Psychology Test 1

Front 1

psychology as a science began in the lab of______ using the method of _______

Back 1

wundt, introspection

Front 2

according to titchner, one could break down all experiences into 3 components, which were

Back 2

sensations, feelings, images

Front 3

in psychology, william james was highly influential in developing the school of thought known as

Back 3

functionalism

Front 4

if you are interested in the functionalist approach to psychology, you would be most interested in

Back 4

how humans use their thoughts to function in their environment

Front 5

psychology is defined as the study of

Back 5

behavior and mental processes

Front 6

according to the definintion of psychology, which of the following is NOT beahvior?

Back 6

feeling hungry

Front 7

according to the def of psychology, which of the following is not a mental process

Back 7

writing down the answer to a long division problem

Front 8

which best depicts john b watson's belief about studying human behavior

Back 8

only visible behavior can be measured and understood

Front 9

with what psychological approach is sigmund freud associated

Back 9

psychodynamic

Front 10

jb watson and bf skinner believed that

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psychology should focus on behavior in the environment that can be seen and measured

Front 11

A theory can be defined as

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a set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations

Front 12

allie has developed a theory concerning test grades. she believes that there is a relationship between her frequency of study and the resulting grade. in order to test her theory she has to formulate a

Back 12

hypothesis

Front 13

if a psychologists were to study"love" she would need to have a _____ love. without specific information, the hypothesis could not be tested

Back 13

operational definition for

Front 14

_______ attemots to view behavior without disturbing th environment

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naturalistic observation

Front 15

naturalistic observation should be

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unobservable

Front 16

a correlation coefficient indicated a ____ between 2 variables

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relationship

Front 17

a positive correlation between 3 variables means that

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as 1 variable increases, the other also increases