Psychology 101 Chapter 1-4 Exam
Questions And Answers 100%
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Psychology - CORRECT - ANSWERS the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior
Scientific Method - CORRECT - ANSWERS sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
Behavioral Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS how behavior is learned or modified by
environmental causes (NURTURE)
Behavioral Data - CORRECT - ANSWERS reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and
the conditions under which the behavior occur
Psychodynamic Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS behavior is motivated by inherited instincts,
biological drives, & attempts to resolve personal conflicts between personal need and society's demands
Cognitive Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS an approach that emphasizes mental process in
perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior
Humanistic Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS emphasizes the individual's inherent capacity for
making rational choices and developing maximum potential
Willhelm Wundt - CORRECT - ANSWERS founding father of psychology
Biological Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS study of physical bases on behavior
Behavior - CORRECT - ANSWERS organisms that adjust to their environment
, Standardization - CORRECT - ANSWERS using uniform, consistent, procedures in all phases of data
collection
Hypothesis - CORRECT - ANSWERS tentative and testable statement about the relationship between
causes and consequences
Determinism - CORRECT - ANSWERS the idea that all events are determined by specific casual
factors (physical, mental, and behavioral)
Theory - CORRECT - ANSWERS organized set of concepts (used to formulate research)
Sociocultural Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS studies how an individual's behavior and thinking
vary across situations and cultures
Ivan Pavlov - CORRECT - ANSWERS Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism
Operational Definition - CORRECT - ANSWERS standardizes the meaning within an experiment, by
defining a concept in terms of the specific operations or procedures used to measure it
Independent Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS factor manipulated and will cause changes (casual part
of the relationship)
Dependent Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS factor affected by independent variable (what is being
measured)
Experimental Method - CORRECT - ANSWERS research methodology that involves the manipulation
of independent variables to determine their effects on the dependent variables
Confounding Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS a variable that could produce effects that are
confused, or confounded with the effects of the independent variable
Questions And Answers 100%
Complete Test
Psychology - CORRECT - ANSWERS the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior
Scientific Method - CORRECT - ANSWERS sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
Behavioral Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS how behavior is learned or modified by
environmental causes (NURTURE)
Behavioral Data - CORRECT - ANSWERS reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and
the conditions under which the behavior occur
Psychodynamic Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS behavior is motivated by inherited instincts,
biological drives, & attempts to resolve personal conflicts between personal need and society's demands
Cognitive Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS an approach that emphasizes mental process in
perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior
Humanistic Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS emphasizes the individual's inherent capacity for
making rational choices and developing maximum potential
Willhelm Wundt - CORRECT - ANSWERS founding father of psychology
Biological Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS study of physical bases on behavior
Behavior - CORRECT - ANSWERS organisms that adjust to their environment
, Standardization - CORRECT - ANSWERS using uniform, consistent, procedures in all phases of data
collection
Hypothesis - CORRECT - ANSWERS tentative and testable statement about the relationship between
causes and consequences
Determinism - CORRECT - ANSWERS the idea that all events are determined by specific casual
factors (physical, mental, and behavioral)
Theory - CORRECT - ANSWERS organized set of concepts (used to formulate research)
Sociocultural Perspective - CORRECT - ANSWERS studies how an individual's behavior and thinking
vary across situations and cultures
Ivan Pavlov - CORRECT - ANSWERS Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism
Operational Definition - CORRECT - ANSWERS standardizes the meaning within an experiment, by
defining a concept in terms of the specific operations or procedures used to measure it
Independent Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS factor manipulated and will cause changes (casual part
of the relationship)
Dependent Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS factor affected by independent variable (what is being
measured)
Experimental Method - CORRECT - ANSWERS research methodology that involves the manipulation
of independent variables to determine their effects on the dependent variables
Confounding Variable - CORRECT - ANSWERS a variable that could produce effects that are
confused, or confounded with the effects of the independent variable
