Psychology 111 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Psychology as a discipline - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--concerned with
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empirically examining the mind and behaviour and determining how
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each is influenced by the psychobiology of the organism as well as the
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effects of the external environment.
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Mental processes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--describes the activity of our
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brains when we are engaged in thinking, processing information, and
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using language
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Early psychological methodology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--observe
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outward behaviours to make inferences about inward feelings,
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motivations, and decisions | |
Four goals of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)Description
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2)Explanation
3)Prediction
4)Control
,Description - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--to describe very specifically the
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observed behaviours |
Explanation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--developing hypotheses and
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theories regarding why people act as they do
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Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--predict the circumstances that may
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predicate a certain behavior | | |
Control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--methods to control behaviours, both
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health and unhealthy | |
3 levels of behavioural control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)The brain
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2)The individual |
3)The group |
The level of the brain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--psychologists consider
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the neuronal (brain cell) activity that occurs during the transmission and
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storage of information
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-also focus on the structure of the brain and the genes that guide its
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formation
,The level of the individual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--psychologists
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analyze how the content of mental processes— including emotions,
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thoughts, and ideas—form and influence behaviour
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The level of the group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--recognizes that humans
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are shaped by their social environment and that this environment
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changes over time. | |
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--shared language, beliefs, practices,
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and history unique to a particular group of people
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-shared through language and behaviour
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Contributions of ancient Greek philosophers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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how does the human mind work
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-how does the human body relate to the mind
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-knowledge inborn or acquired | | |
-methods of proposed problems and questioning solutions
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-theories are never final, but can always be improved
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Contributions of Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--disease has a
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physical and rational explanation
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-first to recognize the importance of fresh air, rest, and good food
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-accurately described the symptoms of epilepsy and pneumonia
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, -identified the brain as the organ of mental life
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Contributions of Socrates and Plato - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--mind and
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body are distinct
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-mind continues after body dies
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-"truth" lies in the mind and this knowledge is innate, but highly
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dependant on the subjective state | | | |
Contributions of Plato - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--use reasoning to
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uncover the core ideas embedded in every soul
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Contributions of Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--first to promote
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empirical investigations of the natural world
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-formed ideas about animals being hierarchically organized, centuries
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before Darwin |
Dominant world view after 1600's - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Body is a
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machine governed by natural laws
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-The brain controlled the body by moving fluids from one section to
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another
Contributions of Francis Bacon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--creator of
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"empiricism" - the view that all knowledge originates in lived
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experiences
Questions With Correct Answers
Psychology as a discipline - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--concerned with
| | | | | | | |
empirically examining the mind and behaviour and determining how
| | | | | | | | |
each is influenced by the psychobiology of the organism as well as the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
effects of the external environment.
| | | |
Mental processes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--describes the activity of our
| | | | | | | | |
brains when we are engaged in thinking, processing information, and
| | | | | | | | | |
using language
|
Early psychological methodology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--observe
| | | | | |
outward behaviours to make inferences about inward feelings,
| | | | | | | |
motivations, and decisions | |
Four goals of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)Description
| | | | | |
2)Explanation
3)Prediction
4)Control
,Description - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--to describe very specifically the
| | | | | | | |
observed behaviours |
Explanation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--developing hypotheses and
| | | | | |
theories regarding why people act as they do
| | | | | | |
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--predict the circumstances that may
| | | | | | | |
predicate a certain behavior | | |
Control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--methods to control behaviours, both
| | | | | | | |
health and unhealthy | |
3 levels of behavioural control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)The brain
| | | | | | | |
2)The individual |
3)The group |
The level of the brain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--psychologists consider
| | | | | | | | |
the neuronal (brain cell) activity that occurs during the transmission and
| | | | | | | | | |
storage of information
| | |
-also focus on the structure of the brain and the genes that guide its
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
formation
,The level of the individual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--psychologists
| | | | | | | |
analyze how the content of mental processes— including emotions,
| | | | | | | | |
thoughts, and ideas—form and influence behaviour
| | | | |
The level of the group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--recognizes that humans
| | | | | | | | |
are shaped by their social environment and that this environment
| | | | | | | | | | |
changes over time. | |
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--shared language, beliefs, practices,
| | | | | | |
and history unique to a particular group of people
| | | | | | | |
-shared through language and behaviour
| | | |
Contributions of ancient Greek philosophers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | |
how does the human mind work
| | | | |
-how does the human body relate to the mind
| | | | | | | |
-knowledge inborn or acquired | | |
-methods of proposed problems and questioning solutions
| | | | | |
-theories are never final, but can always be improved
| | | | | | | |
Contributions of Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--disease has a
| | | | | | | |
physical and rational explanation
| | |
-first to recognize the importance of fresh air, rest, and good food
| | | | | | | | | | |
-accurately described the symptoms of epilepsy and pneumonia
| | | | | | |
, -identified the brain as the organ of mental life
| | | | | | | |
Contributions of Socrates and Plato - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--mind and
| | | | | | | | |
body are distinct
| |
-mind continues after body dies
| | | |
-"truth" lies in the mind and this knowledge is innate, but highly
| | | | | | | | | | | |
dependant on the subjective state | | | |
Contributions of Plato - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--use reasoning to
| | | | | | | |
uncover the core ideas embedded in every soul
| | | | | | |
Contributions of Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--first to promote
| | | | | | | |
empirical investigations of the natural world
| | | | |
-formed ideas about animals being hierarchically organized, centuries
| | | | | | | |
before Darwin |
Dominant world view after 1600's - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Body is a
| | | | | | | | | |
machine governed by natural laws
| | | |
-The brain controlled the body by moving fluids from one section to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
another
Contributions of Francis Bacon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--creator of
| | | | | | |
"empiricism" - the view that all knowledge originates in lived
| | | | | | | | | | |
experiences
