PSY 121 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
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PSY 121
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PSY 121
Gestalt psychology -ANSWER early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particularly the perception of patterns and whole firgures
psychoanalysis -ANSWER Freud's term for both the theory of personality and the therapy based no it; an insight therapy based on the theory o...
, PSY 121 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
psychology -ANSWER the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
objective introspection -ANSWER the process of examining and measuring one's own
thoughts and mental activities
functionalism -ANSWER early perspective in psychology associated with William
James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work,
and play
Gestalt psychology -ANSWER early perspective in psychology focusing on perception
and sensation, particularly the perception of patterns and whole firgures
psychoanalysis -ANSWER Freud's term for both the theory of personality and the
therapy based no it; an insight therapy based on the theory of Freud, emphasizing the
revealing of unconscicous conflicts
behaviorism -ANSWER the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior
only
psychodynamic perspective -ANSWER modern version of psychoanalysis that is more
focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations
behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations
behavioral perspective -ANSWER psychological perspective that focuses on how
behavioral responses are learned through classical or operant conditioning
humanistic perspective -ANSWER psychological perspective that focuses on human
potential, free will, and possibility of self-actualization
cognitive perspective -ANSWER modern theory in which classical conditioning is seen
to occur because the conditioned stimulus provides information or expectancy about the
coming of the unconditioned stimulus
cognitive neuroscience -ANSWER study of the physical changes in the brain and
nervous system during thinking
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