Psychology 101 Exam 1 with |! |! |! |! |!
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Psychology - Correct answer ✔The scientific investigation of mental processes
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and behavior
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Where did psychology branch out from? - Correct answer ✔Physiology and
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Philosophy
Structuralism - Correct answer ✔Focused on the structure of consciousness
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and the mind (not identified with anymore)
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2 Structuralists - Correct answer ✔Wundt and Titchener
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Functionalism - Correct answer ✔Focused on the function of the mind in
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helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore)
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2 Functionalists - Correct answer ✔Darwin and James
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3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena - Correct answer
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✔Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
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Observation
Modern Perspectives - Correct answer ✔Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
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Cognitive, Evolutionary |!
, Psychodynamic - Correct answer ✔started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
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not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
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Behaviorist - Correct answer ✔Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
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processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
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Behaviorist Metaphor - Correct answer ✔People are like machines
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Cognitive - Correct answer ✔Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process
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and retrieve information (Perspective)
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Cognitive Metaphor - Correct answer ✔Brain like a computer
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Evolutionary - Correct answer ✔Darwin; behaviors have come about because
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they helped our ancestors survive
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Evolutionary Metaphor - Correct answer ✔runners in a race
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Biopsychology - Correct answer ✔Physical bases of psychological phenomena
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Developmental psychology - Correct answer ✔How thought, feeling, and
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behavior develops through life span
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precise detailed solutions |! |!
Psychology - Correct answer ✔The scientific investigation of mental processes
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and behavior
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Where did psychology branch out from? - Correct answer ✔Physiology and
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Philosophy
Structuralism - Correct answer ✔Focused on the structure of consciousness
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and the mind (not identified with anymore)
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2 Structuralists - Correct answer ✔Wundt and Titchener
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Functionalism - Correct answer ✔Focused on the function of the mind in
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helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore)
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2 Functionalists - Correct answer ✔Darwin and James
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3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena - Correct answer
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✔Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
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Observation
Modern Perspectives - Correct answer ✔Psychodynamic, Behaviorist,
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Cognitive, Evolutionary |!
, Psychodynamic - Correct answer ✔started by Sigmund Freud; case studies,
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not easy to test or prove because of small sample size
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Behaviorist - Correct answer ✔Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental
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processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment
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Behaviorist Metaphor - Correct answer ✔People are like machines
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Cognitive - Correct answer ✔Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process
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and retrieve information (Perspective)
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Cognitive Metaphor - Correct answer ✔Brain like a computer
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Evolutionary - Correct answer ✔Darwin; behaviors have come about because
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they helped our ancestors survive
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Evolutionary Metaphor - Correct answer ✔runners in a race
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Biopsychology - Correct answer ✔Physical bases of psychological phenomena
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(sub-discipline)
Developmental psychology - Correct answer ✔How thought, feeling, and
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behavior develops through life span
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