Psych Unit One quiz

 

The science of Behavior and mental processes

These Ancient Greeks said the mind is separable from the body

This guy said knowledge grows from experience

This guy said that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes

Founder of Modern Science and helped with empiricism

This guy proposed the mind as a blank slate, which experiences write. Founder of empiricism.

This guy established the first psychology laboratory with Stanley Hall and his student founded the school of structuralism

Sometimes unreliable self-reflection

School of thought that aimed to understand the structure of the conscious mind by breaking it down into its basic elements, such as sensations and perceptions

This guy introduced structuralism

A school of thought that that focuses on the purpose and function of mental processes and behaviors rather than their structure, emphasizing how these processes help organisms adapt to their environment

This guy promoted functionalism

This guy heavily influenced the principles behind functionalism

First Woman Psychologist. First President of the APA and a memory researched.

First Woman Psychology PhD and wrote the “Animal Mind”

The view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

These two guys started behavioralism

This guy made psychoanalytic psychology

Psychology, focusing on the potential for personal growth, created by Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

The study of mental processes, such has how we perceive, learn, think, communicate, and solve problems

The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition

Refers to the classic debate over whether inherited genetic factors (nature) or life experiences and environmental influences (nurture) are more significant in shaping human behavior and development.

The principle that inherited traits that better and enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will be passed on to succeeding generations.

The study of the evolution of behavior of the mind using principles of natural selection

The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

The scientific study of human curiosity, with goals of discovery and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive.

An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints.

The scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning.

The scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes.

A branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders.

The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking.

The study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.

Science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

Studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan

Study of how psychological process can enhance teaching and learning

Study of individuals characteristics patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting

Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Aims to solve practical problems

The application of concepts and methods to optimize human behavior

Study that explores how people and machines can be made safe and easy to use

A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.

A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.

A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who are licensed to provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy.

This woman focused on studying children and their development

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.)

We answer questions with confidence that are normally incorrect. We overestimate our ability and confirm biases

The mistaken belief that a relationship exists between two variables when there is no real connection, or the connection is much weaker than perceived

Combines Curiosity, Skepticism, and humility to evaluate ideas with observation and analysis

An explanation using an integrated set of principle that organizes observations and predicts behavior and events.

A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures (operations) used in a research study. For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures.

Repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding can be reproduced.

A descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.

This type of method seeks to observe and record behavior

This type of method seeks to detect naturally occurring relationships; to assess how well one variable predicts another

This type of method seeks to explore cause and effect

Giving potential participants enough information about a study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.

the postexperimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants.

Numerical data that allow one to generalize—to infer from sample data the probability of something being true of a population.