PY 101 Exam 1
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔study of the mind, brain and
behavior
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔Historically: Sigmund Freud
behavior guided by unconscious forces
Modern: thought processes occur without our awareness
Behaviorism - correct answer ✔identifying laws that predict behavior
John Watson and B.F. Skinner
Cognitive - correct answer ✔how people mentally represent info
making decisions, memory, language
Biological - correct answer ✔focus on structure and function of nervous
system
evolutionary adaptation - correct answer ✔the mind adapts - biologically and
culturally
Sociocultural - correct answer ✔how people interact, attitudes, cross-cultural
patterns of behavior
Humanism - correct answer ✔people have free will to control their own
destines
, goal = self-actualization
Abraham Maslow
Car Rogers
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔- research question
- literature review
- hypothesis
- design a study
- conduct study
- analyze the data
- report the results
Variables - correct answer ✔anything measured or manipulated
independent: one manipulated
dependent: response measured
Ethical Standards in Research - correct answer ✔informed consent, privacy,
and relative risks
Descriptive Studies - correct answer ✔observing and classifying behavior
uses: early stages of research, observe in real-world setting
case studies - correct answer ✔can provide extensive data about individuals
and organizations
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔study of the mind, brain and
behavior
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔Historically: Sigmund Freud
behavior guided by unconscious forces
Modern: thought processes occur without our awareness
Behaviorism - correct answer ✔identifying laws that predict behavior
John Watson and B.F. Skinner
Cognitive - correct answer ✔how people mentally represent info
making decisions, memory, language
Biological - correct answer ✔focus on structure and function of nervous
system
evolutionary adaptation - correct answer ✔the mind adapts - biologically and
culturally
Sociocultural - correct answer ✔how people interact, attitudes, cross-cultural
patterns of behavior
Humanism - correct answer ✔people have free will to control their own
destines
, goal = self-actualization
Abraham Maslow
Car Rogers
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔- research question
- literature review
- hypothesis
- design a study
- conduct study
- analyze the data
- report the results
Variables - correct answer ✔anything measured or manipulated
independent: one manipulated
dependent: response measured
Ethical Standards in Research - correct answer ✔informed consent, privacy,
and relative risks
Descriptive Studies - correct answer ✔observing and classifying behavior
uses: early stages of research, observe in real-world setting
case studies - correct answer ✔can provide extensive data about individuals
and organizations
