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WorksheetsPsychology Chapter 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Psychology is the scientific study of ____________________ and __________________ processes.
Behavior and Facial expressions
Language and Customs
Behavior and Mental
Movement and Environment
1. __________________ is what we are born with, ______________________ is what happens to us after we are born.
Nurture, Experiences
Nature, Nurture
Nature, Events
Personaltiy, Nurture
1. French Philosopher, Rene Descartes argued that sensations and behaviors are based on activity in ___________________ system.
Cardiovascular
Blood Stream
Muscular
Nervous
1. What are the 5 steps, in order, to conducting psychological research?
Formulate a question, Form Hypothesis, Test hypothesis, Draw conclusions and Report your research
Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis, Draw conclusions, Formulate questions and Report research
Report Research, Draw conclusions, Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis and Formulate question
Formulate question, Form Hypothesis, Test Hypothesis, Report research and Draw conclusion
What is one reason why a persons hypothesis might fail?
The research was done in a lab
The Research consisted of factors that were not under their control and therefore interfered with the study
The people gave the wrong answers
The monkeys did not behave in the manner they were supposed to.
What type of Observation consists of the Research observing animals or humans in their normal environment?
Survey
Case Study
Laboratory Observation
Naturalistic Observation
What is the advantage of a Laboratory Observation?
Bad weather is not an issue
The degree of control that it gives the observer
People know that they are being observed
Observers will always get the correct answers
Which is not a form of a Survey?
Interview
Questionnaire
Card Game
Telephone Interview
A correlation is a measure of the relationship between how many variables
1
1.5
0
2 or more
The main advantage of a survey is that
Only a small number of subjects need to be accessed.
A large amount of data can be gathered
The chance of experimenter error is removed
Subjects will not know if they are part of a control or experimental group.
Modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning.
Cognitive Perspective
Evolutionary Perspective
Functionalsim
Humanistic Perspective
Modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations
Humanistic Perspective
Behaviorist Persepective
Structuralism
Psychodynamic Perspective
Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of the study is the structure or basic elements of the mind
Behaviorist Perspective
Functionalism
Structuralism
Bio psychological Perspective
Tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations. (EDUCATED GUESS)
Humanistic Perspective
Survey
Case Study
Hypothesis
Early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
Science experiment
Hypothesis
Functionalism
Big Bang Theory
Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share.
Evolutionary Perspective
Behaviorist Perspective
Cognitive Perspective
Adam and Eve Theory
Perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.
Biology
Biopsychological Perspective
Humanistic Perspective
Hypothesis
A _________________ is anything that can change or vary in an experiment
Subject
Variable
Relationship
Weather
A type of Variable that is manipulated
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Research Labs
Groups
According to Freud, by what age do we develop our personalities?
5
15
6
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