Chapter 1

Question 1

Physiological

Answer 1

Having to do with an organism’s physical processes

Question 2

Cognitive

Answer 2

Having to do with an organism’s thinking and understanding

Question 3

Psychology

Answer 3

Scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research

Question 4

Hypothesis

Answer 4

Assumption about behavior that is tested through research

Question 5

Theory

Answer 5

Set of assumption used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study

Question 6

Basic Science

Answer 6

The knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake.

Question 7

Applied Science

Answer 7

Discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish goal

Question 8

Scientific Method

Answer 8

An approach to gather info and answer so there won’t be much error

Question 9

Structuralist

Answer 9

Psychologists who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experience.
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener

Question 10

Introspection

Answer 10

A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feeling

Question 11

Functionalist

Answer 11

Psychologists who study how mental processes help animals and people adapt to their environment
William James

Question 12

Psychoanalyst

Answer 12

Psychologists who studied how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior
Sigmund Freud

Question 13

Behaviorist

Answer 13

Psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in their environment.
B.F. Skinner, John B. Watson

Question 14

Humanist

Answer 14

Psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth

Question 15

Cognitivist

Answer 15

A psychologist who studies how we process, store retrieve, and use info and how they influence our behavior

Question 16

Psychobiologist

Answer 16

Psychologist who studied how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior

Question 17

Psychologist

Answer 17

A scientist who studies the mind and behavior of human and animals

Question 18

Clinical Psychologist

Answer 18

A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances

Question 19

Counseling Psychologist

Answer 19

A psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living

Question 20

Psychiatry

Answer 20

A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders

Question 21

Developmental Psychologist

Answer 21

A psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures

Question 22

Educational Psychologist

Answer 22

A psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn

Question 23

Community Psychologist

Answer 23

A psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare angency

Question 24

Industrial/organizational psychologist

Answer 24

A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers

Question 25

Experimental Psychologist

Answer 25

A psychologist who studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions

Question 26

The four goals of Psych (1 out of 4): Describe

Answer 26

Psychologists will gather data and information about human and animal behavior through naturalistic observation, case studies, surveys, etc.

Question 27

The four goals of Psych (2 out of 4): Explain

Answer 27

Psychologists seek to understand human behavior or "why humans do the things they do". These questions are proposed as hypotheses and can develop into theories.

Question 28

The four goals of Psych (3 out of 4): Predict

Answer 28

As knowledge from research is accumulated, psychologists can begin to make predictions about behavior.

Question 29

The four goals of Psych (4 out of 4): Influence/control

Answer 29

Psychologists then seek to influence behaviors in a helpful way using basic research or applied research

Question 30

Phrenology

Answer 30

A pseudoscience that studies the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.