QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS|GRADED
Behavior - ANSWER Outwardly observable acts of a person, either alone or in a group.
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind - ANSWER The non-physical mental activities
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. (Love, competition, and cooperation)
Mental contents - ANSWER Knowledge, beliefs (including ideas, explanations, and expec-
tations), desires (such as hopes, goals, and needs), and feelings (such as fears, guilts, and at-
tractions).
Mental processes - ANSWER The thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experi-
ences privately but that cannot be observed directly. Physical actions, paying attention, sen-
sations and remembering the past.
Level of the group - ANSWER Understanding an individuals behavior in the context of
their relationships with other people or the groups behavior as a whole.
Three levels of psychological analysis - ANSWER Level of the group, level of the person
and level of the brain
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,At which level of psychological analysis do psychologists focus on mental events? - AN-
SWER Level of the person
In psychological analysis, what do psychologists focus on at the level of the group? - AN-
SWER The way small and large groups of people think and act
What are two aspects? - ANSWER Mind and behavior
What are examples of mental contents? - ANSWER Beliefs, expectations and goals
Structuralism - ANSWER an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the elemental structure of the human mind
Consiousness - ANSWER our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Introspection - ANSWER The technique of observing interior mental events as they occur
to immediately after they occur.
Functionalism - ANSWER A school of thought in psychology that sought to understand
how the mind helps individuals adapt to the world around them and function effectively in
it.
Natural selection - ANSWER A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best
adapted to the environment. (Enable them to survive and reproduce more fruitfully than
others).
Adaptation - ANSWER inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of sur-
vival, helps an organism survive and produce many offspring
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, Gestalt Psychologists - ANSWER Focus on the macro level psychology, considering behav-
ior as a whole rather than the micro level view of the parts
Unconsious - ANSWER Unaware of the outside world and unable to bring oneself into
awareness at will
Defense mechanisms - ANSWER Unconsious strategies that protect a person from anxiety
based on unacceptable thoughts or feelings
Psychodynamic therapy - ANSWER therapy that specified that mental events are engaged
in continual push and pull interactions among conscious and unconscious thoughts and feel-
ings; its goal is enlightenment on how such interactions affect behavior.
Hierarhcy of Needs - ANSWER Physiological needs, safety, belongingness, esteem, cogni-
tive, aesthetic, self actualization
Humanistic psychology - ANSWER Assumes people have positive values free will and
deep inner creativity
Cognitive Psychology - ANSWER Characterize mental events that allow information to be
stored and operated on internally
Cognitive neuroscience - ANSWER Blends cognitive psychology and neuroscience to ex-
plain how the brain stores and processes information.
Feminist Psychology - ANSWER a school of thought in psychology that places great value
on the characteristics and experiences of women
Multiculturalism - ANSWER A school of thought in psychology that places great value on
working with the whole person respecting all types of diversity including gender, sexual ori-
entation, race, class, religion and cultural practices.
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Behavior - ANSWER Outwardly observable acts of a person, either alone or in a group.
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of mind and behavior
Mind - ANSWER The non-physical mental activities
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. (Love, competition, and cooperation)
Mental contents - ANSWER Knowledge, beliefs (including ideas, explanations, and expec-
tations), desires (such as hopes, goals, and needs), and feelings (such as fears, guilts, and at-
tractions).
Mental processes - ANSWER The thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experi-
ences privately but that cannot be observed directly. Physical actions, paying attention, sen-
sations and remembering the past.
Level of the group - ANSWER Understanding an individuals behavior in the context of
their relationships with other people or the groups behavior as a whole.
Three levels of psychological analysis - ANSWER Level of the group, level of the person
and level of the brain
1
,At which level of psychological analysis do psychologists focus on mental events? - AN-
SWER Level of the person
In psychological analysis, what do psychologists focus on at the level of the group? - AN-
SWER The way small and large groups of people think and act
What are two aspects? - ANSWER Mind and behavior
What are examples of mental contents? - ANSWER Beliefs, expectations and goals
Structuralism - ANSWER an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore
the elemental structure of the human mind
Consiousness - ANSWER our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Introspection - ANSWER The technique of observing interior mental events as they occur
to immediately after they occur.
Functionalism - ANSWER A school of thought in psychology that sought to understand
how the mind helps individuals adapt to the world around them and function effectively in
it.
Natural selection - ANSWER A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best
adapted to the environment. (Enable them to survive and reproduce more fruitfully than
others).
Adaptation - ANSWER inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of sur-
vival, helps an organism survive and produce many offspring
2
, Gestalt Psychologists - ANSWER Focus on the macro level psychology, considering behav-
ior as a whole rather than the micro level view of the parts
Unconsious - ANSWER Unaware of the outside world and unable to bring oneself into
awareness at will
Defense mechanisms - ANSWER Unconsious strategies that protect a person from anxiety
based on unacceptable thoughts or feelings
Psychodynamic therapy - ANSWER therapy that specified that mental events are engaged
in continual push and pull interactions among conscious and unconscious thoughts and feel-
ings; its goal is enlightenment on how such interactions affect behavior.
Hierarhcy of Needs - ANSWER Physiological needs, safety, belongingness, esteem, cogni-
tive, aesthetic, self actualization
Humanistic psychology - ANSWER Assumes people have positive values free will and
deep inner creativity
Cognitive Psychology - ANSWER Characterize mental events that allow information to be
stored and operated on internally
Cognitive neuroscience - ANSWER Blends cognitive psychology and neuroscience to ex-
plain how the brain stores and processes information.
Feminist Psychology - ANSWER a school of thought in psychology that places great value
on the characteristics and experiences of women
Multiculturalism - ANSWER A school of thought in psychology that places great value on
working with the whole person respecting all types of diversity including gender, sexual ori-
entation, race, class, religion and cultural practices.
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