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Psych 403 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
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Psychology Triad
Ans: 3 essential topics of psych; how people think, feel, and
behave
Personality
Ans: An individual's characteristic pattern of thought, emotion,
and behavior
The whole person
Ans: How all other areas of psychology come together
Basic approach or paradigm
Ans: A theoretical view of personality that focuses on some
phenomena and ignores others
Trait approach
Ans: -focuses on individuals differences in personality and
behavior and the psychological processes behind the m
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-This is the largest and most dominant approach b/c individual
differences are central to most everything
- focuses on how "every man is in certain respects like some
other men"
Biological approach
Ans: Focuses on the way behavior and personality are
influenced in terms of the body
Psychoanalytic approach
Ans: Focuses on the unconscious mind and internal mental
conflict (Freud)
Phenomenological approach
Ans: Focuses on people's conscious experience of the world
-Emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life
Humanistic psychology
Ans: A type of phenomenological approach
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HOW conscious awareness produces uniquely human attributes
(like creativity, free will, and existential anxiety); understand
meaning and basis of happiness
Cross-cultural personality research
Ans: Type of phenomenological approach emphasizes how the
experience of reality might be different across cultures
Learning and cognitive approaches
Ans: How people change their behaviors as a result of rewards,
punishments, and life experiences
-Behaviorism, social learning theory, cognitive personality
psychology
Social Learning Theory
Ans: How observation and self-evaluation determine behavior
Classic behaviorism
Ans: Focuses on overt behaviors
Cognitive personality
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Ans: Focuses on cognitive processes, including perception,
memory, and thought
One Big Theory (OBT)
Ans: Explains everything about personality
It's too difficult to do everything well
Funder's First Law
Ans: Great strengths are usually great weaknesses, and
surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
There is no one real answer!
Advantages of accounting for the whole person and real-life concerns
Ans: It is inclusive, interesting, and important
Disadvantages of accounting for the whole person and real-life
concerns
Ans: Over-inclusiveness or unfocused research
Advantages of basic approaches
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Psych 403 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Psychology Triad
Ans: 3 essential topics of psych; how people think, feel, and
behave
Personality
Ans: An individual's characteristic pattern of thought, emotion,
and behavior
The whole person
Ans: How all other areas of psychology come together
Basic approach or paradigm
Ans: A theoretical view of personality that focuses on some
phenomena and ignores others
Trait approach
Ans: -focuses on individuals differences in personality and
behavior and the psychological processes behind the m
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-This is the largest and most dominant approach b/c individual
differences are central to most everything
- focuses on how "every man is in certain respects like some
other men"
Biological approach
Ans: Focuses on the way behavior and personality are
influenced in terms of the body
Psychoanalytic approach
Ans: Focuses on the unconscious mind and internal mental
conflict (Freud)
Phenomenological approach
Ans: Focuses on people's conscious experience of the world
-Emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life
Humanistic psychology
Ans: A type of phenomenological approach
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HOW conscious awareness produces uniquely human attributes
(like creativity, free will, and existential anxiety); understand
meaning and basis of happiness
Cross-cultural personality research
Ans: Type of phenomenological approach emphasizes how the
experience of reality might be different across cultures
Learning and cognitive approaches
Ans: How people change their behaviors as a result of rewards,
punishments, and life experiences
-Behaviorism, social learning theory, cognitive personality
psychology
Social Learning Theory
Ans: How observation and self-evaluation determine behavior
Classic behaviorism
Ans: Focuses on overt behaviors
Cognitive personality
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Ans: Focuses on cognitive processes, including perception,
memory, and thought
One Big Theory (OBT)
Ans: Explains everything about personality
It's too difficult to do everything well
Funder's First Law
Ans: Great strengths are usually great weaknesses, and
surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
There is no one real answer!
Advantages of accounting for the whole person and real-life concerns
Ans: It is inclusive, interesting, and important
Disadvantages of accounting for the whole person and real-life
concerns
Ans: Over-inclusiveness or unfocused research
Advantages of basic approaches
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