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Psychology 101 Chapter 1-4 Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Psychology 101
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Psychology 101 Chapter 1-4 Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Psychology 101 Chapter 1-4 Exam QuestionsAnd Answers Latest Update
Psychology - ANS the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior
Scientific Method - ANS sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
Behavioral Perspective - ANS how behavior is learned or modified by
environmental causes (NURTURE)
Behavioral Data - ANS reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and
the conditions under which the behavior occur
Psychodynamic Perspective - ANS behavior is motivated by inherited instincts,
biological drives, & attempts to resolve personal conflicts between personal need
and society's demands
Cognitive Perspective - ANS an approach that emphasizes mental process in
perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior
Humanistic Perspective - ANS emphasizes the individual's inherent capacity for
making rational choices and developing maximum potential
Willhelm Wundt - ANS founding father of psychology
, Biological Perspective - ANS study of physical bases on behavior
Behavior - ANS organisms that adjust to their environment
Standardization - ANS using uniform, consistent, procedures in all phases of data
collection
Hypothesis - ANS tentative and testable statement about the relationship between
causes and consequences
Determinism - ANS the idea that all events are determined by specific casual
factors (physical, mental, and behavioral)
Theory - ANS organized set of concepts (used to formulate research)
Sociocultural Perspective - ANS studies how an individual's behavior and thinking
vary across situations and cultures
Ivan Pavlov - ANS Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism
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