PSY2012 EXAM 1 (USF) QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
\.Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
\.Four goals of psychology - ANSWERS✔-describe, explain, predict, control
\.Wilhem Wundt - ANSWERS✔-Father of Modern Psychology - structuralist, first
Psychology lab
\.William James - ANSWERS✔-founder of functionalism; studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment, created first textbook on Psych
\.What is wrong with intuition? - ANSWERS✔-Can be faulty, bases on biases
\.Hindsight bias - ANSWERS✔-the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome,
that one would have foreseen it. "i knew it all along"
\.Overconfidence bias - ANSWERS✔-the tendency to be more confident than
correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments. "we know
more"
, \.Availability heuristic - ANSWERS✔-estimating the likelihood of events based on
their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of
their vividness), we presume such events are common
\.Confirmation bias - ANSWERS✔-a tendency to search for information that
supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
\.Scientific attitude - ANSWERS✔-curiosity, skepticism, humility
\.critical thinking - ANSWERS✔-thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values,
evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS✔-A series of steps followed to solve problems
including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and
stating conclusions for evaluating claims about the world.
\.Lab Research - ANSWERS✔-research conduced in an environment that can be
regulated and in which subjects can be carefully observed
\.Field Research - ANSWERS✔-research done in natural, real-life settings outside
the laboratory
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.Psychology - ANSWERS✔-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
\.Four goals of psychology - ANSWERS✔-describe, explain, predict, control
\.Wilhem Wundt - ANSWERS✔-Father of Modern Psychology - structuralist, first
Psychology lab
\.William James - ANSWERS✔-founder of functionalism; studied how humans use
perception to function in our environment, created first textbook on Psych
\.What is wrong with intuition? - ANSWERS✔-Can be faulty, bases on biases
\.Hindsight bias - ANSWERS✔-the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome,
that one would have foreseen it. "i knew it all along"
\.Overconfidence bias - ANSWERS✔-the tendency to be more confident than
correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments. "we know
more"
, \.Availability heuristic - ANSWERS✔-estimating the likelihood of events based on
their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of
their vividness), we presume such events are common
\.Confirmation bias - ANSWERS✔-a tendency to search for information that
supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
\.Scientific attitude - ANSWERS✔-curiosity, skepticism, humility
\.critical thinking - ANSWERS✔-thinking that does not blindly accept arguments
and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values,
evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS✔-A series of steps followed to solve problems
including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and
stating conclusions for evaluating claims about the world.
\.Lab Research - ANSWERS✔-research conduced in an environment that can be
regulated and in which subjects can be carefully observed
\.Field Research - ANSWERS✔-research done in natural, real-life settings outside
the laboratory
