Straighterline PSY 101 exam \| \| \| \|
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A scientific discipline that
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studies behavior and mental processes.
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Science - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any discipline that bases its
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legitimacy on systematic observation and provable hypotheses
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rather than on intuition or "common sense."
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Mental processes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Private, internal states
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and operations such as thoughts, feelings and perceptions that
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cannot be seen or measured directly, but must be inferred from
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observable behavior. \|
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early psychological \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
approach, developed by Wilhelm Wundt, which sought to
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understand the mind through analysis of its basic elements,
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determined through controlled introspection. \| \| \|
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early psychological \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
approach, associated with William James, that focused on the
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functionality of mental processes and behaviors, rather than
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breaking down consciousness into basic elements.
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Psychodynamic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychological approach developed by Sigmund Freud that focuses
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, on therapy and operates under the assumption that people's
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behavior is motivated by powerful, unconscious inner forces.
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Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A German school of
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psychology that focuses on how perception and thinking are
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organized into unified "wholes" ("gestalt" in German).
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Behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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psychological approach that focuses on measuring overt behavior
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and influencing behavior through carefully engineered learning
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experiences.
Neuroscience perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The branch of \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychology that focuses on the nervous system and physiological
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functions in the brain in order to explain behavior and mental
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processes.
Cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The psychological
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approach that focuses on mental processes: how people perceive,
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organize and remember information and how these processes
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affect behavior.
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Humanistic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychological approach that emphasizes free will and humans'
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innate tendencies to grow, develop and be in control of their lives
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and destinies.
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Sociocultural perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The newest
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psychological perspective, this is one that insists that people
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questions with answers \| \|
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A scientific discipline that
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studies behavior and mental processes.
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Science - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any discipline that bases its
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legitimacy on systematic observation and provable hypotheses
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rather than on intuition or "common sense."
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Mental processes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Private, internal states
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and operations such as thoughts, feelings and perceptions that
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cannot be seen or measured directly, but must be inferred from
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observable behavior. \|
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early psychological \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
approach, developed by Wilhelm Wundt, which sought to
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understand the mind through analysis of its basic elements,
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determined through controlled introspection. \| \| \|
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early psychological \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
approach, associated with William James, that focused on the
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functionality of mental processes and behaviors, rather than
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breaking down consciousness into basic elements.
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Psychodynamic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychological approach developed by Sigmund Freud that focuses
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, on therapy and operates under the assumption that people's
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behavior is motivated by powerful, unconscious inner forces.
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Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A German school of
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psychology that focuses on how perception and thinking are
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organized into unified "wholes" ("gestalt" in German).
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Behavioral psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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psychological approach that focuses on measuring overt behavior
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and influencing behavior through carefully engineered learning
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experiences.
Neuroscience perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The branch of \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychology that focuses on the nervous system and physiological
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functions in the brain in order to explain behavior and mental
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processes.
Cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The psychological
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approach that focuses on mental processes: how people perceive,
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organize and remember information and how these processes
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affect behavior.
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Humanistic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The \| \| \| \| \| \|
psychological approach that emphasizes free will and humans'
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innate tendencies to grow, develop and be in control of their lives
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and destinies.
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Sociocultural perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The newest
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psychological perspective, this is one that insists that people
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