PSY 103 Midterm #2 Review +50 Questions + Correct Answers

psychology - Answer - The systematic study of behavior and experience Determinism - Answer - the idea that everything that happens has a cause or determinant that someone could observe or measure free will - Answer - the belief that behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions mind-brain problem - Answer - philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain dualism - Answer - the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body monism - Answer - the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain. nature nurture issue - Answer - heredity environment issue how do differences in behavior relate to differences in heredity and environment clinical psychology - Answer - have an advanced degree in psychology with a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problems. (PhD with clinical emphasis or PsyD plus internship Ordinarily 5 years after undergraduate degree) (emotional difficulties) psychiatry - Answer - is a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances (MD plus psychiatric residency total of 8 years after undergraduate degree) Psychoanalysts - Answer - therapy providers who rely heavily on the theories and methods pioneered by the early 20th century viennese physician Sigmund Freud and later modified by others (psychiatry or clinical psychology plus 4 years more in a psychoanalytic institute) counseling psychologists - Answer - help people with educational vocational marriage health related and other decisions (PhD,PsyD, or EdD plus supervised experience in counseling) forensic psychologists - Answer - provide advance and consultation to police, lawyers, and courts (doctorate, ordinarily in clinical psychology or counseling psychology, plus additional training in legal issues) clinical social worker - Answer - similar to clinical psychologist but with different training (master's degree plus 2 years of supervised experience) industrial organizational psychology - Answer - psychological study of people at work human factors specialist (ergonomist) - Answer - attempts to facilitate the operation of machinery so that ordinary people can use it efficiently and safely military psychologists - Answer - specialists who provide services to the military school psychologists - Answer - specialists in the psychological condition of students in kindergarten through the 12th grade. developmental psychologists - Answer - study how behavior changes with age learning and motivation - Answer - studies how behavior depends on the outcomes of past behaviors and current motivations cognition - Answer - thought and know