prologue

Question 1

vcritical thinking

Answer 1

examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions

Question 2

neuroscience perspective

Answer 2

how the body and brain enable emotions, and sensory experiences

Question 3

evolutionary perspective

Answer 3

how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes

Question 4

behavior genetics perspective

Answer 4

how our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

Question 5

psychodynamic perspective

Answer 5

how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

Question 6

behavioral perspective

Answer 6

how we learn observable responses

Question 7

cognitive perspective

Answer 7

how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

Question 8

social-culture perspective

Answer 8

how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

Question 9

who was Wundt

Answer 9

first psychologist who aimed to measure the atoms of the mind

Question 10

what is structuralism

Answer 10

a school of thought brought by titchner, and relied on self-reported introspection

Question 11

what is functionalism

Answer 11

a school of thought brought by James, and studied evolved functions of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

Question 12

what is behaviorism

Answer 12

the scientific study of observable behavior without reference to mental processes

Question 13

who were proponents of behaviorism

Answer 13

Watson and skinner

Question 14

what did freud emphasize

Answer 14

how unconscious thought processes and emotional responses to childhood experiences affect later behavior

Question 15

what is humanistic psychology

Answer 15

focused on ways that current environments nature or limit growth potential and the importance of having the needs for love and acceptance satisfied

Question 16

who led humanistic psychology

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carl rogers and Abraham Maslow

Question 17

what is cognitive psychology

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a way to scientifically explore ways in which information is perceived, processed, and remembered

Question 18

psychology

Answer 18

science of behavior and mental processes

Question 19

behavior

Answer 19

any action that can be observed or recorded

Question 20

mental processes

Answer 20

internal, subjective experience inferred from behavior

Question 21

what is positive psychology

Answer 21

research on human flourishing

Question 22

who is the main proponent of positive psychology

Answer 22

Martin seligman

Question 23

what is evolutionary psychology

Answer 23

focuses on how humans are alike because of common biology and evolutionary history

Question 24

what is behavior genetics

Answer 24

focuses on differences related to differing genes and environments

Question 25

what is cross cultural psychology

Answer 25

focuses on how culture shapes behavior but recognizes that some underlying processes are universal

Question 26

what is gender psychology

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focuses on differences; males and females are overwhelmingly similar

Question 27

what 3 levels of analysis are used in the biopsychosocial approach

Answer 27

biological, psychological, and social-cultural

Question 28

what does SQ3R stand for?

Answer 28

survey, question, read, rehearse, review