FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER

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Question 1: 81. Sigmund Freud's appraoch to psycholotherapy is known as

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Psycholanalysis Question 2: 18.When animal behavior is used to discover principles that may apply to human behavior, we say that the research is utilizing a(n)

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animal model Question 3: 24. John's poor performance in reading was found to be due to visual discrimination probelms. This determination of a cause for his poor reding performacne illustrates which gals of psychology?

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understanding

Question 4: 22. (Why) questions refer to which of psychology's goals?

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description

Question 5: 87. Which of the following is characteristic of a humanistic approach to the study of behavior?

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emphasis on teh importance of subjective factors, such as one's self-image Question 6: 62. the functionalists were interested in how thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and habits help people and animals.

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adapt to their envionment Question 7: 39. _______Is the out-dated theory that personality is revealed by the bumps on the skull.

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Phrenolgoy Question 8: 41. rose is using an astrolgoy program on her computer. by using this pseudo-psychology computer program, she is trying to

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explain how her life is influenced by the position of the stars and planets at her birth Question 9: 40. the fortune teller who studies yur palm carefully before announcing that great fortune is in your immediate future is practicing _______psychology.

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pseudo Question 10: 82. Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Carl Jung, Otto Rank, and Erik Erikson would be considered

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Neo-Freudians

Question 11: 3.Psychology would best be described as

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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Question 12: 43. Objections to astrology as a science would include which of the following?

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all of these are objectsions to astrolgoy as a science...Question 13: 55. A(n) _______ states the exact procedures used to represent a concept.

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operational difinition Question 14: 25. Which goal psychology is issustrated by a psychologist seeking to descover (why) sociopaths tend to repeat thier destructive behavior?

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prediction Question 15: 90. karen sees herself as attractive, extroverted, and dependable. According to the humanistic approach, karen's description ofherself would be referred to as

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her self-image Question 16: 85. Which of the following would be considered humanistic psychologists?

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Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers Question 17: 31. ________ is an ability to evaluate, compare, analyze, critique, and synthesize information.

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Critical thinking Question 18: 88. According to the _____ view, the need for love, self-esteem, belonging, self-expression, creativity, and spirituality are as important as biological needs.

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humanistic

Question 19: 59. William James wrote Principle of Psychology and founded

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Functionalism

Question 20: 54. An educated guess about what is controlling some behavior is called a(n)

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hypothesis

Question 21: 38. to assess your personality, a phrenolgoist would want to

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examine the shape of your skull Question 22: 56. the father of psycholgoy and founder of the first psychological laboratory was

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 23: 35. In describing pseudopsychologies, it can be said that they

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are characterized by all of these statements...(give the appearance of science but are actually false, have changed alittle over time, have followers who avoid evidence that contradicts their beliefs) Question 24: 21.A psychologist who observes a child for a week and writes a report that identifies and classifices the child's behavior is working toward the goal of

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description.Question 25: 2. The word psychology comes from the roots psyche and logos, which means respectively

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mind and knowledege or study.Question 26: 23. the psychological goal of understanding behavior is achieved when

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psychololgist can explain why a behavioral phenomenon occurs.Question 27: 45. Sid believes his dreams forcast the future. he describes all the dreams that came true in the last month.......Sid's tendency to remember the times his dreams came true and forget the times they did not is

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the fallacy of positive instances