General Psychology 2301 Exam 1 (Graded A+ actual test)

Define Psychology - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Functionalism - Answer-Studies the way the mind functions. Psychoanalysis - Answer-An approach to understanding behavior and mental processes developed by Freud, which focuses on unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts. (Freud) Behavioral Perspective - Answer-An approach to understanding behavior and mental processes that emphasizes objective, observable environmental influences on overt behavior. (Watson and Skinner) Behaviorism - Answer-Scientific study of observable behavior. Humanistic - Answer-Focuses on current environment, how it affects individual, and whether basic needs of love and acceptance were being met. Humanistic - Answer-An approach to understanding behavior and mental processes that perceives human nature as naturally positive and growth seeking; it emphasizes free will and self-actualization. (Maslow and Rogers) Cognitive Psychology - Answer-Used 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. Biopsychosocial Model - Answer-An integrative, unifying theme of modern psychology that sees biological, psychological, and social processes as interacting influences. Naturalistic observation - Answer-The process of observing and recording a research participant's behavior and mental processes in his or her natural setting, without interfering. They do not know they are being tested.Survey - Answer-A research technique that questions a large sample of people to assess their behaviors and mental processes. Created to gather information (phone, paper or interviews) Case Study - Answer-An in-depth study of a single research participant or a small group of individuals. Can provide information about disorders or disease. correlation research - Answer-Research that measures the degree of relationship (if any) between two or more variables in order to determine how well one variable predicts another. Experiment - Answer-A carefully controlled scientific procedure that involves the manipulation of variables to determine cause and effect.