Behavioural Science 10183 WSU Final Exam
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Quiz :Behavioural Perspective - √Answer :focuses on the role of the external
environment in governing our actions
Quiz :Monism - √Answer :the presumption that mind and body are different
aspects of the same thing
Quiz :psychodynamic perspective - √Answer :the approach based on the view
that behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the
individual has little control
Quiz :Who developed psychodynamic theory? - √Answer :Sigmund Freud
Quiz :Ivan Pavlov - √Answer :Pioneer in behavioural psychology focusing on
classical conditioning
Quiz :cognition perspective - √Answer :a psychological perspective that focuses
on the way people perceive, process, and retrieve information
Quiz :Collectivism - √Answer :giving priority to the goals of one's group (often
one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly.
Most common in Asian pacific, African, and South American Cultures.
Quiz :Behavioural Neuroscience - √Answer :an approach to psychology that
links psychological processes to activities in the nervous system and other
bodily processes
Quiz :Perspectives of Psychology - √Answer :biological, psychological and
environmental/social
Quiz :Psychology definition - √Answer :the scientific study of behavior and
mental processes
Quiz :4 goals of psychology - √Answer :description, explanation, prediction,
control
,Quiz :John B. Watson - √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
Quiz :Who contributed to early monism? - √Answer :John Locke, Thomas
Hobbes
Quiz :Tabula Rasa - √Answer :John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet
ultimately bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning,
formulate ideas. Behavioural perspective
Quiz :discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of
a bell - √Answer :Ivan Pavlov
Quiz :Edward Thorndike - √Answer :behaviourism; Law of Effect-relationship
between behaviour and consequence
Quiz :Pioneer in operant conditioning who discovered concepts in
intstrumental learning such as the law of effect. Known for his work with cats
in puzzle boxes.
Behaviorism - √Answer :Edward Thorndike
Quiz :Behaviourism - √Answer :A theoretical orientation based on the premise
that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour
Quiz :founder of behaviourism - √Answer :John B. Watson
Quiz :B.F. Skinner - √Answer :Behaviourist that developed the theory of
operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats
Quiz :Humanism - √Answer :Emphasised free will, personal growth and the
attempt to find meaning in ones existence
Quiz :Carl Rogers - √Answer :1902-1987; Field: humanistic; Contributions:
founded person-centered therapy, theory that emphasizes the unique quality
of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth,
unconditional positive regard, fully functioning person
,Quiz :Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) - √Answer :German philosopher who
conducted pioneering memory studies and Gestat Psychology
Quiz :Gestat Psychology - √Answer :How the mind organises elements of
experience into unified or whole form - the whole is greater than the sum of its
parts.
Quiz :cognitive neuroscience - √Answer :the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and
language)
Quiz :sociocultural perspective - √Answer :A psychological approach that
emphasizes social and cultural influences on behaviour
Quiz :Socialisation - √Answer :The process of acquiring values, attitudes and
behaviours through interacting with others. Culture transmitted to new
members and internalised by them.
Quiz :cultural psychology - √Answer :the study of how cultures reflect and
shape the psychological processes of their members
Quiz :biological psychology - √Answer :a branch of psychology concerned with
the links between biology and behaviour
Quiz :Behavioural genetics - √Answer :the study of how genes and the
environment influence behaviour
Quiz :evolutionary psychology - √Answer :the study of the evolution of
behaviour and the mind, using principles of natural selection
Quiz :6 major psychological perspectives - √Answer :Psychodynamic,
behavioural, humanistic, cognitive, sociocultural and biological
Quiz :Psychological analysis - √Answer :Cognitive perspective and analysis how
thought, memory and planning influence behaviour
Quiz :Environmental Analysis - √Answer :Stimuli in the physical and social
environment shape our physical thoughts and feelings
, Quiz :biopsychosocial approach - √Answer :an integrated approach that
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
Quiz :Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) - √Answer :Danish philosopher, founder
of existentianalism, said "truth is subjectivity", religion is a personal matter,
and relationships with God require suffering,
Quiz :"Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards" - √Answer :Soren
Kierkegaard
Quiz :Law of Parsimony - √Answer :principle that simple explanations of
phenomena are preferred to complex explanations
Quiz :Variable - √Answer :A factor that can change in an experiment
Quiz :operational definition - √Answer :a statement of the procedures of
measurement used to define research variables
Quiz :self-report measures - √Answer :a method of gathering data about
people by asking them questions about a sample of their behaviour
Quiz :social desirability bias - √Answer :the tendency for people to say what
they believe is appropriate or acceptable
Quiz :overt behaviour - √Answer :a behaviour that can be observed in the form
of a physical response
Quiz :unobtrusive measures - √Answer :ways of observing people so they do
not know they are being studied
Quiz :archival research - √Answer :method of research using past records or
data sets to answer various research questions, or to search for interesting
patterns or relationships
Quiz :NHMRC - √Answer :National Health and Medical Research Council
Quiz :5 principles of ethical research - √Answer :merit, integrity, justice,
beneficence, respect
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