Gen Psych: Exam #1

COVERS: Roots/nature of psych, growth & scope, psych as a science, biopsychological/developmental

Nativism

Philosophical position that holds that heredity provides individuals with inborn knowledge and abilities

Empiricism

Tabula Rasa (blank slate) is associated with which philosophical foundation?

Structuralism

Approach that sought to identify the components of the conscious mind

Gestalt psychology

Psychological viewpoint that claimed that we perceive and think about wholes instead of combinations of separate elements

Psychoanalysis

Early school of psychology that emphasized the importance of unconscious causes of behavior

Rationalism

Philosophical position that true knowledge comes through correct reasoning

Functionalism

Psychological viewpoint that studied how the conscious mind helps the individual to adapt to the environment

Behaviorism

Psychological viewpoint that rejects the study of mental processes in favor of the study of overt behavior

Applied research

Research aimed at finding answers to questions out of the theoretical interests or intellectual curiosity

Comparative psychology

The field of psychology that studies the physiological bases of human and animal behavior

Hypothesis

A testable prediction about the relationship between two or more events, variables, or characteristics

Operational

The definition of behaviors or qualities in terms of the procedures used to measure or produce them

Theory

An integrated set of statements that summarizes and explains research findings

Descriptive research

Research that involves the recording of behaviors that have been observed systematically

Naturalistic observation

Recording of behavior of people or animals in their natural environments, with little or no intervention by the researcher

Phi phenomenon

Apparent motion caused by the presentation of different stimuli in rapid succession

Broca’s area

Region of the frontal lobe responsible for speech production

Wernicke’s area

Region of the temporal lobe that controls the meaningfulness of speech

Authoritarian, authoritative, permissive

Three parenting styles

Sensori-motor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

Four stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development

Preconventional, conventional, postconventional

Kholberg’s theory of moral development

Erikson’s psychosocial development

Trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority- These are all examples of…

Academic

Basic and applied research, experimental, behavioral, comparative and developmental psych are ______ fields of specialization.

Professional

Clinical, counseling, psychiatry, industrial, and school psych are ______ fields of specialization.