AP Psychology Vocab Unit 1.2

Which is the correct definition of Cognitive Psychology?

• the everlasting controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

• the study of mental processes such as occur when we perceive, think, learn, remember, communicate, and solve problems.

• the science of behavioral and mental processes

• the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

Which is the correct definition of Psychology

• the science of behavioral and mental processes

• the study of mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems

• the enduring behaviors, idea, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

• an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints

Which is the correct definition for Culture?

• the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

• the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

• the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

• the scientific study of observable behavior, and it's explanation by principles of learning

Which is the correct definition of Biopsychosocial approach?

• an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints

• the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

• the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

• the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

Which is the correct definition of Cognitive Neuroscience?

• the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

• the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in an particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

• the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences an behavior

• the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

Which is the definition of Nature - Nurture?

• the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

• the controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

• the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behaviors and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

• the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

Which is the correct definition of Evolutionary Psychology?

• the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

• the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

• the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

• the study of links between biological and psychological processes

Which is the definition of biological psychology?

• the study of the links between biological and psychological processes

• the principle that inherited that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in an particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

• the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

• study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

Which is the correct definition of Social Cultural Psychology?

• the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

• the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

• the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

• the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

Which is the correct definition of Behavioral Psychology?

• the science of behavioral and mental processes

• an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and social cultural viewpoints

• the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

• the study pf mental processes such as when we perceive, learn, think, remember, communicate, and solve problems