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Psychology 101: Exam 1 Review - Key Concepts and Questions, Exams of Psychology

A comprehensive review of key concepts and questions for psychology 101 exam 1. It covers fundamental definitions, goals of psychology, major perspectives, research methods, and ethical guidelines. Multiple-choice questions and answers, offering valuable insights into the subject matter.

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What does the word "behavior" mean in the definition of psychology? ✔✔Behavior includes all
of our outward or overt actions and reactions.
What does the word "mental processes" mean in the definition of psychology? ✔✔Mental
processes refers to all internal, covert activity of our minds.
What are the four goals of psychology as a science? ✔✔The goal of psych is to learn how things
work, uncovering the mysteries of human behaviors.
What is a nerve a bundle of? ✔✔Axons
What is the hippocampus for? ✔✔The hippocampus is responsible for long term memory.
Who created the idea of introspection as a method to measure mental activity? ✔✔Wilhulm
Wundt
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What does the word "behavior" mean in the definition of psychology? ✔✔Behavior includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions.

What does the word "mental processes" mean in the definition of psychology? ✔✔Mental processes refers to all internal, covert activity of our minds.

What are the four goals of psychology as a science? ✔✔The goal of psych is to learn how things work, uncovering the mysteries of human behaviors.

What is a nerve a bundle of? ✔✔Axons

What is the hippocampus for? ✔✔The hippocampus is responsible for long term memory.

Who created the idea of introspection as a method to measure mental activity? ✔✔Wilhulm Wundt

Which psychologist was most concerned about the study of adaptation to surroundings? ✔✔Wlliam James

What did Freud believe controlled most of our behavior? ✔✔Our unconscious thoughts

What perspective is the "third force?" ✔✔Humanisitc

Which perspective is most interested in self-actualization? ✔✔Humanistic

Which perspective is interested in storage and retrieval of information? ✔✔Cognitive

Which perspective is interested in how behavior relates to the survival of a species? ✔✔Evolutionary

What are the steps of the scientific method? ✔✔1. Perceiving Question

  1. Hypothesis---> Educated guess
  2. Testing
  3. Conclusion

What kind of study involves not informing the participants regarding whether are are in the experimental or control group? ✔✔Single-blind

What kind of study involves neither the experimenter nor the subjects knowing who is in the experimental or control group? ✔✔Double-blind

What are the ethical guidelines of research? ✔✔1. The right's and well-being of the participants must be weighed against the study's value to science

  1. Participants must be allowed to make an informed decision about participation
  2. Deception must be justified
  3. Participants may withdraw from the study at any time
  4. Participants must be protected from risks or told explicitly of risks
  5. Investigators must debrief participants, telling the true nature of the study and expectations of results
  6. Data must remain confidential
  7. If for any reason study results in undesirable consequences for the participant, the researcher is responsible for detecting and removing or correcting, these consequences

What are the steps for scientific investigation? ✔✔1. Observe something of interest

  1. Formulate a question that can be answered in a measurable way
  2. Formulate a hypothesis that answers that question
  3. Set up an experiment to test your hypothesis

What did Ivan Pavlov study and what did his study involve? ✔✔Pavlov study of the digestive system led to the first experimental model of classical conditioning. He did most of his work on dogs. Classical condition occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired.

Critical thinking is making judgements based on what? ✔✔Research

What perspective believes "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?" ✔✔Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka

Which perspective might be particularly interested in mate selection processes? ✔✔Darwin

Who oversaw the first psychology lab in 1879? ✔✔Willhelm Wundt

How do neurons communicate- what travels across a gap and what does that substance do once across the gap? ✔✔Neurotransmitters travel across the gap, once across the gap they fit