UB PSY 101 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

UB PSY 101 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers

psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of behavior and
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mental processes
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behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any activity that can be observed,
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recorded, and measured| |




mental process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any conscious or unconscious
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activity


goals of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-describe
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explain
predict
control


basic research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-researching information about
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psychology

, applied psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-searching for a solution
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within psychology |




trephining - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-practice of cutting holes into the
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skull to release evil spirits (early record of psychology)
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Plato (427-347 BC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-philosopher; dualism, or
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the idea that the soul can exist separately from the body
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Aristotle (384-322 BC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-philosopher; believed
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the soul and body are one; intellect, reason, desire
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Rene Descartes (17th c.) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-philosopher; the
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world is full of the unknown; cogito ergo sum
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Wilhelm Wundt (1879) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-names the science of
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psychology; created the first psychology lab | | | | |




William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-psychologist; created the first
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American psychology lab; functionalism | | |




functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that behaviors are what
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defines the human mind | | |