, PSY 121 - MISSOURI STATE - EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Psychodynamic approach - ANSWER Emphasizing unconscious thought, the conflict
between biological drives (such as the drive for sex) and society's demands, and early
childhood family experiences. Think unconscious, motives, conflicts, and past
experiences, Freud
Behavioral approach - ANSWER Emphasizing the scientific study of observable
behavioral responses and their environment. Think Observation, Watson, Skinner,
Learning, Environment
Humanistic approach - ANSWER Emphasizes the capacity for positive growth, and the
freedom to choose any destiny. Maslow, Rogers, self actualization
Cognitive Perspective - ANSWER A psychological approach that emphasizes mental
processes in perception, memory, thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory,
rationality, and attitudes
Biological Perspective - ANSWER Emphasizes bodily events and changes associated
with actions, feelings, and thoughts. Think Neurotransmitters, Dopamine, Genetics,
DNA, Brain function, Hormones
Evolutionary perspective - ANSWER how the natural selection of traits has promoted
the survival of genes, Darwin, Survival of the fittest
Sociocultural perspective - ANSWER perspective that focuses on the relationship
between social behavior and cultural influence
Correlation - ANSWER DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION
Expiriment - ANSWER Allows us to determine causality by manipulation of one or more
independent variables
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Psychodynamic approach - ANSWER Emphasizing unconscious thought, the conflict
between biological drives (such as the drive for sex) and society's demands, and early
childhood family experiences. Think unconscious, motives, conflicts, and past
experiences, Freud
Behavioral approach - ANSWER Emphasizing the scientific study of observable
behavioral responses and their environment. Think Observation, Watson, Skinner,
Learning, Environment
Humanistic approach - ANSWER Emphasizes the capacity for positive growth, and the
freedom to choose any destiny. Maslow, Rogers, self actualization
Cognitive Perspective - ANSWER A psychological approach that emphasizes mental
processes in perception, memory, thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory,
rationality, and attitudes
Biological Perspective - ANSWER Emphasizes bodily events and changes associated
with actions, feelings, and thoughts. Think Neurotransmitters, Dopamine, Genetics,
DNA, Brain function, Hormones
Evolutionary perspective - ANSWER how the natural selection of traits has promoted
the survival of genes, Darwin, Survival of the fittest
Sociocultural perspective - ANSWER perspective that focuses on the relationship
between social behavior and cultural influence
Correlation - ANSWER DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION
Expiriment - ANSWER Allows us to determine causality by manipulation of one or more
independent variables
