TCC PSYCHOLOGY 1 RRV

What are the four main goals of psychology?

• Describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

• Analyze, memorize, compare, and contrast behavior

• Observe, ignore, change, and forget behavior

• Create, destroy, manipulate, and avoid behavior

Who founded the first psychology lab and what was his focus?

• Sigmund Freud, unconscious mind

• Wilhelm Wundt, studying consciousness

• B.F. Skinner, operant conditioning

• John Watson, observable behavior

Compare structuralism and functionalism. What was each approach trying to study?

• Structuralism studied the structure of the mind; functionalism studied the purpose of mental processes

• Structuralism studied animal behavior; functionalism studied human behavior only

• Structuralism focused on emotions; functionalism focused on memory

• Structuralism was about dreams; functionalism was about sleep

What did Freud emphasize as the driving forces of behavior?

• Conscious thoughts and logic

• Unconscious desires and childhood experiences

• Social interactions and culture

• Genetics and biology

How does the cognitive perspective differ from behaviorism?

• Cognitive perspective focuses on mental processes; behaviorism focuses on observable behavior

• Cognitive perspective ignores the brain; behaviorism studies the brain

• Cognitive perspective studies animals; behaviorism studies humans only

• Cognitive perspective is about emotions; behaviorism is about thoughts

What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

• Psychologists can prescribe medication; psychiatrists cannot

• Psychiatrists are medical doctors; psychologists are not

• Psychologists only work in schools; psychiatrists only work in hospitals

• Psychiatrists study behavior; psychologists study the brain

What is the difference between correlation and causation? Give an example of each.

• Correlation means one variable causes another; causation means variables are unrelated

• Correlation means variables are related; causation means one variable causes another

• Correlation is always positive; causation is always negative

• Correlation is about experiments; causation is about surveys

Why is random assignment important in an experiment?

• It ensures all participants are treated the same

• It eliminates all variables

• It reduces bias and increases the validity of results

• It makes the experiment faster

What is a placebo effect and how do researchers control for it?

• When a real drug works; researchers use more drugs

• When participants improve due to expectations; researchers use control groups

• When data is lost; researchers repeat the experiment

• When equipment fails; researchers fix it

What does "informed consent" mean in research?

• Participants are forced to join a study

• Participants are told about the study and agree to participate

• Researchers do not need to inform participants

• Only minors need to give consent