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PSYCH 310 - CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 WRITTEN EXAM REVIEW WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

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The term personality is derived from the Latin word persona, which means correct answers mask Which of the following positions on the mind-body problem claims that external events trigger mental and bodily events at the same time? correct answers parallelism The ________ theory of human nature states that people become what they experience. correct answers empirical The ________ conception of human nature claims that we inherit behavioral predispositions from our evolutionary past, b...

sources of knowledge correct answers tenacity intuition authority faith rational empiricism method of tenacity correct answers Ideas are accepted as truth because (1) they've been around for a long time and/or (2) based on superstition method of intuition correct answers Information is accepted as being true because it makes sense, seems plausible, or feels right. method of authority correct answers Knowledge obtained from an authority figure or expert in a given area. method...

Law of Parsimony correct answers not always the simplest answer, but the one with the least # of assumptions operational definitions correct answers very specific, helps produce data Duration correct answers measure of behavior that considers the entire length of time during which a behavior occurs Speed correct answers the amount of time it takes to finish a behavior Latency correct answers How long between the start time and when the behavior actually occurs ex: time b/w wak...

Empiricism correct answers using evidence form the senses as the basis for conclusions. Weight of the evidence correct answers scientists evaluate their theories based on the weight of the evidence, for and against. Theory correct answers a set of statements that describes general principles about how variables relate to one another. Hypothesis correct answers a specific outcome the researcher expects to observe in a study if the theory is accurate. Data correct answers a set of obse...

"When I look at the Hermann grid, I see dark spots in the white areas at the intersections, but when I look directly at the intersection, the spot vanishes." Which research technique is most likely to have yielded this statement? a.Phenomenological Report b.Recognition Testing c.Magnitude Estimation d.Physical Tasks and Judgments correct answers a.Phenomenological Report phenomenological report correct answers method of determining the relationship between stimuli and perception i...

biological psychology correct answers behavioral neuroscience. Is the study of biological bases of psychological processes and behaviors neuroscience correct answers study of the nervous system Five major perspectives used to study the biology of behavior correct answers 1) describing behavior 2)studying evolution of behavior 3) observing the development of behavior over the life span 4) studying biological mechanisms of behavior 5) studying applications of biological psycholog...