Empiricism - ANSWER is a philosophical tenet that knowledge comes through experience.
Determinism - ANSWER is the belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-effect relationships
What did Ancient Greece believe the 4 fluids were? - ANSWER Blood, Yellow Bile, Black Bile, Phlegm
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Psychology 1000 Midterm 1 Questions &
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Empiricism - ANSWER is a philosophical tenet that knowledge comes through
experience.
Determinism - ANSWER is the belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-
effect relationships
What did Ancient Greece believe the 4 fluids were? - ANSWER Blood, Yellow Bile,
Black Bile, Phlegm
What are Pergamon four temperaments? - ANSWER Sanguine (Blood), Choleric
(Yellow bile), Melancholic (Black Vile), Phlegmatic (Phlegm)
What is Sanguine (blood)? - ANSWER is the tendency to be impulsive, pleasure-
seeking, and charismatic.
(One of Pergamon four temperaments)
What is Choleric (yellow bile)? - ANSWER a tendency to be ambitious, energetic and a
bit aggressive
Melancholic (black vile) - ANSWER a tendency to be independant, perfectionistic and a
bit introverted
Phlegmatic (Phlegm) - ANSWER a tendency to be quiet, relaxed and content with life
Zeitgeist - ANSWER refers to general set of belief of a particular culture at a particular
time in history
Materialism - ANSWER the belief that humans and and other living things are
composed exclusively of physical matter
Dualism - ANSWER The belief that there are properties of human beings that are not
material (a mind or should separate from the body)
Psychophysics - ANSWER which is the study of the relationship between the physical
world and the mental representation of that world. The term was coined by Gustav
Fletcher
Clinical Psychology - ANSWER the field of psychology that concentrates on the
diagnoses and treatment of psychological disorders
,Psychoanalysis - ANSWER is a psychological approach that attempts to explain how
behaviour and personality are influenced by unconscious processes. developed by
Sigmund Frued
Nature and Nurture relationships - ANSWER the inquiry how heredity (nature) and how
environment (nurture) influence behaviour and mental processes
Structuralism - ANSWER was an attempt to analyze conscious experience by breaking
it down into basics elements, and to understand how these elements work together
Functionalism - ANSWER is the study of the purpose and function of behaviour and
conscious experience
Behaviourism - ANSWER an approach that dominated the first half of the 20th century
of North American psychology and had a singular focus on studying only observable
behaviour, with little to no reference to mental events or instincts as possible influences
on behaviour.
Humanistic psychology - ANSWER Focuses on the unique aspects of each individual
human, each persons freedom to act, his/her rational thought, and belief that humans
are fundamentally different then other animals
Using science makes us ______ and ______ - ANSWER objective and accurate
How are objective measures used? - ANSWER 1. The measurement is objective across
instruments and observers
2. the use of operational definitions helps with objectivity
3. The measure must be valid-does it measure what it claims to measure
4.The measure must be reliable-do we get the same score time and time again across
observers
Random Sampling - ANSWER Making sure that every individual in the population has
an equal chance of being included in your sample
True or false? random sampling is almost impossible to do - ANSWER true
Convince Sampling - ANSWER using samples of individuals who are most readily
available (most commonly used in psychology)
What is researcher bias? - ANSWER When the researchers own expectations or
theoretical slant can influence the study
What is Intentional Bias? - ANSWER when the researcher deliberately makes up data
What is Wis fulfillment bias? - ANSWER when the researcher pushes "grey area"
results in their favour
, What us accidental/inadvertent bias? - ANSWER When a researcher may accidentally
treat one group slightly different then the other group
How do you control Researcher and participant bias? - ANSWER double-blind
procedure
By studying a _________, scientists hope that they can generalize the results of their
investigation to a _________.
A) population; sample
B) specific behaviour; culture
C) random sample; normative sample
D) sample; population - ANSWER D) Sample; Population
Which of the following is an example of a demand characteristic affecting an
experiment?
A) A participant in a double-blind experiment believes she is in the control group.
B) An experimenter stops using a test because it does not appear to be reliable.
C) An experimenter draws the wrong conclusions form a study because she did not use
the correct statistical analysis.
D) A participant changes his response to a question because he has a feeling that the
experimenter wants him to do so. - ANSWER D) A participant changes his response to
a question because he has a feeling that the experimenter wants him to do so.
What does a correlation coefficient of -0.89 indicate about two variables?
A) the variables are weakly associated, with both increasing together
B) the variables are strongly associated, with one increasing as the other decreases
C) the variables are strongly associated, with both increasing together
D) the variables are weakly associated, with one increasing as the other decreases -
ANSWER B) the variables are strongly associated, with one increasing as the other
decreases
Most people would agree that anxiety can lead to sleep loss. However, Dr. Jenkins
believes that sleep deprivation can also cause increased anxiety. Which research
method would allow him to test a cause-effect relationship between the two?
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