PSY 110 Exam 1 (Nauta) Exam Questions &
Answers
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔Study of how people think, learn and remember
Social Psychology - ✔✔How people are affected by their social environment, interpersonal
relationships, psych. disorders i.e. schizophrenia
Culture - ✔✔Beliefs, values, rules and customs that exist w/in a group of people who share a
common language & environment that are transmitted through learning from one generation
to
the next
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) - ✔✔Groups of people responsible for reviewing proposed
research to ensure that it meets the accepted standards of science and provides for the
physical &
emotional well-being of research participants
Scientific Method - ✔✔Systematic procedure of observing & measuring phenomena
(observable
things) to answer questions about what happens, when it happens, what causes it & why.
This
process involves a dynamic interaction between theories, hypotheses & research methods
, Psychology - ✔✔Study of behaviors and mental processes between humans and animals
Natural Selection - ✔✔Evolutionary theory - idea that those who inherit characteristics that
help
them adapt to their particular environments have a selective advantage over those that do
not
Functionalism - ✔✔Early school of thought concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function
of
mind & behavior
Structuralism - ✔✔Early school of Psy. that explored structures of the mind through
introspection. i.e. the person might report on the quality ("red") & intensity ("bright") of an
apple. The person's verbal reports were thought to reveal the basic parts of the conscious
mind
Psychoanalysis - ✔✔Had a large impact on early treatment of psychological disorders. But
today
most clinical psychologists use different techniques to treat psychological disorders
Gestalt Theory - ✔✔Idea that the whole of personal experience is different from simply the
sum
of its parts
Answers
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔Study of how people think, learn and remember
Social Psychology - ✔✔How people are affected by their social environment, interpersonal
relationships, psych. disorders i.e. schizophrenia
Culture - ✔✔Beliefs, values, rules and customs that exist w/in a group of people who share a
common language & environment that are transmitted through learning from one generation
to
the next
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) - ✔✔Groups of people responsible for reviewing proposed
research to ensure that it meets the accepted standards of science and provides for the
physical &
emotional well-being of research participants
Scientific Method - ✔✔Systematic procedure of observing & measuring phenomena
(observable
things) to answer questions about what happens, when it happens, what causes it & why.
This
process involves a dynamic interaction between theories, hypotheses & research methods
, Psychology - ✔✔Study of behaviors and mental processes between humans and animals
Natural Selection - ✔✔Evolutionary theory - idea that those who inherit characteristics that
help
them adapt to their particular environments have a selective advantage over those that do
not
Functionalism - ✔✔Early school of thought concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function
of
mind & behavior
Structuralism - ✔✔Early school of Psy. that explored structures of the mind through
introspection. i.e. the person might report on the quality ("red") & intensity ("bright") of an
apple. The person's verbal reports were thought to reveal the basic parts of the conscious
mind
Psychoanalysis - ✔✔Had a large impact on early treatment of psychological disorders. But
today
most clinical psychologists use different techniques to treat psychological disorders
Gestalt Theory - ✔✔Idea that the whole of personal experience is different from simply the
sum
of its parts
