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-structuralism
