UCLA PSYC 101 Exam #1 Chapters 1, 2, 3, 10 & 11 Study Guide
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psychology |- |verified |answersinvolves |the |study |of |behavior |and |mental |processes
John |B. |Watson |- |verified |answersfounder |of |behaviorism
B. |F. |Skinner |- |verified |answersoperant |conditioning
John |B. |Watson |and |B.F. |Skinner |- |verified |answersdismissed |introspection |and |redefined |psychology |
as |"the |scientific |study |of |observable |behavior"
psychodynamic |perspective |- |verified |answersfocuses |on |unconscious |processes |and |the |effects |of |
childhood |on |behavior
Behavioral |Perspective |- |verified |answersemphasizes |the |importance |of |learning |is |any |enduring |
behavior |which |is |the |result |of |practice |or |experience
Social |Perspective |- |verified |answerscultural |perspective |examines |how |group |membership |influences |
an |individual's |attitude |and |behaviors
Evolutionary |Perspective |- |verified |answersfocuses |on |the |impact |of |natural |selection
hindsight |bias |- |verified |answersthe |tendency |to |believe |after |observing |certain |events |that |you |
would |have |foreseen |the |outcome
theories |- |verified |answersexplanations |using |an |integrated |sense |of |principal |that |organizes |our |
sense |of |observations |and |predicts |behaviors |or |events
best |type |of |study |- |verified |answersdouble |blind |- |neither |the |experimenter |nor |the |subjects |know |if
|the |subject |is |in |the |experimental |or |control |group
principle |of |informed |consent |- |verified |answersrelevant |to |a |person's |right |to |choose |whether |they |
wish |to |participate |in |a |research |study
A |subject |in |an |experiment |is |allowed |to |withdraw |from |it |at |any |point |- |verified |answersTRUE
positive |correlation |- |verified |answersvariables |move |in |the |same |direction
correlation |does |not |equal |causation |- |verified |answersTRUE
naturalistic |observation |- |verified |answersdescribing |behavior |seen |in |its |natural |habitat |aka |they |
don't |know |you're |there
Neurons |- |verified |answersbrain |nerve |cells, |functioning |as |the |building |block |of |the |nervous |system, |
we |have |billions |of |them
the |function |of |dendrites |- |verified |answersreceive |incoming |signals |from |other |neurons
axons |are |the |- |verified |answersextension |of |a |neuron |that |carries |messages |away |from |the |cell |body
