Psychology 2301 Unit 1 Exam Questions & Answers Solved 100% Correct!!

Psychology - Answer-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Experimental Psychology uses what method - Answer-Scientific Method Applied Psychology uses what method - Answer-Physiological Method Hallmarks of a good theory - Answer-testable, inform practice what is important, continued research contributes to best and simplest information Focus of Structuralism - Answer-Consciousness, individual experiences, thoughts, emotions What method is used in Structuralism - Answer-Systematic Observation Who is associated with Structuralism - Answer-William Wundt What is the focus of Functionalism - Answer-Introspection Who is associated with Functionalism - Answer-William James What is the focus of Gestalt Psychology - Answer-Sensations, Perceptions, "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" Law of Figure Ground - Answer-Optical Illusion - picking out important parts Law of Closure - Answer-when image incomplete our brain finishes it Law of Proximity - Answer-Pair of lines = 4 linesFreud's unique contributions - Answer-Personality/Psychosexual Development Freud's processes for human behavior - Answer-Biological drive/society's demands, early childhood Freud's components of personality - Answer-id = biological needs "unchecked", "I want what I want when I want it" (DEVIL) ego = rational and conscious, consider consequences and behavior superego- learned moral and values cultural, must be taught and developed (ANGEL) Freud's Psychosexual Stages - Answer-oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage Oral Stage (0-18 months) - Answer-pleasure centers on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing Anal Stage (18-36 months) - Answer-focus on potty training...all about control Phallic Stage (3-6 years) - Answer-recognizing mom/dad role and identifies with same sex parent Latency (6 to puberty) - Answer-Period of rest - not a stage Genital Stage (puberty on) - Answer-Reproduce and Find Mate/if not melancholy Behaviorism - Answer-Rogers/Genetics/Vocabulary/Business casual/Empathy humanistic psychology - Answer-Maslow/Pyramid (mind, body, soul) evolutionary psychology - Answer-study of evolutionary origins of human behavior/what makes us the sameHuman Behavior has Developed from - Answer-Survival/Passing on Genetics natural selection (survival of the fittest) - Answer-process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully Steps of the Scientific Method - Answer-Observation/Phenomenon, Formulate Theory/Hypothesis/Hypothesis Testing/Redefining or Discarding the Theory operational definition - Answer-objective description of how a variable is going to be measured and observed in a particular study Representative sample - Answer-Closely matches population