Psychology 101 Quiz 1 Questions And Answers 2024/2025

Psychology 101 Quiz 1 Questions And Answers 2024/2025 What is psychology? - answerthe scientific study of behavior and mental processes How did psychology begin as a field? - answerWundt- wanted to be separate from philosophy and physiology Psychology's 4 goals - answerto describe, explain, predict, and to change Structuralism - answerEdward Titchener- every experience could be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations Functionalism - answerWilliam James- how people work, play, and adapt to their surroundings Behaviorism - answerJohn Watson-the study of behavior Psychoanalysis - answerbasis of modern psychotherapy. based off of Freud's ideas Sigmund Freud's ideas - answerthere is an unconscious mind into which we push or repress all of our threatening urges and desires. Behavior stems from unconscious motivation Gestalt Psychology - answerMax Wertheimer- studying whole patterns rather than small pieces of them Psychodynamic perspective - answerunconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior on wary childhood experiences Sociocultural perspective - answercombines social and cultural psychology Biological perspective - answerhuman and animal behavior is seen as a direct result of events in the body Evolutionary perspective - answerfocuses on the biological bases for universal mental characteristics that all humans share (seeks to explain general mental strategies and traits) Psychologist - answerno medical training but has a doctorate degree Psychiatrist - answerhas a medical degree and is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders Objective Introspection - answerthe process of objectively examining and measuring ones own thoughts and mental activities Humanistic perspective - answerpeople have free will and strive for the achievement of ones full potential (self-actualization) Phi phenomenon - answerthe optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession (lights blinking on and off in a circle it seems) Case study - answeran in-depth report