Psychology 2301 Final Exam QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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What is psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of
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behavior and mental processes.
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>Parents: Philosophy and Physiology
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Psychoanalytic Approach/Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔School of thought that emphasizes dreams, childhood
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memories, and the unconscious. |\ |\ |\




>Freud & Erikson
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Behavioral Approach/Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔School of thought that emphasizes the study of observable
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behavioral responses and their environmental determinants.
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>Direct opposition to psychoanalytic theory
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>Pavlov, Watson, B.F. Skinner, and Bandura
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Humanistic Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔School of thought
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that emphasizes an individual's self-concept, free will, and
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positive qualities. |\




>Maslow & Rogers |\ |\




Cognitive Threory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The field that
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examines attention, consciousness, and information processing.
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,>Piaget


Evolutionary Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The belief that the
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way we have evolved is traceable to problems early humans
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faced in adapting to their environment. "Nature vs. Nurture"
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>David Buss |\




Biological Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The belief that
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behavior can be explained in terms of biochemical processes that
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influence how organisms behave.
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Psychiatrist vs. Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWERS|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔>Psychiatrist - Ph.D., can prescribe medication |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




>Psychologist - Doctoral |\ |\




Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Steps used to gather
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research:
1. Formulate hypothesis
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2. Design study/Select research method
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3. Collect data
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4. Analyze data/Draw Conclusions
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5. Report findings
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Research Method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Different approaches
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to the observation, measurement, manipulation, and control of
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variables.

, Naturalistic Observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


method in which the researcher observes the subject in their
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natural habitat. |\




Case Studies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research method in which
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the researcher takes an in-depth look at a single individual.
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Correlational Studies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research method |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


that exposes the relationship between two variables.
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Surveys - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A series of questions given in
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test form. |\




>Self-report


Experimental Studies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research method |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


in which the researcher manipulates a variable to present
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changes.


Cross-Sectional Research - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research done |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


on a number of people, at different ages, who are assessed at
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one point in time.
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Longitudinal Research - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Research done on |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


the same participants over a long period of time.
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Population - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The entire group about |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


which the investigator wants to draw conclusions from.
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