INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 13 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY VERIFIED
◉ assumes that it is possible to determine the mind by identifying
the basic elements that compose it.
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Subjects in an experiment attempt to accurately describe his or
her conscious thoughts, emotions, sensations..
Answer: Introspection
◉ Assumes that the mind evolved to help us adapt to the world
around us and that the focus of psychology should be the study of
those adaptive processes.
Answer: Functionalism
◉ Founder of Functionalism and American Psychology.
Answer: William James
◉ Evolution.
Answer: Charles Darwin
, ◉ There that describes how species change over time in response to
their environment.
Answer: Natural Selection
◉ three components of natural selection.
Answer: Traits vary, Traits are heritable, competition for limited
resources
◉ An adaptative trait that evolves from natural selection (ex giraffe
neck) can also be a behavior.
Answer: Evolutionary Adaptation
◉ Behavioralism.
Answer: James Watson
◉ A natural science approach to psychology that focuses on the
study of environmental influences on observable behavior.
Answer: Behavioralism
◉ How many schools of Behaviorism are there?.
Answer: five
CHAPTER 13 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULLY VERIFIED
◉ assumes that it is possible to determine the mind by identifying
the basic elements that compose it.
Answer: Structuralism
◉ Subjects in an experiment attempt to accurately describe his or
her conscious thoughts, emotions, sensations..
Answer: Introspection
◉ Assumes that the mind evolved to help us adapt to the world
around us and that the focus of psychology should be the study of
those adaptive processes.
Answer: Functionalism
◉ Founder of Functionalism and American Psychology.
Answer: William James
◉ Evolution.
Answer: Charles Darwin
, ◉ There that describes how species change over time in response to
their environment.
Answer: Natural Selection
◉ three components of natural selection.
Answer: Traits vary, Traits are heritable, competition for limited
resources
◉ An adaptative trait that evolves from natural selection (ex giraffe
neck) can also be a behavior.
Answer: Evolutionary Adaptation
◉ Behavioralism.
Answer: James Watson
◉ A natural science approach to psychology that focuses on the
study of environmental influences on observable behavior.
Answer: Behavioralism
◉ How many schools of Behaviorism are there?.
Answer: five