Psychology 2301 Collin College Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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What is psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the scientific study
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of behavior and mental processes
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What makes psychology a science? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔because we use the scientific method to test it
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What did Wundt do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔INTERNAL
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Identified structures of the mind and asked people to introspect
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(look within themselves)
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What did James do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔EXTERNAL
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Also identified structures of the mind and focused on our
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interactions with environment, functionalism (got some of his
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ideas from Darwin)|\ |\




the 7 current Psychological Prospectives are... - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Biological |\ |\




Behavioral |\




Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Cognitive
Evolutionary

, Sociocultural


Biological Approach focuses on... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔NATURE |\




focuses on the brain and nervous system - central to
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understanding, behavior, thought and emotion |\ |\ |\ |\




neuroscience - structure, function, development, genetics,
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biochemistry of the nervous system) |\ |\ |\ |\




Behavioral Approach focuses on... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔NURTURE |\




focuses on the environmental determinants of observable
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behavior |\




(who you become is determined by experiences you have)
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Psychodynamic Approach focuses on... - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔emphasizes unconscience thought, conflict between internal |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


drives and society, and early family experiences
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Humanistic Approach focuses on... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔focuses on positive human qualities, capacity for self-
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actualization, free will |\ |\ |\




THE "psychology hippies" everyone is good
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Cognitive Approach focuses on... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔cognitive: related to thought process |\ |\ |\ |\ |\