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Unit 1 AP Psychology Review
Unit 1 AP Psychology Review
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What is humanistic psychology?
Studying consciousness, free will, and human condition
Studying Freudian psychology
Studying how evolution has affected human traits
Studying repressed memories
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Who is relevant to Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic perspectives?
Sigmund Freud
B.F. Skinner
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
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What is SQ3R?
5-step study means- read, repeat, ask, review, test
5-step study means- survey, question, read, rehearse, review
3-step study means- read, notes, review
3-step study means- read, review, test
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What is behaviorism?
Small monkeys in Nicaragua
Study of people and how they behave
Study of observable behavior
Study of behavior and mental processes
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What did Edward Titchener do?
Studied rats in Skinner boxes
Brought psychology to the United States
Was the student of John Watson
Was the student of William James
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How many approaches are there to psychology? Can you list them all?
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Who did the reaction time experiment?
B.F. Skinner
William Wundt
William James
Edward Titchener
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What is the sociocultural approach?
Sociology integrated into psychology
How social culture affects behavior
The environment affects behavior
Relationships affect behavior
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Who begins experimental psychology?
B.F. Skinner
Edward Titchener
John Locke
William James
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What is behavior modification?
Negative punishment
Positive punishment
Conditioning responses
Modifying behavior
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What is basic research?
Pure science- for knowledge's sake
Science that aims to solve practical problems
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What did John Locke believe?
All creatures have evolved into what they are through time
The acquisition of truth through observations and experience
Empiricism
The only things that can exist are material
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What influenced behaviorism?
Structuralism
Empiricism
Functionalism
Materialism
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What did the reaction time experiment find?
To have a quicker reaction time, one must be prepared for it
Our reaction times vary person to person
To be aware of one's consciousness takes longer
Reaction time is the same in twins
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What is Dualism?
Central Nervous System and Somatic Nervous System
Synonym for parallelism
Brain and Endocrine System
Body and spirit
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What is Human Factors psychology?
Optimizing human behavior in workplaces
Studying how humans and machines interact
Studying psychological effects of the workplace on people
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What is the psychoanalytic theory?
Conscious vs. unconscious mind
Oedipus complex
Deals with dreaming
Repressed memories
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What is applied research?
Science that aims to solve practical problems
Pure science- knowledge for knowledge's sake
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What is the biopsychosocial approach?
Biological, social-cultural, and psychological views
Science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
The study of how we relate to one another
How situations and cultures affect us
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What is Psychology?
The study of the mind
The study of behavior
The biopsychosocial approach to studying the world.
The study of behavior and the mind
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What did René Descartes believe?
The only things that exist are matter and energy
The world is predictable because it follows a set of laws
Truth is understood through observations and experiences
Tabula Rasa
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What is psychometrics?
Scientific research that aims to increase knowledge
The combination of physics and psychology
Method of optimizing human behavior in the workplace
Measurements of human abilities, attitudes, & traits
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What did René Descartes believe about the mind and body's interaction?
The different parts can be added together to create a whole.
The mind fulfills its purpose.
The mind controls the body while the body gives input.
Mind and body interact at the pineal gland.
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Who are relevant to Humanistic psychology?
John Watson and B.F. Skinner
William Wundt and William James
William Wundt and Edward Titchener
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
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What did Charles Darwin support?
Natural Selection
Survival of the Fittest
Evolutionary Theory
Functionalism
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What is unconditional positive regard?
Psychologists must not judge patients
Psychologists must be positive
Psychologists may be critical but must be kind about it
Psychologists must be careful about diagnosis
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What is behavioral genetics?
Genes determine almost all of our lives
Certain behaviors are genetically based
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What is the Evolutionary theory?
Darwin. Just Darwin.
Baby narwhals
Repressed memories
Tadpoles turn into humans
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William James was against Structuralism. True or False?
False
True
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What does the term "Tabula Rasa" mean?
Blank Slate
Empty mind
Another term for Table Contraption
Another term for Skinner Box
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What is self-actualization?
Trying to be as fabulous as Beyoncé
Accepting yourself
Realizing your potential
Deciding your future plans
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Who is the Father of Psychology?
William Wundt
William James
John Watson
Edward Titchener
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_______ has largely replaced Behaviorism approaches in the US
Biological psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
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What is cognitive psychology?
Attempting to find repressed memories
A form of psychology that utilizes CAT scans, MRIs, etc.
Thinking about thinking
We need to understand mental environment before other things
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What did Thomas Hobbes believe in?
Materialism- the only things that exist = matter and energy.
The acquisition of truth through observation
The physical world is not under divine intervention.
Tabula Rasa
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What is introspection?
Looking inward
Thinking about thinking
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What two people are significant to Behavioral psychology?
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud and his mom
John Watson and B.F. Skinner
William Wundt and Edward Titchener
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What is psychology's biggest issue?
Biology and experience
Nature and Nurture
Body and Spirit (Dualism)
Approaches to psychology
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What did William Wundt create?
Gestalt
Functionalism
Empiricism
Structuralism
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What is cognitive neuroscience?
The study of the effects of thinking
How the brain activity links with cognition
The study of metacognition
How we think about our brains
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Who were the first to study psychology?
Harvard University
The Greeks
The Romans
Stanford University
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What is introspection?
Thinking about thinking
Identifying one's conscious experience
Truth derives from observable behavior
Mind fulfilling its purpose
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If behavior is observable, what is the mind?
More difficult to study
Nonobservable
Subjective
Irrelevant
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What is biological psychology?
Seeks to understand anatomy and physiology of body and brain
Our biology predetermines where we go and what we will do
Behavior is attributed to genetic makeup
Behavior is observable through naturalistic observations
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What is Structuralism?
How the structure of the brain affects body.
Understanding the small parts would help understand the big.
How the mind fulfills its purpose
The people who are best built to do well in society will
