General Psychology: Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Modern psychology is best considered to be a...
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A distinction between the spiritual mind and the physical body
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Which topic would NOT be investigated by a psychologist if the definition of psychology were limited to "the science of behavior"?
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Development perspective, sociocultural perspective, and traits
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These psychologist perform most of the research that creates new psychological knowledge:
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Experimental psychologist
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Margaret is a psychologist who designs programs to increase employee morale and workplace productivity. She is a(n)__________ psychologist
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Industrial and organizational psychologists
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A(n)_____________ psychologist would be most likely to help individuals overcome the symptoms of depression or an anxiety disorder
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Clinical psychological
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One major difference between psychiatry and psychology is that psychiatry is
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A medical specialty tend to patients with more severe mental disorders and also to view patients from medical perspective. Psychology encompasses the whole range of human behavior and mental processes
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Dr. Branuz has been treating a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr. Braunz is a...
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Psychiatrist
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Psychology is differentiated from pseudo-psychology because of...
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scientific truth, pseudo-psychology; unsupported psychological beliefs masquerading as scientific truth
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After the abduction and murder of a well-known business leader, lawn makers immediately passed new legislation for increased penalties. This is an example of __________ bias.
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emotional bias
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Gwen has posted a questionnaire on MySpace asking her friends to support her idea of cell phones in the classroom. She ignores anyone opposing her beliefs, which is an example of ....
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Confirmation bias
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Noted Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle observed that...
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Introspection
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French Philosopher Rene Descartes most likely would believed that individuals suffer from schizophrenia due to
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The spiritual mind or behaviorist perspective
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What is the best analogy for Wundt's Titchener's mission for psychology?
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Wundt "The method of science used to objectively measure and study the natural world, could be used to study the mind and body. To reveal the most basic structures or components of the mind
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Gestalt psychology argued that perception is...
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The whole of our conscious experience is more than simply the sum of its parts
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A scientist who studies the strategies involved in playing a game of chess is most likely to follow a(n) ___________ approach to psychology.
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Applied or cognitive
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The key feature of behaviorism that distinguishes it from other approaches to psychology is that...
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Behaviorists refrained from making any subjective assumptions about what the outward behavior (avoidance) represented internally (fear)
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According to this perspective, people change as the interactions of heredity and environment unfold over time...
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Development perspective
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The ____________ approach views the mind, particularly the unconscious mind, as a reservoir of energy for the personality.
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Psychodynamic
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Ted is seeing a humanistic psychologist for therapy. His psychologist is most likely to focus on
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Human ability, growth, and potential
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"Differences individuals are a result of differences in persistent characteristics and internal dispositions." This is the basic premise of which psychological perspective?
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Traits and temperament
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"Children who watch violent cartoons will become more aggressive." According to the scientific method, this statement is most likely a...
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Correlation-causation fallacy
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The most important aspect of a hypothesis is that it must be a __________ idea.
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Falsifiable
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Random assignment...
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Participants are assigned to each group purely by chance
