General Psychology 2301 Exam 1 2023/2024 updated Questions and Answers 100% Correct

Define PsychologyThe scientific study of behavior and mental processes. FunctionalismStudies the way the mind functions. PsychoanalysisAn approach to understanding behavior and mental processes developed by Freud, which focuses on unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts. (Freud) Behavioral PerspectiveAn approach to understanding behavior and mental processes that emphasizes objective, observable environmental influences on overt behavior. (Watson and Skinner) BehaviorismScientific study of observable behavior. HumanisticFocuses on current environment, how it affects individual, and whether basic needs of love and acceptance were being met. HumanisticAn approach to understanding behavior and mental processes that perceives human nature as naturally positive and growth seeking; it emphasizes free will and selfactualization. (Maslow and Rogers) Cognitive PsychologyUsed technological advances to study psychology's original focus of internal/cognitive processes. Brain activity vs mental. Thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory, language, and information processing.