AP Psych Unit #2 Foundations of Psychology

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What is cognitive psychology?

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Perceive, process, and remember information through mental processes

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Psychology can be defined as the study of:

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Behavior and mental processes, such as thinking and emotion.

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Which of the following perspectives deals with fear, desire, inner conflict, and childhood memories? Cognitive, Behavioral, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic

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Psychoanalytic

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Hormones, heredity, tumors, and disease all fall into the category of what psychological perspective?

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Biological

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What does the Humanistic Perspective focus on?

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Needs and Growth

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A correlation example __.

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describes the strength and direction of the relationship of two variables

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of a case study? It takes too long, It is not specific enough, It may not be a reliable representation of everyone, only that individual case, It may be biased

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It may not be a reliable representation of everyone, only that individual case

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Which of the following shows a negative correlation?
Options:
- As the temperature goes up, the amount of ice cream sales increases.
- The more absences Henry has, the lower his grades are.
- The taller you are, the more candy you eat.
- When you eat more food, your weight increases.

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The more absences Henry has, the lower his grades are.

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Which term refers to a testable prediction made before conducting a research experiment?

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Hypothesis

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What is the term for recording behavior in a natural environment without influencing any variables?

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Naturalistic Observation