PSYCHOLOGY 2301

PSYCHOLOGY 2301 CHAPTER 1 EVALUATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing information. Psychoanalytic Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER-An approach to understanding behavior and mental processes developed by Freud, which focuses on unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts. Psychodynamic Perspect...

PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Psychology is defined as the - CORRECT ANSWER-scientific study of behavior and mental processes What branch of psychology explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease - CORRECT ANSWER-health psychology Which perspective is correctly paired with its description? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gestalt psychology emphasized the organization of perception The computer metaphor is at the hear...

PSYCHOLOGY 2301 REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Definition of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific study of mind and behavior Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a well-tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results William James - CORRECT ANSWER-founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment John Watson - CORRECT ANSWER-behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given ...

PSYCHOLOGY 2301 UNIT 1 EXAM TEST AND ANSWERS Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes Experimental Psychology uses what method - CORRECT ANSWER-Scientific Method Applied Psychology uses what method - CORRECT ANSWER Physiological Method Hallmarks of a good theory - CORRECT ANSWER-testable, inform practice what is important, continued research contributes to best and simplest information Focus of Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER-Consciou...