General Psychology Final Exam
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Social science - ✔✔systematic study o people
Psychology - ✔✔scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Hard Science - ✔✔Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject hypothesis}
*chemistry, physiology}
Soft Science - ✔✔discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific investigation
which may be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy, psychology*
2 parent disciplines of psychology - ✔✔philosophy and physiology
Wundt - ✔✔father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879. gave
credibility to psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)
Structuralism - ✔✔Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down mental
processes into basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and introspection
Funtionalism - ✔✔James.theory which focuses on the purpose of consciousness and
mental behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing - mind adapts to
changing environments -"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-day applied
psychology.
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, psychoanalytic - ✔✔freud
behaviorism - ✔✔pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)
Cognitive - ✔✔piaget/vygotsky
Humanistic - ✔✔Maslow/rogers
Bio-psyhcological - ✔✔Darwin/Buss
Nature - ✔✔Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of biology(brain, genetics,
etc.
Nurture - ✔✔sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones social/cultural
context, how they're raised, environment)
Nature - ✔✔nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up, heredity
Nurture - ✔✔Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing, parenting
style, culture
Nativism - ✔✔Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them
Tabula Rasa - ✔✔Blank slate; Locke; skills and knowledge acquired are brought about
life lessons
Pre-conventional - ✔✔moral thinking guided by self interest and consequences of
actions (fear of punishment)
Conventional - ✔✔morality based on desire to please others and folow socially accepted
rules/values (good girl/ bad girl)
Post-conventional - ✔✔advanced moral reasoning; selfpaccepted principles
Anatomy is destiny; no attention the child is seeking but love; dreams are royal road to
unconscious mind - ✔✔freud
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MGCCC Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
Social science - ✔✔systematic study o people
Psychology - ✔✔scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Hard Science - ✔✔Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject hypothesis}
*chemistry, physiology}
Soft Science - ✔✔discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific investigation
which may be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy, psychology*
2 parent disciplines of psychology - ✔✔philosophy and physiology
Wundt - ✔✔father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879. gave
credibility to psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)
Structuralism - ✔✔Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down mental
processes into basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and introspection
Funtionalism - ✔✔James.theory which focuses on the purpose of consciousness and
mental behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing - mind adapts to
changing environments -"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-day applied
psychology.
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, psychoanalytic - ✔✔freud
behaviorism - ✔✔pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)
Cognitive - ✔✔piaget/vygotsky
Humanistic - ✔✔Maslow/rogers
Bio-psyhcological - ✔✔Darwin/Buss
Nature - ✔✔Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of biology(brain, genetics,
etc.
Nurture - ✔✔sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones social/cultural
context, how they're raised, environment)
Nature - ✔✔nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up, heredity
Nurture - ✔✔Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing, parenting
style, culture
Nativism - ✔✔Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them
Tabula Rasa - ✔✔Blank slate; Locke; skills and knowledge acquired are brought about
life lessons
Pre-conventional - ✔✔moral thinking guided by self interest and consequences of
actions (fear of punishment)
Conventional - ✔✔morality based on desire to please others and folow socially accepted
rules/values (good girl/ bad girl)
Post-conventional - ✔✔advanced moral reasoning; selfpaccepted principles
Anatomy is destiny; no attention the child is seeking but love; dreams are royal road to
unconscious mind - ✔✔freud
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