Module 1 (PSYC 1010) Latest Update 2024-2025 100% Complete Questions and Verified Correct Answers Already Graded A+
applied research - CORRECT ANSWER: scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
basic research - CORRECT ANSWER: -pure science
-aims to increase the SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BASE
behavior genetics - CORRECT ANSWER: -study of genetic and environmental
influences on behavior
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) should be an objective science
2) studies behavior w/o reference to mental process
note: most psychologists agree w/ 1
behaviorism and Freudian psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: major forces of psych
from 1920 to 1960
biopsychosocial approach - CORRECT ANSWER: approach that incorporates
BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, and SOCIAL -CULTURAL levels of analysis
clinical psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: branch of psych that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER: -study of brain activity linked with
cognition
Note: cognition - how we perceive, process, & remember info
community psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: -studies how people INTERACT with
social environments -how social institutions affect individuals and groups
counseling psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: -branch of psychology that ASSISTS
people with problems in life -goal is to help achieve greater well-being
Note: often related to school, work, or marriage
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER: thinking that DOES NOT BLINDLY accept
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culture - CORRECT ANSWER: -behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions
shared by a GROUP -transmitted from one generation to the next
curious, skeptical, humble - CORRECT ANSWER: the THREE MAIN COMPONENTS of
the scientific attitude
empirical approach - CORRECT ANSWER: simple approach
ex: ask basic questions like "Why do you feel that way?"
evolutionary psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: -study of the evolution of behavior and the mind -uses principles of natural selection
Freudian psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: how unconscious thought processes and
emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER: -early school
-PROMOTED by JAMES, INFLUENCED by DARWIN -explored how MENTAL and BEHAVIORAL PROCESSES function -enable the organism to ADAPT, SURVIVE, and FLOURISH
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: -led by Carl Rogers & Abraham
Mashlow -emphasizes human growth potential
introspection - CORRECT ANSWER: looking inward
levels of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: -differing views for analyzing any given
phenomenon
NOTE: from biological to psychological to social-cultural
natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER: principle that chance inherited traits better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
nature-nurture issue - CORRECT ANSWER: controversy that genes and experience
make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
positive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER: -scientific study of human functioning
-discover and promote strengths and virtues that help individuals/communities thrive
psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER: -branch of medicine dealing with psychological
disorders
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