Unit 1

Question 1

What are the three parts of a Scientific Attitude

Answer 1

1. curiosity
2. skepticism
3. humility

Question 2

What is critical thinking

Answer 2

examines assumption, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and accesses conclusion

Question 3

What did Aristotle belileve/think

Answer 3

knowledge is preexisting and grows from experiences stored in our memory

Question 4

who is Francis Bacon

Answer 4

one of the founders of modern science

Question 5

what did john Locke think

Answer 5

the mind is a blank slate and experiences write on the slate

Question 6

what is the importance of Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 6

he created the first psychological laboratory in dec. 1897

Question 7

who found structuralism

Answer 7

Edward Titchener

Question 8

what is structuralism

Answer 8

uses introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

Question 9

what it introspection

Answer 9

attempting to observe one’s own psychological process

Question 10

what is subjective

Answer 10

how you respond/react

Question 11

who is the founder of functionalism

Answer 11

promoted by William James and influenced by Charles Darwin

Question 12

what is functionalism

Answer 12

how mental and behavioral processes enable organisms to adapt to their environment

Question 13

who was the first female president of the APA

Answer 13

Mary whiton calkins

Question 14

who are the first woman to officially have a psych Ph.D

Answer 14

Margaret Washburn

Question 15

who was the founder of behaviorism

Answer 15

John watson and later b.f skinner

Question 16

what is behaviorism

Answer 16

the study of behavior without reference to mental processes

Question 17

what is psychoanalysis

Answer 17

believed the unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect behavior

Question 18

who was the founder of psychoanalysis

Answer 18

Sigmund Freud

Question 19

what is humanistic psych

Answer 19

rejected behaviorists and Freudian beliefs believed it was too limiting, and focused more on our potential growth

Question 20

cognitive psych

Answer 20

the study of mental processes

Question 21

psychology

Answer 21

the science of behavior and mental processes

Question 22

what is evolutionary psych

Answer 22

study of evolution in behavior and mind

Question 23

nature v nurture

Answer 23

nature is your genetics and how you were born while nurture is your experiences, environment

Question 24

biopsychosocial approach

Answer 24

1. biological influences
2. psychologival influences
3. social-cultural influences