PSY102 RYERSON Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSY102 RYERSON Midterm UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- scientific study of the brain, mind and behaviour
multiply determined - CORRECT ANSWER- produced by many factors
scientific psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- -process based approach, not concerned
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PSY102 RYERSON Midterm UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- scientific study of the brain, mind and behaviour
multiply determined - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- produced by many factors
scientific psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -process based approach, not concerned
with individuals but group norms
-behaviour can be explained in terms of biological, electrical and chemical changes in the
brain
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- we can predict behaviour, not through
deterministic laws but based on values, language, development and attitudes
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Wundt + Titchener
-identify basic elements + "structures" of psychological experience
-'periodic table' of elements of consciousness
introspection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- method by which trained observers carefully
reflect and report on their mental experiences
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -William James influenced by Charles Darwin
-evolutionary theory in modern psychology
-identify adaptive purposes or functions of psychological characteristics such as thoughts,
feelings + behaviours
behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Watson + Skinner
- Uncover general principles of learning underlying human and animal behaviour
,natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- principle that organisms that possess
adaptations survive and reproduce at a higher rate than do other organisms
cognitivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Piaget + Neisser
-school of psychology that proposes that thinking is central to understanding behaviour
psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Freud + Jung
- Focus on internal, psychological processes that control our behaviour (drives)
naive realism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- There is one objective reality and we each believe
that we see the world precisely as it is
scientific theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Explanation for a large number of findings or
observations that ties multiple findings together.
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- testable prediction derived from a scientific theory
confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- tendency to seek out evidence that supports
our hypotheses and deny, dismiss or distort evidence that contradicts them
apophenia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- tendency to perceive meaningful connections among
unrelated phenomena
Occam's razor (parsimony) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- simplest explanation for a given set
of data is usually the best one
heuristics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that often lead to
a solution (but not always).
base rate fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fail to consider how common a given
characteristics or behaviour is in general population
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