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Psychology 101 Quiz 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Psychology 101
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- Stanford University
Psychology 101 Quiz 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Psychology 101 Quiz 1 Questions And AnswersLatest Update
What is psychology? - ANS the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
How did psychology begin as a field? - ANS Wundt- wanted to be separate from
philosophy and physiology
Psychology's 4 goals - ANS to describe, explain, predict, and to change
Structuralism - ANS Edward Titchener- every experience could be broken down
into its individual emotions and sensations
Functionalism - ANS William James- how people work, play, and adapt to their
surroundings
Behaviorism - ANS John Watson-the study of behavior
Psychoanalysis - ANS basis of modern psychotherapy. based off of Freud's ideas
Sigmund Freud's ideas - ANS there is an unconscious mind into which we push or
repress all of our threatening urges and desires. Behavior stems from unconscious
motivation
, Gestalt Psychology - ANS Max Wertheimer- studying whole patterns rather than
small pieces of them
Psychodynamic perspective - ANS unconscious mind and its influence over
conscious behavior on wary childhood experiences
Sociocultural perspective - ANS combines social and cultural psychology
Biological perspective - ANS human and animal behavior is seen as a direct result
of events in the body
Evolutionary perspective - ANS focuses on the biological bases for universal mental
characteristics that all humans share (seeks to explain general mental strategies
and traits)
Psychologist - ANS no medical training but has a doctorate degree
Psychiatrist - ANS has a medical degree and is a physician who specializes in the
diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
Objective Introspection - ANS the process of objectively examining and measuring
ones own thoughts and mental activities
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