Psychology notes - chapter 1 PDF

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Notes for chapter 1 of psychology 1500 with professor Rachelle Webb ...

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1) The scientific study of any aspect of the world uses: ➢ The scientific method to acquire knowledge 2) Cognitive psychology focuses on studying: ➢ Thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions 3) Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by: ➢ Studying behavior in relation to the environment as a function of its consequences 4) Behaviorists study: ➢ Learned behavior 5) Which of the following exemplifies the empirical method? ➢ Dr. Scameheorn observes and records how watching cartoons influences heart rates 6) Critical Thinking is best described as: ➢ The application of a set of skills to understand and evaluate information 7) If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, then he/she would probably need a _____ degree in psychology. ➢ PhD 8) An empirical method for acquiring knowledge is one based on: ➢ Observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities 9) If you’re not planning to major in Psychology, why might you still want to learn about it? ➢ Because having a better understanding of the scientific method, critical thinking, and behavior will help you better understand the world and your place in it 10) Who was the first person to study behavior as a science? ➢ Wilhelm Wundt 11) Dr. Parker studies how the structure and function of the nervous system is related to behavior. He is studying behavior from a _____ perspective. ➢ Cognitive 12) Which of the following refers to a broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistently supported by evidence over time?

➢ Scientific theory 13) What type of psychologist would focus on developing more efficient systems for people working in corporate America? ➢ I-O psychologist 14) According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to: ➢ Study the function of behavior 15) Select the correctly ordered list of psychology perspectives, with the earliest perspective listed first. ➢ Structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, humanism 16) An example of how the field of psychology has progressed since the 1960s is: ➢ The eventual realization that psychoanalysis has scientific limitations 17) The difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist is: ➢ A psychologist goes to graduate school to study how the scientific method is used to understand behavior, while a psychiatrist goes to medical school to study how the medical model is applied to behavior 18) Why is psychology considered both a natural and a social science? ➢ Behavior is influenced by our biology, the environment, and our interactions with others...