OLDROYD PSYCHOLOGY 1010 FINAL EXAM
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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Psychology - Answer-the science of behavior and mental
processes
Neuroscience perspective - Answer-how the body and
brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory
experiences
-Might study brain circuits that cause us to be red in the
face and 'hot under the collar'
Evolutionary perspective - Answer--how the natural
selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes
-Analyze how anger facilitated the survival of our
ancestors' genes
Behavior genetics perspective - Answer--how our genes
and our environment influence our individual differences
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-Studies how heredity and experience influence our
individual differences in temperament
psychodynamic perspective - Answer--how behavior
springs from unconscious drives and conflicts, modern
freed
-Might view an outburst ass an outlet for unconscious
hostility
Behavioral perspective - Answer--how we learn and
observable responses
-Might attempt to determine what triggers angry responses
or aggressive acts
Social cultural perspective - Answer--how behavior and
thinking vary across situations and cultures, the
government and racism effects behavior, community
effects behavior
-Might explore how expressions of anger vary across
cultural contexts
nurture-nature debate - Answer-what extent particular
aspects of our behavior are inherited and what is acquired.
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Inherited would be genetics and acquired would be the
environment you grow up in
selection effect - Answer-bias or preference that makes an
individual not achieve randomness
- if you dont smoke and you hate being around it, you wont
hang out with people who smoke
- if you played a lot of sports at a young age and were
around sports a lot, chances are you will grow up to be
sporty
Sensorimotor stage - Answer--0-2, babies take in their
world through their senses and actions, through looking,
hearing, touching, and grasping.
-Object permanence, stranger anxiety
Preoperational stage - Answer--2-7, stage where a child
learns to use language but does not yet comprehend
concrete logic
The thing where you pour water in different sized cups but
it's the same amount of water and the kids think that one
cup has more or less water
-Do you have a brother?