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General Psychology Final Exam MGCCC
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Social science - Answer✔✔-systematic study o people
Psychology - Answer✔✔-scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Hard Science - Answer✔✔-Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject hypothesis} *chemistry,
physiology}
Soft Science - Answer✔✔-discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific investigation which may
be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy, psychology*
2 parent disciplines of psychology - Answer✔✔-philosophy and physiology
Wundt - Answer✔✔-father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879. gave credibility to
psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)
Structuralism - Answer✔✔-Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down mental processes into
basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and introspection
Funtionalism - Answer✔✔-James.theory which focuses on the purpose of consciousness and mental
behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing - mind adapts to changing environments -
"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-day applied psychology.
psychoanalytic - Answer✔✔-freud
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behaviorism - Answer✔✔-pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)
Cognitive - Answer✔✔-piaget/vygotsky
Humanistic - Answer✔✔-Maslow/rogers
Bio-psyhcological - Answer✔✔-Darwin/Buss
Nature - Answer✔✔-Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of biology(brain, genetics, etc.
Nurture - Answer✔✔-sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones social/cultural context, how
they're raised, environment)
Nature - Answer✔✔-nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up, heredity
Nurture - Answer✔✔-Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing, parenting style,
culture
Nativism - Answer✔✔-Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them
Tabula Rasa - Answer✔✔-Blank slate; Locke; skills and knowledge acquired are brought about life lessons
Pre-conventional - Answer✔✔-moral thinking guided by self interest and consequences of actions (fear
of punishment)
Conventional - Answer✔✔-morality based on desire to please others and folow socially accepted
rules/values (good girl/ bad girl)
Post-conventional - Answer✔✔-advanced moral reasoning; selfpaccepted principles
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General Psychology Final Exam MGCCC
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Social science - Answer✔✔-systematic study o people
Psychology - Answer✔✔-scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Hard Science - Answer✔✔-Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject hypothesis} *chemistry,
physiology}
Soft Science - Answer✔✔-discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific investigation which may
be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy, psychology*
2 parent disciplines of psychology - Answer✔✔-philosophy and physiology
Wundt - Answer✔✔-father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879. gave credibility to
psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)
Structuralism - Answer✔✔-Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down mental processes into
basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and introspection
Funtionalism - Answer✔✔-James.theory which focuses on the purpose of consciousness and mental
behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing - mind adapts to changing environments -
"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-day applied psychology.
psychoanalytic - Answer✔✔-freud
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behaviorism - Answer✔✔-pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)
Cognitive - Answer✔✔-piaget/vygotsky
Humanistic - Answer✔✔-Maslow/rogers
Bio-psyhcological - Answer✔✔-Darwin/Buss
Nature - Answer✔✔-Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of biology(brain, genetics, etc.
Nurture - Answer✔✔-sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones social/cultural context, how
they're raised, environment)
Nature - Answer✔✔-nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up, heredity
Nurture - Answer✔✔-Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing, parenting style,
culture
Nativism - Answer✔✔-Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them
Tabula Rasa - Answer✔✔-Blank slate; Locke; skills and knowledge acquired are brought about life lessons
Pre-conventional - Answer✔✔-moral thinking guided by self interest and consequences of actions (fear
of punishment)
Conventional - Answer✔✔-morality based on desire to please others and folow socially accepted
rules/values (good girl/ bad girl)
Post-conventional - Answer✔✔-advanced moral reasoning; selfpaccepted principles
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