PSYCHOLOGY 101 EXAM 1
1. PsychologyANSWER
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
2. Where did psychology branch out from?ANSWER
Physiology and Philosophy
3. StructuralismANSWER
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with
anymore)
4. 2 StructuralistsANSWER
Wundt and Titchener
5. FunctionalismANSWER
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,Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment
(not identified with anymore)
6. 2 FunctionalistsANSWER
Darwin and James
7. 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomenaANSWER
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
Observation
8. Modern PerspectivesANSWER
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary
9. PsychodynamicANSWER
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of
small sample size
10. BehavioristANSWER
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, Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental
events; experiment
11. Behaviorist MetaphorANSWER
People are like machines
12. CognitiveANSWER
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve infor- mation
(Perspective)
13. Cognitive MetaphorANSWER
Brain like a computer
14. EvolutionaryANSWER
Darwin; behaviors have come about because they helped our ancestors survive
15. Evolutionary MetaphorANSWER
runners in a race
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1. PsychologyANSWER
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior
2. Where did psychology branch out from?ANSWER
Physiology and Philosophy
3. StructuralismANSWER
Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with
anymore)
4. 2 StructuralistsANSWER
Wundt and Titchener
5. FunctionalismANSWER
1/
24
,Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment
(not identified with anymore)
6. 2 FunctionalistsANSWER
Darwin and James
7. 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomenaANSWER
Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of
Observation
8. Modern PerspectivesANSWER
Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary
9. PsychodynamicANSWER
started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of
small sample size
10. BehavioristANSWER
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24
, Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental
events; experiment
11. Behaviorist MetaphorANSWER
People are like machines
12. CognitiveANSWER
Wundt; focuses on how people perceive, process and retrieve infor- mation
(Perspective)
13. Cognitive MetaphorANSWER
Brain like a computer
14. EvolutionaryANSWER
Darwin; behaviors have come about because they helped our ancestors survive
15. Evolutionary MetaphorANSWER
runners in a race
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24
