AP Psychology Unit 1 Review test
Questions and answers.
sq3r - n
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Survey, question, read, rehearse, review
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Example of biological perspective - n
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Explaining how heredity and experience influences differences in temperament; brain
circuits that cause us to be red in the face
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empiricism - n
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the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore,
rely on observation and experimentation
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structuralism - n
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an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements
of the human mind (Titchener)
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functionalism - n
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a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish (James)
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experimental psychology - n
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the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
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behaviorism - n
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the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science, overt that (2) studies
behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today
agree with (1) but not with (2)
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humanistic psychology - n
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historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy
people and the individual's potential for personal growth (Maslow, Rogers)
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cognitive neuroscience - n
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the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception,
thinking, memory, and language)
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psychology - n
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the science of behavior and mental processes
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nature-nurture issue - n
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the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience
make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees
traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
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natural selection - n
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the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to
reproduction and survival with most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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level of analysis - n
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the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for
analyzing any given phenomenon
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biopsychosocial approach - n
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an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural
levels of analysis
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biological psychology - n
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Questions and answers.
sq3r - n
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Survey, question, read, rehearse, review
Qs
Example of biological perspective - n
Ans✔✔
Explaining how heredity and experience influences differences in temperament; brain
circuits that cause us to be red in the face
Qs
empiricism - n
Ans✔✔
the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore,
rely on observation and experimentation
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structuralism - n
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an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements
of the human mind (Titchener)
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functionalism - n
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a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function-how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish (James)
Qs
experimental psychology - n
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the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
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behaviorism - n
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the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science, overt that (2) studies
behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today
agree with (1) but not with (2)
, Qs
humanistic psychology - n
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historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy
people and the individual's potential for personal growth (Maslow, Rogers)
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cognitive neuroscience - n
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the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception,
thinking, memory, and language)
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psychology - n
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the science of behavior and mental processes
Qs
nature-nurture issue - n
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the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience
make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees
traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
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natural selection - n
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the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to
reproduction and survival with most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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level of analysis - n
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the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for
analyzing any given phenomenon
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biopsychosocial approach - n
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an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural
levels of analysis
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biological psychology - n
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