Psychology Midterm Exam Studyguide
The goals of psychology are to _____. -
describe, explain, predict, and control behavior.
Who was an early proponent of functionalism? -
William James
Freud would say that phobias are _____ whereas Watson would say that phobias are ______. -
repressed conflicts; learned
Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization? -
humanism
The class is playing a game of Jeopardy! and it is your turn. "I'll take Specialties in Psychology for
$300." The revealed answer is, "These psychological professionals work with situations in which
environmental conditions may have an impact on mental health." What will you say? -
"what is a psychiatric social worker?"
When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you are
engaging in a form of _________. -
naturalistic observation
A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called a ________. -
case study
A negative correlation means that _______. -
low values of one variable are associated with low values of the other.
________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the
control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group. -
the single-blind study
The question "What is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology? -
description
Who claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement? -
B.F. Skinner
Dr. Jones probably agrees with the ______ theory of psychology, since he contends that humans are
intelligent species due to the fact that intelligence gives us an advantage in the natural world. -
evolutionary
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