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bkx PSY212 T4, P5
PSY-212 Test #4, Part 5: CH 14
Question | Answer |
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Proximate explanation | A focus on relatively immediate causes |
Ultimate explanation | A focus on background or historical causes |
Triangulation | Technique of examining the same problem using different research methods, each having different biases |
List the Four Major Theoretical Perspectives | 1) Sociocultural 2) Evolutionary 3) Social learning 4) Social cognitive |
Sociocultural perspective | Focuses on group-level processes |
Evolutionary perspective | Focuses on general principles of survival and reproduction that apply across cultures and species |
Social learning perspective | Focuses on rewards and punishments in particular environments |
Social cognitive perspective | Focuses on processes involved in noticing, interpreting, judging, and remembering social events |