Psychology 111 Midterm 1 – UBCO Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Principal Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Consequences of
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behaviour determine likelihood of re-occurance (ie. reinforcement)
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study of mind and
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behaviour, derived from the word psyche (meaning soul)
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Mind - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-private inner experiences or perceptions,
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thoughts, memories, feelings and stream of consciousness
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Behaviour - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observable actions: things we do by
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ourselves or with others.
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Nativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-view that certain kinds of knowledge
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are innate or inborn
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Philosophical Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-View that all
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knowledge is acquired through experience.
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,Nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biology of who you are (genes)
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Nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to bring up, care for, train, nourish, the
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environment of how you were raised
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Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mind and body are different things;
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body (material substance), mind (spiritual/immaterial substance)
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Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mind is what the brain does
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Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental abilities and characteristics
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are localized in specific regions of the brain (discredited theory)
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What did Flourens study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-they surgically
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removed parts of the brain and observed how actions/movements
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changed. Trial and error | | |
What did Broca study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-made damage to a
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specific part of the brain impairs a specific mental function
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Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of biological processes
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,What did Helmholtz study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied stimulus
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(sensory input from the environment) and reaction time (amount of
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time taken to respond to a stimulus after application). Would stimulate
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different parts of the body to see how quick the reaction times are.
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Different parts of the body respond faster, reaction to a finger
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stimulation is quicker than in your feet or ankles.
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Consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a person's subjective | | | | | |
experience of the world and the mind| | | | | |
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the analysis of the basic
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elements that constitute the mind; breaking down consciousness into
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individual sections and feelings
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Inspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective observation of one's own
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|experiences
What are the problems with Introspection? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Science requires replicable observations, hard to agree on basic
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elements of consciousness, you cannot re-do a study or replicate how
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someone is feeling in one certain moment.
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Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how mental
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processes enable people to adapt to their environments; understand
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the functions of mental processes. Based on the work of Darwin
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, Thoughts of Hall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-everyone goes through the
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same stages, all learning in the same order helps ensure survival (ex.
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stand,crawl,sit,walk,run)
Patients with Hysteria: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had temorary loss of
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cognitive or motor function as a result of emotionally upsetting
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experiences
Hypnosis helped what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-symptoms would
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disappear by an altered state of consciousness
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What does clinical psychology refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental
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illness
How can you trace patient problems? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Back to
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childhood
Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the part of the mind that
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operates outside of conscious awareness but influences conscious
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thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
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Psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Role of unconscious
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mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviours
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Questions With Correct Answers
Principal Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Consequences of
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behaviour determine likelihood of re-occurance (ie. reinforcement)
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific study of mind and
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behaviour, derived from the word psyche (meaning soul)
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Mind - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-private inner experiences or perceptions,
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thoughts, memories, feelings and stream of consciousness
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Behaviour - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Observable actions: things we do by
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ourselves or with others.
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Nativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-view that certain kinds of knowledge
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are innate or inborn
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Philosophical Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-View that all
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knowledge is acquired through experience.
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,Nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biology of who you are (genes)
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Nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to bring up, care for, train, nourish, the
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environment of how you were raised
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Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mind and body are different things;
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body (material substance), mind (spiritual/immaterial substance)
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Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mind is what the brain does
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Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental abilities and characteristics
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are localized in specific regions of the brain (discredited theory)
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What did Flourens study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-they surgically
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removed parts of the brain and observed how actions/movements
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changed. Trial and error | | |
What did Broca study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-made damage to a
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specific part of the brain impairs a specific mental function
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Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of biological processes
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,What did Helmholtz study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied stimulus
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(sensory input from the environment) and reaction time (amount of
| | | | | | | | | |
time taken to respond to a stimulus after application). Would stimulate
| | | | | | | | | | |
different parts of the body to see how quick the reaction times are.
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Different parts of the body respond faster, reaction to a finger
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stimulation is quicker than in your feet or ankles.
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Consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a person's subjective | | | | | |
experience of the world and the mind| | | | | |
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the analysis of the basic
| | | | | | | |
elements that constitute the mind; breaking down consciousness into
| | | | | | | | |
individual sections and feelings
| | |
Inspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective observation of one's own
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|experiences
What are the problems with Introspection? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Science requires replicable observations, hard to agree on basic
| | | | | | | | |
elements of consciousness, you cannot re-do a study or replicate how
| | | | | | | | | | |
someone is feeling in one certain moment.
| | | | | |
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of how mental
| | | | | | | |
processes enable people to adapt to their environments; understand
| | | | | | | | |
the functions of mental processes. Based on the work of Darwin
| | | | | | | | | |
, Thoughts of Hall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-everyone goes through the
| | | | | | | | |
same stages, all learning in the same order helps ensure survival (ex.
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stand,crawl,sit,walk,run)
Patients with Hysteria: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had temorary loss of
| | | | | | | | |
cognitive or motor function as a result of emotionally upsetting
| | | | | | | | | |
experiences
Hypnosis helped what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-symptoms would
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disappear by an altered state of consciousness
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What does clinical psychology refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental
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illness
How can you trace patient problems? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Back to
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childhood
Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the part of the mind that
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operates outside of conscious awareness but influences conscious
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thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
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Psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Role of unconscious
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mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviours
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