PSY 101 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Tama is thoughtful and rational when considering new ideas. Tama would score high on which dimension in the five factor trait theory? - correct answer-Openness 2. When a young child begins to wait patiently for his favorite food while his father prepares it, rather than cry uncontrollably until he gets what he wants, Freud would say the child has now developed his ________. - correct answer-Ego 3. If in the middle of class you suddenly had the urge to yell out that you were bored, Freud...

Which areas of psychology are considered part of work psychology? - correct answer-Industrial psychology Organizational psychology Human factors psychology Public relations is an area that specializes in... - correct answer-Communicating company information to the public Another name for industrial psychology is... - correct answer-Personnel psychology The book lists different fields of work related to social and consumer psychology that one could work in with a graduate degree. Which...

Personality trait - correct answer-durable disposition to behave in a particular way across a variety of situations Five factor model of personality - correct answer--neuroticism -extraversion -openness to experience -agreeableness -conscientiousness Freud's psychoanalytic theory - correct answer-grew out of his therapeutic work with clients and emphasized the importance of the unconscious Personality structure - correct answer-Id, superego, ego Id - correct answer-instinctive...

What is Psychology? How is it practiced? - correct answer-1. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 2. Asks the questions of how people sense, perceive, learn, and make sense of the world. Wilhelm Wundt - correct answer-a.) Father of Psychology and Founder of Experimental Psychology. b.) (Late 19th century) Established 1st psychological lab in Leizpag, Germany (1879). c.) Wrote 1st psychological textbook "Principles of Physiological Psychology." d.) Structuralism Ne...

Formed by combining ____________ and _______________ - correct answer-philosophy and physiology structuralism - correct answer-how we do something/ how things work reductionism - correct answer-reducing things to their parts functionalism - correct answer-why something works as a whole/why is it there/what does it do for us Freud's contribution to functionalism - correct answer-the concept of unconscious behaviorism - correct answer-break behavior down to smallest part Skinner...

Formed by combining ____________ and _______________ - correct answer-philosophy and physiology structuralism - correct answer-how we do something/ how things work reductionism - correct answer-reducing things to their parts functionalism - correct answer-why something works as a whole/why is it there/what does it do for us Freud's contribution to functionalism - correct answer-the concept of unconscious behaviorism - correct answer-break behavior down to smallest part Skinner...

Formed by combining ____________ and _______________ - correct answer-philosophy and physiology structuralism - correct answer-how we do something/ how things work reductionism - correct answer-reducing things to their parts functionalism - correct answer-why something works as a whole/why is it there/what does it do for us Freud's contribution to functionalism - correct answer-the concept of unconscious behaviorism - correct answer-break behavior down to smallest part Skinner...

Variables - correct answer-the events, characteristics, behaviors, or conditions that researchers measure and study. subject or participant - correct answer-an individual person or animal a researcher studies. Sample - correct answer-a collection of subjects researchers study. Researchers use samples because they cannot study the entire population. Population - correct answer-the collection of people or animals from which researchers draw a sample. Researchers study the sample and gener...

According to the text, why are so many students attracted to studying psychology? - collect answer-Because it covers how we think, learn, use our memory, feel emotions, cope with adversity and change throughout life According to the book, a main reason students choose to major in psychology is because? - collect answer-They desire to become psychologists or work with people According to the "Ten Most Desirable Qualities in Prospective Employees" table, most employers look for all of the ...

Longitudinal research - correct answer-A research method that investigates behavior as participants get older Why were Gerald Levey and Mark Newman mentioned in ch 12 - correct answer-To introduce the question: how and to what degree do environmental and heredity both produce their effects What is the age of viability for a fetus - correct answer-Prenatal age 22 weeks Nurture refers to what kind of factors - correct answer-Environmental influences Define cross sectional research - co...