PSYCH 111 Midterm

Biological

Brain, genes, hormones, natural selection

Personal (Psychological)

Cognitive processes, personal experience, identity, memory, learning, emotions

Social-Cultural (Group)

Interpersonal relationships, groups membership, societal institutions, media, cultural systems

Which major school in psychology emphasized unconscious thought processes? Freudian psychology evolutionary psychology behavior genetics behaviorism

Freudian psychology

Physical Environment

How the classroom is organized, SAD, climate, urban environments,

The roots of psychology go all the way back to philosophers like Aristotle and Plato.

True

Structuralism

Wundt (but really, Edward B. Titchener, 1890s)

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference promoted the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the ________ perspective. socio-cultural evolutionary cognitive psychodynamic

evolutionary

Early behaviorists such as John B. Watson believed that psychology should be focused on what can be observed introspective methods promoting human well-being consciousness

what can be observed

___________ was the school of psychology that focused attention on how consciousness processes allow organisms adapt to their environment. functionalism biological structuralism biopsychosocial

functionalism

Different accounts of the same behavior that together give us a more complete understanding represent different _______________. levels of analysis possible selves systems of belief schools of thought

levels of analysis

Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of people's unconscious thought processes potential for healthy growth genetic predispositions childhood memories

potential for healthy growth

The supposed founding of modern-day psychology is often attributed to Wilhelm Wundt because he pioneered the investigation of mental processes using A) positive psychology B) a biopsychosocial perspective C) natural scientific methods D) an evolutionary perspective

C) natural scientific methods

anna has low self-esteem because she is often teased for being overweight. Appreciating the complexity of Janna's difficulties requires massed practice the testing effect multiple levels of analysis or a biopsychosocial approach psychoanalysis

multiple levels of analysis or a biopsychosocial approach