Psychology Final Exam Questions and
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basic science - ✔✔the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomenon for its own
sake
applied science - ✔✔discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical
goals
hypothesis - ✔✔an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through
scientific research
theory - ✔✔a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific
study
physiological needs - ✔✔having to do with an organism's physical processes
cognitive needs - ✔✔having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research
4 goals of psychology - ✔✔describe, predict, explain, influence
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, wilhelm wundt - ✔✔set up the first psychology lab in germany and used introspection
(scientific method)
introspection - ✔✔a method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings
functionalist - ✔✔a psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of
consciousness
sir francis galton - ✔✔wanted to understand how heredity influences a person's
abilities, character, and behavior; concluded that genius or eminence is a hereditary trait
gestalt principle - ✔✔the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of
information into meaningful wholes
sigmund freud - ✔✔studied the unconscious minds and dreams; created free
association (the patient says anything that comes to mind)
ivan pavlov - ✔✔behaviorist; the dog experiment
john b. watson - ✔✔behaviorist; "little albert" --believed that psychology should concern
itself only with the observable facts of behavior
b.f. skinner - ✔✔introduced the concept of "reinforcement"
reinforcement - ✔✔a response to a behavior that increases the likelihood the behavior
will be repeated
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basic science - ✔✔the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomenon for its own
sake
applied science - ✔✔discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical
goals
hypothesis - ✔✔an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through
scientific research
theory - ✔✔a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific
study
physiological needs - ✔✔having to do with an organism's physical processes
cognitive needs - ✔✔having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research
4 goals of psychology - ✔✔describe, predict, explain, influence
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, wilhelm wundt - ✔✔set up the first psychology lab in germany and used introspection
(scientific method)
introspection - ✔✔a method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings
functionalist - ✔✔a psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of
consciousness
sir francis galton - ✔✔wanted to understand how heredity influences a person's
abilities, character, and behavior; concluded that genius or eminence is a hereditary trait
gestalt principle - ✔✔the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of
information into meaningful wholes
sigmund freud - ✔✔studied the unconscious minds and dreams; created free
association (the patient says anything that comes to mind)
ivan pavlov - ✔✔behaviorist; the dog experiment
john b. watson - ✔✔behaviorist; "little albert" --believed that psychology should concern
itself only with the observable facts of behavior
b.f. skinner - ✔✔introduced the concept of "reinforcement"
reinforcement - ✔✔a response to a behavior that increases the likelihood the behavior
will be repeated
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