Psych 101 Midterm Exam/ 105 Questions with
Definitive Solutions.
BF skinner agued that consequences shape - Answer: Behavior
Historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential --
rejected behaviorism and Freudian definition of psych - Answer: Humanistic
Psychology
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including
perception, thinking, memory, and language) - Answer: Cognitive Neuroscience
Who drew attention to ways that the environmental influences can nurture/limit
growth potential? - Answer: Roger and Maslow
What did the Cognitive Revolution (1960's) focus on? - Answer: How we perceive,
process, and remember information
, Science of mental processes and behavior - Answer: Modern definition of
psychology
3 Main levels of influence - Answer: biological, psychological, cultural
A self correcting process for evaluating ideas with observation and analysis -
Answer: Scientific Method
Why do we use operational definitions? - Answer: To avoid bias
Explains behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize what we have
observed - Answer: Theory
Theory that produces testable predictions - Answer: Hypothesis
Descriptive technique in which one individual/group is studied in depth in the
hope of revealing universal principles - Answer: Case study
Descriptive technique of observing & recording behavior in naturally occurring
situations without trying to manipulate or control the situation - Answer:
Naturalistic Observation
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