Psychology Unit 1 (Dr. Riley), Baylor
Psychology 1305 Test 1 Questions and
Correct Answers.
psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior
first lab - Answer -aristotle used observation and questioning understand the body-psyche
relationship
-questions answered through observation
-nature vs. nurture
Wilhelm Wundt - Answer "science of mental life"
-added elements to enhance the nature of psychology
-used introspection to understand how the brain develops, uses, and processed concepts
Functionalism - Answer james
-looks at the function, not how it looks
-Studied human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and asked
structuralism - Answer titchner
-relates the function to the structures
-introspection
Mary Whiton Calkins - Answer -first woman in psychology
-1st APA president
-denied phD
Margaret Floy Washburn - Answer -2nd APA president
-studied with titchner
-wrote the 'animal mind'
caused shift into women's power - Answer -civil rights preceded liberation of women
-birth control distribution gave women power and choice to pursue other things
behaviorism - Answer -"scientific study of observable behavior"
,-Watson: classical conditioning
-Skinner: operant conditioning
-"little albert" experiments
Freudian psychology - Answer unconscious thought processes and emotional responses to
childhood experiences affect later behavior
humanistic psychology - Answer revised interest of mental processes
-focused on positive aspect of our being
-current environment or influences can nurture or limit our growth potential
-Rogers and Maslow
cognitive revolution - Answer -focused to return to mental process
-cognitive psychology: ways which information is perceived, processed and remembered
-cognitive neuroscience ties the science of mind and brain and focuses on brain activity through
mental activity
contemporary psychology - Answer Seligman
-positive psychology
-Uses scientific methods to investigate building of good life that engages skill-building and a
meaningful life that extends beyond self
3 reasons we can't trust intuition or common sense - Answer hindsight bias
overconfidence
perceiving order in random events
hindsight bias - Answer "i knew it all along"
-think we could have predicted event
overconfidence - Answer think we know more than we do
perceiving order in random events - Answer find patterns to make sense of the world
-they don't look random
scientific attitude - Answer curiosity
skeptisicm
, critical thinking
humility
scientific method - Answer a self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observation
and analysis
theory - Answer explains behaviors or events through organized, observed ideas
hypothesis - Answer testable predictions that support the theory or disconfirm it
-results lead us to revise or reject our theory
useful theory - Answer organizes observations, implies predictions, stimulates further
research, may be replicated
descriptive methods - Answer describes behaviors through case studies, surveys, or
naturalistic observation
correlation - Answer a statistical measure helps us figure how closely two things vary
together, and thus how well either one predicts the other
central nervous system - Answer brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - Answer responsible for gathering information and for
transmitting CNS decisions to the body
regression towards the mean - Answer the tendency for extreme or unusual scores or events
to fall back towards the average
action potential - Answer releasing of a neurotransmitter
neural impulse that travels down the axon
resting potential - Answer positive-outside
negative-inside
all or nothing response - Answer once a neurotransmitter is released, it has to go all the way,
either full-forced or not at all
Psychology 1305 Test 1 Questions and
Correct Answers.
psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior
first lab - Answer -aristotle used observation and questioning understand the body-psyche
relationship
-questions answered through observation
-nature vs. nurture
Wilhelm Wundt - Answer "science of mental life"
-added elements to enhance the nature of psychology
-used introspection to understand how the brain develops, uses, and processed concepts
Functionalism - Answer james
-looks at the function, not how it looks
-Studied human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and asked
structuralism - Answer titchner
-relates the function to the structures
-introspection
Mary Whiton Calkins - Answer -first woman in psychology
-1st APA president
-denied phD
Margaret Floy Washburn - Answer -2nd APA president
-studied with titchner
-wrote the 'animal mind'
caused shift into women's power - Answer -civil rights preceded liberation of women
-birth control distribution gave women power and choice to pursue other things
behaviorism - Answer -"scientific study of observable behavior"
,-Watson: classical conditioning
-Skinner: operant conditioning
-"little albert" experiments
Freudian psychology - Answer unconscious thought processes and emotional responses to
childhood experiences affect later behavior
humanistic psychology - Answer revised interest of mental processes
-focused on positive aspect of our being
-current environment or influences can nurture or limit our growth potential
-Rogers and Maslow
cognitive revolution - Answer -focused to return to mental process
-cognitive psychology: ways which information is perceived, processed and remembered
-cognitive neuroscience ties the science of mind and brain and focuses on brain activity through
mental activity
contemporary psychology - Answer Seligman
-positive psychology
-Uses scientific methods to investigate building of good life that engages skill-building and a
meaningful life that extends beyond self
3 reasons we can't trust intuition or common sense - Answer hindsight bias
overconfidence
perceiving order in random events
hindsight bias - Answer "i knew it all along"
-think we could have predicted event
overconfidence - Answer think we know more than we do
perceiving order in random events - Answer find patterns to make sense of the world
-they don't look random
scientific attitude - Answer curiosity
skeptisicm
, critical thinking
humility
scientific method - Answer a self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observation
and analysis
theory - Answer explains behaviors or events through organized, observed ideas
hypothesis - Answer testable predictions that support the theory or disconfirm it
-results lead us to revise or reject our theory
useful theory - Answer organizes observations, implies predictions, stimulates further
research, may be replicated
descriptive methods - Answer describes behaviors through case studies, surveys, or
naturalistic observation
correlation - Answer a statistical measure helps us figure how closely two things vary
together, and thus how well either one predicts the other
central nervous system - Answer brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - Answer responsible for gathering information and for
transmitting CNS decisions to the body
regression towards the mean - Answer the tendency for extreme or unusual scores or events
to fall back towards the average
action potential - Answer releasing of a neurotransmitter
neural impulse that travels down the axon
resting potential - Answer positive-outside
negative-inside
all or nothing response - Answer once a neurotransmitter is released, it has to go all the way,
either full-forced or not at all
