Athabasca PSYC 289 Course Review Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Psyche (Soul) & Logos (study of a subject) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greek
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meaning of Psychology
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Descartes' ideas of naturalistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dualism of
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mind and body - mind is governed by God and body processes memory,
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dreaming, perception and emotions
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Philosophy and Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-parents of psychology
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Wundt's contributions to the feels of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-made
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phycology an independent study from science - gave psychology a scientific
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approach - made psychologies primary focus consciousness and the awareness of
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the immediate experience - kept focus on the mind and mental processes - first
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experimental laboratory |
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-analyse consciousness into it's basic
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elements and investigate how they are related (introspection) - identify and
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examine the fundamental components of the conscious experience
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functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-belief that psychology should investigate
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functions of the purpose of consciousness instead of structure - based more on
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cultural and intellectual influences (darwin's natural selection)
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,introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systematic del-observation of one's own
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conscious experience |
William james - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-consciousness is a stream of thoughts and
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wanted to understand that stream - interested in how people adapt to the
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demands of the world around them
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John B. Watson - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-abandon the study of psychology and
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study behaviours - you cannot observe a persons thought but you CAN observe
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their behaviour - you can only scientifically verify (or disprove) behaviour -
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researched animal behaviours | |
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific psychology should study and
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observe behaviour ONLY
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behaviour - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-refers to observable responses of an organism
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stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any detectible input from the surrounding
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environment
psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-attempts to explain personality,
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motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
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behaviour
Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-concluded that psychological
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disturbances were caused by personal conflicts from THE UNCONSCIOUS - thus
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,the cause of behaviour - spoke about sexual behaviours (was met with
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resistance).
B F Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proponent of behaviourism - organisms tend
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to repeat behaviour with positive outcomes - behaviour is controlled by
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environment "free will is an illusion" | | | | |
humanism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theoretical orientation that humans are
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unique bc of their freedom and potential for growth
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Rogers and Maslow - humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-doesn't
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believe in animal research - animal and humans are nothing alike and therefore
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they cannot give any information on the human experience - have optimistic
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view: humans can rise above, humans are conscious/rational beings and are not
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dominated by the subconscious | | |
behavioural, biological, cognitive, evolutional, humanistic, psychoanalytic -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Six maj theoretical perspectives of psychology
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Psychoanalytic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experiences in early childhood govern
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personality and mental disorders | | |
behavioural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-only observable events can be studied
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successfully
humanistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-humans are free rational beings able to
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evolve and grow - different from animals
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, cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviour cannot be understood without
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examining how people acquire, store and process information
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biological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functions of a person can be explained in
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terms of bodily structures and biomechanics processes
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evolutionary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-patterns in behaviour have evolved to solve
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adaptive problems of a species; natural selection, enhancing reproductive
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success
applied psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch concerned with everyday
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practical problems |
clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch concerned with diagnosis and
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treatment
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental process in acquiring new knowledge
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Donald Hebb - Cell assembly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repeated stimulus leads to
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the development of new cell assemblies that facilitate behaviour
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cross-cultural research / ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-costly - time
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consuming - biased | |
Questions With Correct Answers
Psyche (Soul) & Logos (study of a subject) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greek
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meaning of Psychology
| |
Descartes' ideas of naturalistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dualism of
| | | | | | | | |
mind and body - mind is governed by God and body processes memory,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
dreaming, perception and emotions
| | |
Philosophy and Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-parents of psychology
| | | | | | |
Wundt's contributions to the feels of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-made
| | | | | | | | | |
phycology an independent study from science - gave psychology a scientific
| | | | | | | | | | |
approach - made psychologies primary focus consciousness and the awareness of
| | | | | | | | | | |
the immediate experience - kept focus on the mind and mental processes - first
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
experimental laboratory |
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-analyse consciousness into it's basic
| | | | | | | |
elements and investigate how they are related (introspection) - identify and
| | | | | | | | | | |
examine the fundamental components of the conscious experience
| | | | | | |
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-belief that psychology should investigate
| | | | | | | |
functions of the purpose of consciousness instead of structure - based more on
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
cultural and intellectual influences (darwin's natural selection)
| | | | | |
,introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systematic del-observation of one's own
| | | | | | | |
conscious experience |
William james - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-consciousness is a stream of thoughts and
| | | | | | | | | |
wanted to understand that stream - interested in how people adapt to the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
demands of the world around them
| | | | |
John B. Watson - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-abandon the study of psychology and
| | | | | | | | | | |
study behaviours - you cannot observe a persons thought but you CAN observe
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
their behaviour - you can only scientifically verify (or disprove) behaviour -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
researched animal behaviours | |
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific psychology should study and
| | | | | | | |
observe behaviour ONLY
| |
behaviour - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-refers to observable responses of an organism
| | | | | | | | |
stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any detectible input from the surrounding
| | | | | | | | |
environment
psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-attempts to explain personality,
| | | | | | | |
motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of
| | | | | | | | | |
behaviour
Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-concluded that psychological
| | | | | | |
disturbances were caused by personal conflicts from THE UNCONSCIOUS - thus
| | | | | | | | | | |
,the cause of behaviour - spoke about sexual behaviours (was met with
| | | | | | | | | | | |
resistance).
B F Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proponent of behaviourism - organisms tend
| | | | | | | | | | |
to repeat behaviour with positive outcomes - behaviour is controlled by
| | | | | | | | | | |
environment "free will is an illusion" | | | | |
humanism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theoretical orientation that humans are
| | | | | | | |
unique bc of their freedom and potential for growth
| | | | | | | |
Rogers and Maslow - humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-doesn't
| | | | | | | | |
believe in animal research - animal and humans are nothing alike and therefore
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
they cannot give any information on the human experience - have optimistic
| | | | | | | | | | | |
view: humans can rise above, humans are conscious/rational beings and are not
| | | | | | | | | | | |
dominated by the subconscious | | |
behavioural, biological, cognitive, evolutional, humanistic, psychoanalytic -
| | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Six maj theoretical perspectives of psychology
| | | | | |
Psychoanalytic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experiences in early childhood govern
| | | | | | | |
personality and mental disorders | | |
behavioural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-only observable events can be studied
| | | | | | | | |
successfully
humanistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-humans are free rational beings able to
| | | | | | | | | |
evolve and grow - different from animals
| | | | | |
, cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviour cannot be understood without
| | | | | | | |
examining how people acquire, store and process information
| | | | | | |
biological - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functions of a person can be explained in
| | | | | | | | | | |
terms of bodily structures and biomechanics processes
| | | | | |
evolutionary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-patterns in behaviour have evolved to solve
| | | | | | | | |
adaptive problems of a species; natural selection, enhancing reproductive
| | | | | | | | | |
success
applied psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch concerned with everyday
| | | | | | | |
practical problems |
clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-branch concerned with diagnosis and
| | | | | | | | |
treatment
cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental process in acquiring new knowledge
| | | | | | | |
Donald Hebb - Cell assembly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repeated stimulus leads to
| | | | | | | | | | |
the development of new cell assemblies that facilitate behaviour
| | | | | | | |
cross-cultural research / ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-costly - time
| | | | | | | | |
consuming - biased | |
