PY101 Exam 1 UAB
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔the scientific study of mind and
behavior (basic and applied science)
What is the mind? - correct answer ✔the private inner experience of
perceptions, thoughts, memories and feelings
Descartes and dualism - correct answer ✔French philosopher who argued
that body and mind are fundamentally different things. How mental activity can
be reconciled and coordinated with physical behavior. Body: material
substance. Mind (Soul): immaterial or spiritual substance. Believed the mind
influences the body through the pineal gland
functionalism vs structuralism - correct answer ✔Functionalism focused on
how mental and behavioral processes function (how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish). Structuralism used introspection to explore the
elemental structure of the human mind.
empiricism - correct answer ✔the view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
How did structuralists study the mind? - correct answer ✔Analyzed the mind
by breaking it down into its basic components (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
early history of psychology - correct answer ✔the foundation of psychology
was built within philosophy - early philosophers described how the mind
worked.
, nature vs nurture - correct answer ✔Interaction of hereditary and
environmental factors in shaping psychological development
hypothesis - correct answer ✔a testable prediction, often implied by a theory
reactivity - correct answer ✔how you behave differently because you know
you are being watched
experimental vs correlational research - correct answer ✔correlation cannot
determine causation, but an experiment can. ex/ as ice cream sales increase,
drowning also increases drowning increases are caused by people swimming
in higher heat. heat is also what causes ice cream sales
strength of a correlation - correct answer ✔strong correlation is close to +1 or
-1 and a weak one is close to 0
spurious correlations - correct answer ✔not actually correlated but a third
factor connects the two ("Third Variable Problem")ex/ ice cream and drowning
random sampling and random assignment - correct answer ✔sample:
choosing randomly
assign: grouping things randomly (using random method ex. flipping coin)
independent and dependent variables - correct answer ✔ind: variable that is
manipulated
dep: variable that is observed
experimental vs control groups - correct answer ✔exp: experience the
experiment
What is psychology? - correct answer ✔the scientific study of mind and
behavior (basic and applied science)
What is the mind? - correct answer ✔the private inner experience of
perceptions, thoughts, memories and feelings
Descartes and dualism - correct answer ✔French philosopher who argued
that body and mind are fundamentally different things. How mental activity can
be reconciled and coordinated with physical behavior. Body: material
substance. Mind (Soul): immaterial or spiritual substance. Believed the mind
influences the body through the pineal gland
functionalism vs structuralism - correct answer ✔Functionalism focused on
how mental and behavioral processes function (how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish). Structuralism used introspection to explore the
elemental structure of the human mind.
empiricism - correct answer ✔the view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
How did structuralists study the mind? - correct answer ✔Analyzed the mind
by breaking it down into its basic components (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
early history of psychology - correct answer ✔the foundation of psychology
was built within philosophy - early philosophers described how the mind
worked.
, nature vs nurture - correct answer ✔Interaction of hereditary and
environmental factors in shaping psychological development
hypothesis - correct answer ✔a testable prediction, often implied by a theory
reactivity - correct answer ✔how you behave differently because you know
you are being watched
experimental vs correlational research - correct answer ✔correlation cannot
determine causation, but an experiment can. ex/ as ice cream sales increase,
drowning also increases drowning increases are caused by people swimming
in higher heat. heat is also what causes ice cream sales
strength of a correlation - correct answer ✔strong correlation is close to +1 or
-1 and a weak one is close to 0
spurious correlations - correct answer ✔not actually correlated but a third
factor connects the two ("Third Variable Problem")ex/ ice cream and drowning
random sampling and random assignment - correct answer ✔sample:
choosing randomly
assign: grouping things randomly (using random method ex. flipping coin)
independent and dependent variables - correct answer ✔ind: variable that is
manipulated
dep: variable that is observed
experimental vs control groups - correct answer ✔exp: experience the
experiment
