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PSY 201 questions with correct answersWho conducted the first psychology experiment? Correct Answer-
Wilhelm Wundt
When? Correct Answer-1879
What did he study? Correct Answer-He measured the time log between
people's hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key.
He was seeking to measure " ATOMS OF THE MIND".
What is structuralism? Correct Answer-an early school of psychology
that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human
mind.
Who introduced this school of thought? Correct Answer-Edward
Bradford Titchener
What is introspection? Correct Answer-"looking inward" the act of
looking within oneself
What were some of the problems when using introspection? Correct
Answer-1. It's result varying from person to person
2. Experience to experience.
,What is functionalism? Correct Answer-a school of psychology that
focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they
enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Who advocated this school of thought? Correct Answer-William James
What is behaviorism? Correct Answer-the view that psychology (1)
should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without
reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree
with (1) but not with (2).
Humanistic psychology? Correct Answer-historically significant
perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and
the individual's potential for personal growth.
Cognitive neuroscience? Correct Answer-The study of the thought
process and brain function. the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory,
and language).
• neuroscience perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology
that focuses on how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and
sensory experiences
• evolutionary perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology
whose focus is on how natural selection of traits promoted the survival
of genes
, • behavior genetics Correct Answer-perspective in psychology that
examines how much our genes and our environment influene our
individual differences
• psychodynamic perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology
that emphasizes how behavior springs from unconscious desires
• behavioral perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology
whose focus in on how we learn observable responses
• cognitive perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology that
focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
• social-cultural perspective Correct Answer-perspective in psychology
that focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across situations and
cultures
How do we define psychology? Correct Answer-the science of behavior
and mental processes.
What is the nature-nurture issue? Correct Answer-the longstanding
controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience
make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's
science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature
and nurture
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