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Psychology Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental process |
| Behavior (def) | Anything we do i.e. talking, sleeping,blinking, reading, etc. |
| Mental process (def) | Private, internal experiences i.e. dreaming, thinking, blinking, reading |
| Critical Thinking (def) | objective evaluation, comparison, analyzing, and synthesizing information |
| We only use 10% of our brain (True or False) | False |
| Most brain activity stops during sleep (True or False) | False |
| Police departments often use psychics to help solve crime (True or False) | False |
| Punishment is the most effective way to permanently change behavior (True or False) | False |
| Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable (True or False) | True |
| Polygraph tests can accurately and relably reveal whether a person is lying (True or False) | False |
| People who threaten suicide seldom follow through with it (True or False) | False |
| People with schizophrenia have two or more distinct personalities (True or False) | False |
| Similarity is one of the best predictors of long term relationships (True or False) | True |
| As the number of bystanders increases, the chance of getting help decreases (True or False) | True |
| Pseudopsychologies (def) | Give the appearance of science, but are false |
| List the pseudopsychologies | Psychics, Mediums, Palmistry, Psychometry, Psychokinesis, Astrology |
| What is a psychic? | A person sensitive to nonphysical or supernatural stuff |
| What is a Medium? | A channel of communication between earth and spirits |
| What is palmistry? | Reading a future or character by palm lines |
| What is psychometry? | Determining facts about an object by handling it |
| What is psychokinesis? | Moving objects with your mind |
| What is astrology? | Stars and planets supposedly determine personality and state of affairs |
| What are the 4 basic processes to psychology? | Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Change |
| Description is? | "What" occured...naming and classifying behavior by observing |
| Explanation is? | "Why" a behavior/mental process occured |
| Nature-Nurture controversy | Are we controlled by genetics or environment and learning |
| Interactions (def) | Multiple factors influence one another and the outcome |
| Prediction is? | Identifying the condtions under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur |
| Change is? | applying psychological knowledge to prevent unwanted outcomes or bring about desired goals |
| What is the difference between psychiatry and psychology? | Psychiatrists are M.D.s and can prescribe medications; Psychologists are PhD, PsyD, or EdDs. |
| Neuroscience/Biopsychology (def) | How physical/chemical process affect structure/function of Brain and N.S. |
| Clinical Psychology (def) | Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental/behavioral disorders |
| Cognitive Psychology (def) | "Higher" mental process i.e. thought, memory, creativity |
| Counseling psychology (def) | Work w/less disturbed people, more career and vocational oriented |
| Developmental psychology (def) | Studies course of growth/development |
| Educational/School Psychology (def) | Promotes intellectual, social, and emotional development of children |
| Experimental Psychology (def) | Examines learning, conditioning, motivation, emotion, sensation, and perception |
| Forensic Psychology (def) | Legal stuff i.e. jury selection, profiling, etc. |
| Gender/Cultural Psychology (def) | How men and women of different cultures are similar or different |
| Health Psychology (def) | How biological, psychological, and social factors affect health |
| Industrial/Organizational Psychology (def) | Applies principles to workplace (HR) |
| Social Psychology (def) | Investigates social forces and behavior i.e aggression, prejudice, love, conformity |
| Top 3 psychology degrees are in which specialties? | Clinical (53%), Counseling (11%) and "Other" (17.9%) |
| Who is the "father of psychology"? | Wilhelm Wundt |
| What book did the "father of psychology" write? | Principles of Physiological Psychology |
| Introspection (def) | Study of how we form sensations, image, and feelings |
| What is structuralism? | Trying to identify the structures of the mind, became a model for studying mental process. |
| Who created structuralism? | Edward Titchener (stole Wundts idea from Germany) |
| What is functionalism? | Studying how the mind functions to adapt humans and nonhumans to their environment. Influenced by Darwin |
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