PY 201 Exam GRCC Questions and Answers

PY 201 Exam GRCC Questions and
Answers

Psychology iiis iithe iiscientific iistudy iiof... ii- iiAnswers ii-behavior iiand iithe iiphysiological
iiand iicognitive iiprocesses iithat iiunderlie iiit, iinot iithe iistudy iiof iithe iimind.


Correlation iidoes iinot iiimply... ii- iiAnswers ii-causation.

Everything iipsychology iiis iisimultaneously... ii- iiAnswers ii-biological.

Experience iichanges iibehavior iiby iichanging... ii- iiAnswers ii-the iistructure iiof iithe
iinervous iisystem.


"tubula iirasa" ii- iiAnswers ii-blank iislate; iiJohn iiLocke iisays iiall iiknowledge iiis iilearned

Wundt ii- iiAnswers ii-Father iior iiPsychology; iiLeipzig, iiGermany ii1879; ii1st iitextbook
ii"Principles iiof iiPhysiological iiPsychology"; iiintrospection iiand iistructuralism


James ii- iiAnswers ii-Father iiof iiAmerican iipsychology; iifunctionalism

Hall ii- iiAnswers ii-1st iiAmerican iiwith iidegree iiin iipsychology; iiAPA; ii1st iilab iiat iiJohn
iiHopkins iiin ii1883


Mesmer ii- iiAnswers ii-He iihealed iihysteria iiwith iihis ii"mesmerizing" iimagic iishow

Freud ii- iiAnswers ii-Austrian iineurologist; iiunconscious iimind; iipsychoanalytic iitheory

Pavlov ii- iiAnswers ii-Pavlov's iidogs; iiclassical iiconditioning; iibehaviorism

Watson ii- iiAnswers ii-analysis iiof iithe iimind iiwas iiimpossible-must iiobserve iibehavior;
iiyou iican iilearn iimental iiillness; iibehaviorism


Skinner ii- iiAnswers ii-Skinner iibox; iioperant iiconditioning; iireinforcement

Maslow ii- iiAnswers ii-hierarchy iiof iihuman iineeds; iihumanism

Rogers ii- iiAnswers ii-potential iifor iigood iiin iiall iihumans; iiclient-centered iitherapy

Neissser ii- iiAnswers ii-1st iitextbook iiof iithe iicognitive iirevolution ii"Cogntive iiPsychology"

, Chomsky ii- iiAnswers ii-re-incorporate iimental iifunctioning; iire-connect iiEurope iiand
iiAmerica; iicognitive iirevolution


Weisstein ii- iiAnswers ii-stimulated iithe iifeminist iirevolution ii1968

Sumner ii- iiAnswers ii-1st iiAfrican iiAmerican iito iireceive iia iiPhD iiin iipsychology iiin iithe
iiUS


Structuralism ii- iiAnswers ii-actual iiparts iiof iithe iibrain iiand iibody; iiintrospection; iiWudnt
iiand iiTitchner


Funtionalism ii- iiAnswers ii-asks ii"why" iia iibehavior iioccurs; iiIG, iigender iidifferences,
iietc.; iiJames


Gestalt ii- iiAnswers ii-"whole" iipsychology

Psycholanalysis ii- iiAnswers ii-unconscious iimind; iiid, iiego, iisuperego; iiFreud

Behaviorism ii- iiAnswers ii-began iito iihelp iimental iiillness; iiclassical iiand iioperant
iiconditioning; iinature iivs. iinurture; iiWatson, iiSkinner, iiand iiPavlov


Humanism ii- iiAnswers ii-1950s; iiall iihumans iiare iipotentially iigood; iididn't iihelp iimental
iiillness; iiRogers iiand iiMaslow


Cognitive iiRevolution ii- iiAnswers ii-1960s; iihuman iibrain iiis iilike iia iicomputer; iiPiaget,
iiChomsky, iiand iiBeck


PhD iivs. iiPsyD ii- iiAnswers ii-PhD- ii4-5 iiyears
PsyD- ii3 iiyears, iino iimasters, iiprivate iipractice iionly

3 iiComponents iiof iiScience ii- iiAnswers ii-1. iiSystematic iiEmpiricism ii(you iihave iia iiplan
iiand iibreak iiit iidown)
2. iiPublicly iiVerifiable iiKnowledge ii(anything iidone iiin iiprivate iiisn't iiscience)
3. iiFalsifiable ii(must iibe iia iisolvable iiproblem)

IV iivs. iiDV ii- iiAnswers ii-You iimanipulate iithe iiindependent iivariable. iiYou iijust iimeasure
iithe iidependent iivariable.


inductive iivs. iideductive iireasoning ii- iiAnswers ii-deductive iireasoning: iihave iithe
iianswer, iineed iiproof
Inductive iireasoning: iiobserve iipattern, iimake iinew iiconclusion

extraneous iivariable ii- iiAnswers ii-things iiother iithan iithe iiIV iithat iiaffect iithe iiDV; iimust
iivary iiconditions iito iireduce iiconfounding


placebo ii- iiAnswers ii-"something iithat iistands iiin iifor iithe iireal iithing"