PSYC 100: Principles of Psychology Assessment
Psychology - answers✔✔science of behavior and mental process
Behavior - answers✔✔anything an organism does (action we can observe and record)
Mental Processes - answers✔✔subjective experiences- sensations, perceptions, feelings
thoughts, dreams, beliefs.
What is a Behaviorist? - answers✔✔Someone who studies and experiments with observable
behavior
Which psychologist was known for classical conditioning? - answers✔✔John B. Watson
What was B.F. Skinner known for? - answers✔✔He studied the way consequences shape
behavior - like other behaviorists he saw little value in introspection
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis? - answers✔✔Sigmund Freud
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers - answers✔✔Humanists who studied people whom were
thriving rather than those with problems. They developed theories and treatments to help
people reach their full potential
Neuroscience - answers✔✔How the body and brain enables emotions, memories, and sensory
experiences
,Evolutionary Psychology - answers✔✔Natural selection of genes - what survived and why?
Behavior Genetics - answers✔✔How much our genes and our environmental influences our
individual differences and personality
Psychoanalysis - answers✔✔how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Behavioral psychology - answers✔✔How we learn observable responses
Cognitive Psychology - answers✔✔How we encode, process, store and retrieve information
Social-cultural psychology - answers✔✔How behavior and thinking vary across situations and
cultures
What are psychology's 3 main levels of analysis? - answers✔✔Biological influences, genetic
mutations, natural selection of adaptive behaviors
Psychological Influences - answers✔✔-Learned fears and expectations
-emotional responses
-Cognitive Processing
Socio-cultural influences - answers✔✔-precense of others
-Cultural, societal, and family expectations
-Peer and other group influences
-Compelling models (media)
, How do psychologists ask and answer questions? (What is the process) - answers✔✔-Develop a
theory
-Develop a hypothesis
-Collect Data
-Analyze the results
-Publishing, criticizing, replication of results
Theory - answers✔✔An explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts
behavior
Hypothesis - answers✔✔Testable prediction based on a theory
Collect data - answers✔✔-Define what you are studying in terms of specific operations
Analyze results - answers✔✔-Do your results confirm the theory? Should you revise or reject
the theory
Analyzing info - answers✔✔-Look for hidden assumptions and decide if you agree
-Look for hidden bias, politics, values, or personal connections
-Put aside your own assumptions, biases, and look at evidence
-See if there was a flaw in how the information was collected
-Consider if there are other possible explanations for the facts or results
Research Method: Description - answers✔✔-Naturalistic Observation
-Observing while not disturbing, being objective while understanding you are being subjective
Case Study - answers✔✔-A study of one person or one case
Psychology - answers✔✔science of behavior and mental process
Behavior - answers✔✔anything an organism does (action we can observe and record)
Mental Processes - answers✔✔subjective experiences- sensations, perceptions, feelings
thoughts, dreams, beliefs.
What is a Behaviorist? - answers✔✔Someone who studies and experiments with observable
behavior
Which psychologist was known for classical conditioning? - answers✔✔John B. Watson
What was B.F. Skinner known for? - answers✔✔He studied the way consequences shape
behavior - like other behaviorists he saw little value in introspection
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis? - answers✔✔Sigmund Freud
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers - answers✔✔Humanists who studied people whom were
thriving rather than those with problems. They developed theories and treatments to help
people reach their full potential
Neuroscience - answers✔✔How the body and brain enables emotions, memories, and sensory
experiences
,Evolutionary Psychology - answers✔✔Natural selection of genes - what survived and why?
Behavior Genetics - answers✔✔How much our genes and our environmental influences our
individual differences and personality
Psychoanalysis - answers✔✔how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Behavioral psychology - answers✔✔How we learn observable responses
Cognitive Psychology - answers✔✔How we encode, process, store and retrieve information
Social-cultural psychology - answers✔✔How behavior and thinking vary across situations and
cultures
What are psychology's 3 main levels of analysis? - answers✔✔Biological influences, genetic
mutations, natural selection of adaptive behaviors
Psychological Influences - answers✔✔-Learned fears and expectations
-emotional responses
-Cognitive Processing
Socio-cultural influences - answers✔✔-precense of others
-Cultural, societal, and family expectations
-Peer and other group influences
-Compelling models (media)
, How do psychologists ask and answer questions? (What is the process) - answers✔✔-Develop a
theory
-Develop a hypothesis
-Collect Data
-Analyze the results
-Publishing, criticizing, replication of results
Theory - answers✔✔An explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts
behavior
Hypothesis - answers✔✔Testable prediction based on a theory
Collect data - answers✔✔-Define what you are studying in terms of specific operations
Analyze results - answers✔✔-Do your results confirm the theory? Should you revise or reject
the theory
Analyzing info - answers✔✔-Look for hidden assumptions and decide if you agree
-Look for hidden bias, politics, values, or personal connections
-Put aside your own assumptions, biases, and look at evidence
-See if there was a flaw in how the information was collected
-Consider if there are other possible explanations for the facts or results
Research Method: Description - answers✔✔-Naturalistic Observation
-Observing while not disturbing, being objective while understanding you are being subjective
Case Study - answers✔✔-A study of one person or one case
