PSYCHOLOGY 2301 REVIEWED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Definition of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific
study of mind and behavior
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a well-tested
explanation for a set of observations or experimental results
William James - CORRECT ANSWER-founder of fun...
Definition of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific
study of mind and behavior
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a well-tested
explanation for a set of observations or experimental results
William James - CORRECT ANSWER-founder of functionalism;
studied how humans use perception to function in our
environment
John Watson - CORRECT ANSWER-behaviorism; emphasis
on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given
situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was
taught to fear a white rat
Wilhelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER-father of psychology
Psychoanalytic - CORRECT ANSWER-perspective developed
by freud, which assumes that psychological problems are the
result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces
of which a person might be unaware
, Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific
study of mental processes, including perception, thought,
memory, and reasoning
Humanism - CORRECT ANSWER-A belief that emphasizes
faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER-early school of thought
promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal
the structure of the human mind
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER-the science of behavior
that focuses on observable behavior only
Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER-an organized whole. Gestalt
psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of
information into meaningful wholes.
Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWER-Maslow's pyramid
of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological
needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety
needs and then psychological needs become active
Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER-English natural scientist
who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-
1882)
Noam Chomsky - CORRECT ANSWER-language
development; disagreed with Skinner about language
acquisition, stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a
language, humans have an inborn native ability to develop
language
Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWER-cognitive development
Carl Rogers - CORRECT ANSWER-Developed "client-
centered" therapy
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