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Which scientific discipline had the most influence on wundtpavlov,freud,and piaget: biology
waht was the primary research method used by W. Wundt: introspection
who studied inner sensations?: wundt
who studied observable behavoir?: watson
an example of mental processing is?: dreaming
and example of behvavioral action is?: smiling
descartes promoted the existence of derived ideas and ____ ideas?: innate
Plato and Descartes wouild agree on which issue of behavior?: nature
aristotle and john locke would agree on whcih issue of behvaior?: nurture
the first psych lab, where and who?: germany, wundt
in the history of psychology, which came first; study of mental process or observable behavior?: mental process
science of behavior and mental processes.: contemporary psychology
example of stability vs. change: child to adult, change of personality with friends or family
identify a study attempting to resolve the issue of nature v. nurtue: learn v innate
Aristotle v Plato//learned vs innate// who proposed which?: aristotle-learned, plato-innate
who proposed the idea that the mind is but a 'tabula rasa at birth, and experience explains all.: locke
who highlighted the curvival advantages of environmentally adaptive traits?: Darwin
which perspective would highlight the similarities of behvaior in iidentical twins/not found in faternal twins?: genetic
which perspective woudl encourage a parent to shape a child's behavior with rewards of praiseand affection?: behavioral
heredity is an issue of which perspective as environment is an issue of which perspective?: hereditary-genetics; environmental-behavioral
the evolutionary and behavioral perspectives differ with respect to which one pair of the 4 major issues of psych.: nature v. nurture
which perspective is concerned with the powers and limits of human reasoning?: cognitive.
depression as a product of gland malfunction would be best explained by which perspective?: nueroscience
similarity of facial expressions throughout varios cultures is best explained by which perspective?: evolutionary
which perspective would explain mating preferences to issues of survivability: evoluntionary
which perspective is most relevant to an understanding to the nature v nurture issue?: genetics
which perspective highlights the effects of blood chemistry on one's moods and thought process: nueroscience
which perspective highlights the unconcious conflicts as directing ones visible behvaior?: psychodynamic
which perspective emphasizes the impact of learning on behavior?: behavioral
which perspective emphasizes the importance of brian chemistry influencing ones feelings: nueroscience
which perspective is concerned with the way individuals interpret their own life experiences?: cognitive
which perspective highlights group membership as a contributory factor of behvaior.: social cultural
what type of psychologist would be involved in the study of memory and language skills, or problem solving: cognitive
what type of psychologist woudl measure customer satisfaction with a new product on sale?: industrial/organizational
what type of psychologist woudl provide therapy?: clinical
what type of psychologist woudl work in lab studies of animal behavior?: experimental.
the practice of formulating testable hypothesis before conducting research is most liekly to reduce waht?: hindsight.
the scientific attitude of humility would most likely be undermined by what in particular?: hingsight.
what technique would help one increase the relaibility of ones findings.: replication
what technique woudl help increase the representativeness of a population sample.: random sample
random sampling would benefit by helping one to aviod what basic problem of surveys?: bias
an example of overgeneralization from vivid cases is: grade school teacher
an example of a naturalist observation.: no involvement
IQ and classroom success have what type of correlation?: positive
any correlation coefficent: any # between -1 and 1
an example of a positive correlation: kids and parents IQ's
an example of a negative correlation.: low income and helath problems.
illusory correlation woudl most likely occur waht(work hard-neg results, no work positive results): both
illusory correlation: full moon makes more babies
to what degree does a sequence of events influence the next: none
double blind affect attempts to eliminate what effeect: placebo effect
what technique woudl be used to reduce preexisting differences between 2 groups: random assignment
random assignment attempts to control factors that might influence which variable in the experiement: dependent variable
independent variable: whose affect if being studied
dependent variable: variable being measured
as the qualitity of the representativesness of ur sample increases ur standard deviations: decreases
as the # of trials decreases accuracy..: decreases
decreasing the # involved in the survery will likely ___ accuracy: decrease
increasing random sample is likely to ___ standard deviation: decrease
statistical significance indicates the..: absesnce of chance
what is the nature of the falce consenssus phenomenon: standing thining everything is facinating
what is the nature of the double blind procedure in an experiment: avoid bias
who wrote the importantn psych book in 1890: williams james
psychologists who study the degree to which genes influence our personality are work within the ____: genetics
a psychologist who explores how asian and north american definitions of attractiveness differ is working with in the ___ perspective: social cultural
a psychologist who conducts experiments solely intended to build pyscologys knowledge base is engaged in.: basic research
today psychology is the discipline that..: connects with a diversity of other fields
PRTR: preview,read,think critically,review
definition of behvaior: any action we can observe and record
2 roots of psychology: philospophy and biology
the way the mind processes,stores, and retrieves info is the primary concern of the ___ perspective: cognitive
relationship changeds in our thining over the life span and changes in moral reasoning...is a __ psychologist: developmental
changes in human behvaior in a work place is waht subfield: industrial/organizational
a moajor princile underlying the PRTR study method is that: people learn and remember material best when they actively process it.
introspection is based upon: self examination of mental processes
Def: nueroscience perspective: how the body and brain create emotions,memories,sensations
DEf:soc-cultural perspective: behavior in a work place
def:psychiatry: the medical treatment of psychological disorders
def:clinical pyschology: the study,assessmentmand treatment of troubled people
def:behvaioral genetics: how much genes and environment contribute to individual differences
def:behvaioral perspective: the mechanism by which observable responses are acquired and changed.
def:industrial'organizational: how peopel differ as prodcuts of different environments
def: cog perspective: how the mind processes,stores,retrieves info
def:basic research: adds to pyschologys knowledge base
def:applied research: the study of practical problems
def:evolutinoary perspective: how natural selection facors traits that promote the perpetuation of ones genes
def:psychodynamic perspective: the disguised effects of unfulfilled wishes and childhood dramas

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