Psychology Review

Psychology is the study of-

• celestial objects, space, and the universe as a whole

• the development, structure, and function of human society

• behavior and mental processes

• living organisms

What psychological perspective would explain a person's personality as a result of their inherited genes?

• Biological

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

What psychological perspective would explain a person's personality based on how they were rewarded or punished in the past?

• Biological

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

What psychological perspective would explain a person's personality based on the way that person interprets the situations they are placed in?

• Biological

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

What psychological perspective states that a person's past experiences affect their behavior- the unconscious mind is what controls our behavior

• Biological

• Behaviorist

• Psychodynamic

• Humanist

This psychologist helped to develop the theory of behaviorism.

• Sigmund Freud

• B.F. Skinner

• Abraham Maslow

• Carl Rogers

What was Sigmund Freud's most important contribution?

• Developing the "Hierarchy of Needs"

• Creating a box for animals in which they could press a button to receive a reward.

• Developing "psychoanalysis" in which a person's childhood, dreams, and thoughts are examined in order to understand certain behaviors.

• Developing the 8 stages of psychosocial development

What was Ivan Pavlov's most famous experiment?

• Skinner Box-creating a box for animals in which they could press a button to receive a reward.

• By studying dogs and their response to food, it was discovered that dogs would salivate just by hearing the bell associated with eating even if no food was present.

• The "Little Albert" experiment in which a baby was conditioned to fear white furry objects :(

• The Bobo Doll experiment- children who saw adults acting aggressive with the doll were more likely to display these same aggressive behaviors.

In nature vs. nurture, what is the nurture point of view?

• Human behavior is instinctual in nature- it is unchanging and biologically inherited.

• Human behavior is the result of our environment and learning.

• Human behavior is the result of our past life experiences.

• Human behavior is random and cannot be studied.

What is the scientific method?

• the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

• the theory that all knowledge is derived from our senses and experience.

• the process that is used by scientists for testing ideas and theories by using experiments and careful observation

• the study of the mind and behavior