AP Psych 1.1 Non-Experimental Research Methods 2024

What is cognitive psychology?

• Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processes
• Focus on biological structures and process
• Focus on the conscious experiences and choices in our lives
• How the natural selection of traits prompted survival of genes

The science of behavior and mental processes is ________

• Cognitive neuroscience
• behaviorism
• psychology
• structuralism

Which of the 7 approaches would be used to look at the role of the unconscious in influencing our behavior?

• Biology
• Psychoanalytic
• Behaviorism
• Cognitive

A psychologist wants to see if the kids around town have been influencing Billy. Which approach should be used?

• Behaviorism
• Biology
• Socio-Cultural
• Humanism

What us the definition of evolutionary psychology?

• Focus on learning through rewards, punishments, and observatins
• How the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival genes
• Examines our thought processes, how we solve problems, make decisions and develop language
• Interactions we have with enviornment and other people in the environment

which approach focuses on concious experiences and choosing to take control of our lives and our destiny

• social- cultural approach
• humanistic approach
• behavioral approach
• psychodinamic approach

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

• Biological
• cognitive
• humanism
• evolutionary

Which perspective focuses on how our behavior changes due to rewards or punishments?

• Behavioral

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Psychoanalytic

This is the biggest enduring question in psychology:

• Why do we dream?
• What is consciousness?
• Nature vs. Nurture
• Behavior vs Thoughts

The phrase "I knew it all along" best describes which concept?

• Hindsight Bias
• Confirmation Bias
• Self-Serving Bias
• Availability Heuristic