PSY 201 EXAM 1 UO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
Learning - ANSWER "Cells that fire together wire together"
This is the basis for long term memories
Psychological science - ANSWER the study, through research, of mind, brain, and
behavior
Amiable Skepticism - ANSWER Openness to new ideas but wariness to new "scientific
findings"
Confirmation bias - ANSWER a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Seeing relationships that do not exist - ANSWER Misperception that two simultaneous
events must somehow be related
accepting after-the-fact explanations - ANSWER coming up with explanations as to why
things happened (even with inadequate or incomplete information) hindsight bias
hindsight bias - ANSWER the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one
would have foreseen it
,Taking mental shortcuts - ANSWER people follow simple rules, called heuristics, to make
decisions
Dualism - ANSWER The idea that there are 2 kinds of substance, mental substance (the
soul) and physical substance (the body)
Monism - ANSWER The idea that conscious thought/experience can be explained by one
category of substance
Descartes - ANSWER Formalized an argument for dualism
Hobbes - ANSWER Argued for a type of monism called materialism
Aristotle - ANSWER The heart is the seat of emotions, the brain just a "cooling organ"
Nurture - ANSWER Human knowledge/thought comes from physical experience
Nature - ANSWER Thought and ideas are innate; we are born with knowledge
Localization of function - ANSWER Idea that specific parts of the brain serve specific
functions in the control of experience and behavior
, Darwin - ANSWER natural selection and evolution
German Experimentalists - ANSWER -Studied simplest kinds of mental processes- simple
sensations, memories, and judgments... sensation
-Wilhelm Wundt
-Reasoned that mental events take time, and these can be measured
-Red light green light example in class
Psychophysics - ANSWER Studied relationship between conscious sensory experience
and physical stimuli... perceived intensity and physical intensity
Materialism - ANSWER All human thought and behavior can be explained in terms of
physical processes in the body.. specifically the brain... Hobbes
Conscious thought is an... - ANSWER epiphenomenon... i.e.a product of the brain's
machinery
Broca's area - ANSWER Damage here produces difficult in speaking... "Broca's Aphasia"
Wernicke's area - ANSWER Damage here produces difficult in language comprehension...
"Wernicke's Aphasia"
Introspectionism (Wundt) - ANSWER The study of conscious mental events by
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
Learning - ANSWER "Cells that fire together wire together"
This is the basis for long term memories
Psychological science - ANSWER the study, through research, of mind, brain, and
behavior
Amiable Skepticism - ANSWER Openness to new ideas but wariness to new "scientific
findings"
Confirmation bias - ANSWER a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
Seeing relationships that do not exist - ANSWER Misperception that two simultaneous
events must somehow be related
accepting after-the-fact explanations - ANSWER coming up with explanations as to why
things happened (even with inadequate or incomplete information) hindsight bias
hindsight bias - ANSWER the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one
would have foreseen it
,Taking mental shortcuts - ANSWER people follow simple rules, called heuristics, to make
decisions
Dualism - ANSWER The idea that there are 2 kinds of substance, mental substance (the
soul) and physical substance (the body)
Monism - ANSWER The idea that conscious thought/experience can be explained by one
category of substance
Descartes - ANSWER Formalized an argument for dualism
Hobbes - ANSWER Argued for a type of monism called materialism
Aristotle - ANSWER The heart is the seat of emotions, the brain just a "cooling organ"
Nurture - ANSWER Human knowledge/thought comes from physical experience
Nature - ANSWER Thought and ideas are innate; we are born with knowledge
Localization of function - ANSWER Idea that specific parts of the brain serve specific
functions in the control of experience and behavior
, Darwin - ANSWER natural selection and evolution
German Experimentalists - ANSWER -Studied simplest kinds of mental processes- simple
sensations, memories, and judgments... sensation
-Wilhelm Wundt
-Reasoned that mental events take time, and these can be measured
-Red light green light example in class
Psychophysics - ANSWER Studied relationship between conscious sensory experience
and physical stimuli... perceived intensity and physical intensity
Materialism - ANSWER All human thought and behavior can be explained in terms of
physical processes in the body.. specifically the brain... Hobbes
Conscious thought is an... - ANSWER epiphenomenon... i.e.a product of the brain's
machinery
Broca's area - ANSWER Damage here produces difficult in speaking... "Broca's Aphasia"
Wernicke's area - ANSWER Damage here produces difficult in language comprehension...
"Wernicke's Aphasia"
Introspectionism (Wundt) - ANSWER The study of conscious mental events by
