Ap Psych Unit 1 Test

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psychological science seeks to answer question about how people... (3 things)

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think, feel, act

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Greek philosophers Plato and Socrates concluded that what two things are separate

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mind and body

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greek philosophers Plato and Socrates believe that knowledge is...

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innate or born within us

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who was Socrates and Plato's student

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Aristotle

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what are Aristotle's beliefs about knowledge

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it grows from experiences stored in our memories

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what enables body movements according to french philosopher Rene Descartes?

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animal spirits

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English philosopher John Locke believes that the mind at birth is a....

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blank slate

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blank slate

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Tabula Rasa

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empiricism

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the view that science should rely on observation and experimentation

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what does empiricism believe science should rely on?

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observation and experimentation

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the first psychological laboratory was found in 1879 by...

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Wilhelm Wundt's student

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Edward Bradford Titchener

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Titchener introduced the school of...

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structuralism

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structuralism

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explored the basic elements of the mind using the method of introspection

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T or F introspection was unreliable

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true

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who was william james influenced by

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Charles Darwin

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william james believes thinking develops because it is...

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adaptive

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william james founded the school of....

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functionalist

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the school of functionalist focused on...

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how mental and behavioral processes inable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

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who was the first female president of the American Psychological Association (APA)

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Mary Calkins

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who was the first woman to receive a PhD in psychology

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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experimental psychologists

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explore thinking and behavior by conducting experiments

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what are the historical roots of psychology (2)

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philosophy and biology

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early psychologist who pioneered the study of learning

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ivan pavlov

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early psychologist who was a personality theorist

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sigmund freud

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early psychologist who studied children

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jean piaget

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how was psychology defined in its early years

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the science of mental life

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ow was psychology defined from 1920-1960

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the science of observable behavior

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during the 1960s, psychology underwent what kind of revolution

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cognitive

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cognitive

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how our mind processes and retains information

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the study of brain activity linked with mental activity is called...

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cognitive neuroscience

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how does the author define psychology

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scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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behavior

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any action that we can observe and record

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mental processes

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internal, subjective experiences we infer from behavior

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psychology is less a set a findings and more...

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a way of asking and answering questions

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the number of psychologists is...

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increasing

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psychological science is...

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globalizing

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the nature-nurture issue is the controversy over who's (2) contributions

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Plato and Aristotle

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Naturalist Charles Darwin explained pieces variation by proposing the process of...

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evolution

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evolution works through the principle of...

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natural selection

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what 2 traits will most likely be passive on to succeeding generations

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survival and reproduction

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nurture works on what ___ endows

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nature

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every biological event is also a ...

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psychological event

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each person is a complex ...

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system

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systems are part of a larger....

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social system

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three main levels of analysis

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biological, psychological, social-cultural

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biological, psychological, social-cultural integrated approach

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biopsychosocial approach to the study of behavior and mental processes

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biological perspective

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study how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

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evolutionary perspective

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study how natural selection influences behavior tendencies

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psychodynamic perspective

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believe behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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behavioral perspective

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study the mechanisms by which observable responses are acquired and changed

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cognitive perspective

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explores how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

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humanistic perspective

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explore how people attempt to fulfill their potential

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social-cultural perspective

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study how thinking and behavior vary in different situations

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different perspectives on big issues ______ each other

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complement

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psychometrics

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branch of psychology devoted to measuring our abilities, attitudes, and traits

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psychologists may be involved in conducting

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basic research

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basic research builds pyschologys

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knowledge base or applied research

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applied research

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seeks solutions to practical problems

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developmental psychologists

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study our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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educational psychologists

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study influences on teaching and learning

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personality psychologists

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investigate our persistent traits

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social psychologists

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explore how we view and affect one another

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counseling psychologists

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help people cope with problems in living

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clinical pyschologists

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study, assess, and treat troubled people

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psychiatrists

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provide psychotherapy and treat physical causes of psychological disorders

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SQ3R

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survey, question, read, rehearse, review

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5 study tips

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1 distribute your study time

2 learn to think critically

3 listen actively

4 overlearn

5 be a smart test taker

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freudian psychology and behaviorism is critiqued as

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too mechanistic

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carl rogers and abraham maslow forged what psychology

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humanistic

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humanistic psychology

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emphasized the growth of healthy people

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In its earliest days, psychology was defined as the...

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science of mental life

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who would be most likely to agree with the statement, "psychology should investigate only behaviors that can be observed"

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sigmund freud

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today, psychology is defined as the

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science of behavior and mental processes

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who introduced the early school of structural ism

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edward titchner

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who wrote the early textbook principles of psychology

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william james

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which of the following exemplifies the issue of the relative importance of nature vs nurture on our behavior

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the debate as to the relative importance of heredity and instinct in determining behavior

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the 17th century philosopher who believed the mind is blank at birth and that most knowledge comes through sensory experience

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locke

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which 17th century philosopher believed that some ideas are innate

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plato

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which psychological perspective emphasizes the interaction of the brain and body in behavior

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cognitive

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a psychologist who explores how asian and north american definitions of attractiveness doffer is working from the

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social-cultural perspective

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a psychologist who conducts experiments solely intended to build psychologys knowledge base is engaged in

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basic research

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psychologists who study, assess, and treat troubled people are called

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clinical psychologists