PSY 200 Exam 1 Questions And Answers 100% Verified.
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What's studied in psychology? - correct answer. behavior and experience (mental process)
What assumptions do psychologists make about behavior and experience? - correct answer. the way they function, which aspects of them are w...
PSY 200 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
100% Verified.
What's studied in psychology? - correct answer. behavior and experience (mental
process)
What assumptions do psychologists make about behavior and experience? - correct
answer. the way they function, which aspects of them are worthy of study and what
research methods are appropriate for undertaking this study.
How do these assumptions influence psychological theory and practice? - correct
answer. different approaches to research and theory
How has the field of psychology been shaped? - correct answer. started off with
amateurs- Wilhelm Wundt had the first psychology lab
What does the field of psychology look like today? - correct answer. most
psychologists today attempt to answer more limited questions.
Where are psychologists employed? - correct answer. most are clinical and
counseling. most work in colleges and universities but they are basically everywhere.
Why does psychology "qualify" as a science? - correct answer. "systematic search for
truth"
What special considerations must be taken into account when doing research on
behavior and experience? - correct answer. ethics
What does conducting an experiment entail? - correct answer. the scientific process:
hypothesis, experimentation, interpretation
What's the logic behind an experiment? - correct answer. someone else can repeat
the same procedure and get the same results
, What are some design issues? - correct answer. experimenter bias, people act
differently when they know they are being studied
psychology - correct answer. the systematic study of behavior and experience
determinism - correct answer. the idea that everything that happens has a cause, or
determinant, that someone could observe or measure
free will - correct answer. the belief that behavior is caused by a person's independent
decisions
mind-brain problem - correct answer. philosophical question of how experience relates
to the brain
dualism - correct answer. the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls
the brain and therefore the rest of the body.
monism - correct answer. the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the
physical brain
nature-nurture issue - correct answer. how do difference in behavior relate to
differences in heredity and environment?
What does a "true" experiment look like? - correct answer. random assignment (blind),
independent and depend variable, recorded by blind observer
What type of evidence supports monism? - correct answer. Every type of mental
activity is associated with some type of measurable activity. Any type of brain damage
leads to a deficit in some aspect of behavior of experience.
Clinical psychologists - correct answer. have an advanced degree in psychology, with
a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problems.
Psychiatry - correct answer. branch of medicine that deals with emotional
disturbances
Psychoanalysts - correct 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.
Clinical social worker - correct answer. is similar to a clinical psychologist but with
different training.
Counseling psychologists - correct answer. help people with educational, vocational,
marriage, health-related, and other decisions
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