Psyc 2000 Final Exam LSU Brossoit
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Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of the mind and behavior
Structuralism - ✔✔Understanding the conscious experience through introspection
Functionalism - ✔✔Focussed on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its
environment
Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Focussed on how the unconscious affects behavior
Gestalt Psychology - ✔✔The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Behaviorism - ✔✔Focus on observing and controlling behavior; science of behavior
Humanism - ✔✔Emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
Biopsychology - ✔✔Study how the structure and function of the nervous system
generates behavior
Sensation and Perception - ✔✔This area focuses on physiologic aspects of sensory
systems and the experience of sensory information
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,Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔How cognition relates to your experience and behavior; ex
language, problem solving, attention
Developmental Psychology - ✔✔the physical and mental attributes of aging and
maturation
Personality Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how patterns of thoughts and behaviors make
each individual unique
Social Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how we interact with and relate to others
Health Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how individual health is directly related or affected
by the interaction of biological psychological and sociocultural influences
Clinical Psychology - ✔✔focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological
disorders and problematic patterns of behaviors
Correlation - ✔✔Relationship between two or more variables
Positive Correlation - ✔✔Two variables change in the same direction, both becoming
either larger or smaller
Negative Correlation - ✔✔two variables change in different directions, with one
becoming larger as the other becomes smaller
Naturalistic Observation - ✔✔Observation of behavior in normal environment
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, Laboratory Observation - ✔✔Observing behavior in a laboratory setting
Case Studies - ✔✔Study of one individual in great detail
Surveys - ✔✔A technique for identifying the attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people
through a series of questions
Archival Research - ✔✔Use past records to answer various research questions, or to
search for interesting patterns or relationships
Experiments - ✔✔a researcher manipulates one variable and measures the effect of the
manipulation on another to determine causality between the two variables
Longitudinal - ✔✔Study the same group of individuals repeatedly over an extended
period of time
Cross-Sectional - ✔✔compare multiple segments of a population at a single time (such
as different age groups)
Random Sample - ✔✔subset of a larger population in which every member of the
population has an equal chance of being selected
Representative Sample - ✔✔a subset of a population that seeks to accurately reflect the
characteristics of the larger group
Independent Variable - ✔✔Variable that is influenced/controlled by the experimenter
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of the mind and behavior
Structuralism - ✔✔Understanding the conscious experience through introspection
Functionalism - ✔✔Focussed on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its
environment
Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Focussed on how the unconscious affects behavior
Gestalt Psychology - ✔✔The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Behaviorism - ✔✔Focus on observing and controlling behavior; science of behavior
Humanism - ✔✔Emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
Biopsychology - ✔✔Study how the structure and function of the nervous system
generates behavior
Sensation and Perception - ✔✔This area focuses on physiologic aspects of sensory
systems and the experience of sensory information
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,Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔How cognition relates to your experience and behavior; ex
language, problem solving, attention
Developmental Psychology - ✔✔the physical and mental attributes of aging and
maturation
Personality Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how patterns of thoughts and behaviors make
each individual unique
Social Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how we interact with and relate to others
Health Psychology - ✔✔Focuses on how individual health is directly related or affected
by the interaction of biological psychological and sociocultural influences
Clinical Psychology - ✔✔focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological
disorders and problematic patterns of behaviors
Correlation - ✔✔Relationship between two or more variables
Positive Correlation - ✔✔Two variables change in the same direction, both becoming
either larger or smaller
Negative Correlation - ✔✔two variables change in different directions, with one
becoming larger as the other becomes smaller
Naturalistic Observation - ✔✔Observation of behavior in normal environment
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, Laboratory Observation - ✔✔Observing behavior in a laboratory setting
Case Studies - ✔✔Study of one individual in great detail
Surveys - ✔✔A technique for identifying the attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people
through a series of questions
Archival Research - ✔✔Use past records to answer various research questions, or to
search for interesting patterns or relationships
Experiments - ✔✔a researcher manipulates one variable and measures the effect of the
manipulation on another to determine causality between the two variables
Longitudinal - ✔✔Study the same group of individuals repeatedly over an extended
period of time
Cross-Sectional - ✔✔compare multiple segments of a population at a single time (such
as different age groups)
Random Sample - ✔✔subset of a larger population in which every member of the
population has an equal chance of being selected
Representative Sample - ✔✔a subset of a population that seeks to accurately reflect the
characteristics of the larger group
Independent Variable - ✔✔Variable that is influenced/controlled by the experimenter
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