Test #1

Question 1

what is the biopsychosocial approach

Answer 1

uses psychologies 3 main levels of analysis

1) Biological
2) Psychological
3) Social-cultural

Question 2

What are biological influences

Answer 2

• Genetic predisposition
• Genetic mutation
• natural selection
• genes responding to the environment

Question 3

what is psychological influence

Answer 3

learned fears & expectations
emotional responses
cognitive processing & perceptual interdependence

Question 4

what is social-cultural influence

Answer 4

prescience of others
culture & expectations
group influence
media

Question 5

what did aristotle believe

Answer 5

observation & questioning to understand the body-psyche relationship
-Philosophical empiricism: the idea that all knowledge is acquired through experience

Question 6

What did plato believe

Answer 6

-Nativism: certain kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate

Question 7

What did Rene Descartes believe

Answer 7

Dualism or the idea that the mind & body are separate entities that interact

Question 8

what did locke believe

Answer 8

human nature is characterised by reason and tolerance. Locke believed that human nature allowed people to be selfish.

Question 9

what did pavlov believe

Answer 9

classical conditioning & learning /behaviourist perspective

Question 10

What did wilhelm wundt believe

Answer 10

STARTED STRUCTURALISM

• wrote first psych textbook
• the what of mental behaviour
• basic elements of sensation can reveal underlying mind structure
• introspection