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Psychology Test #1
Psychology Test material
Question | Answer |
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Difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? | A psychiatrist can prescribe medication |
Define: Savant (dealing with autism) | Someone who excels at one area but fails at others. |
In what setting does the highest percentage of psychologists work? | Clinical counselling; private therapy setting. |
Who established the first psychology laboratory in Germany? | Wilhelm Wundt |
"Turning red in the face" or "hot under the color" connects to which approach? | Biological Approach |
Define: Psychology | The systamatic, scientific study of behaviors and mental process. |
4 goals of Psychology | Describe, explain, predict, control or change |
What term best describes someone who wants to be totally accepted? | Unconditional Possible Regard |
A psychologist who focuses on criminal matters is a what? | Forensic |
"Give me a child and I can raise it into anything I can imagine it to be." Who said this? | John B. Watson |
Someone who has problems communicating and rocks back and forth probably has what? | Autism |
What is the method based on numbers and statistics? | Quantitative |
Is a case study only allowed to be one person? | No, it can be a group of people with one topic in mind. |
What is the placebo effect? | Something that tricks you into feeling better and can sometimes actually work. |
Names of the Qualitative studies | Biography; Phenomenology; Grounded Theory; Ethnography; and Case study |
What is the term for a relation between two factors? | Correlation |
What is the term for someone who looks inward to examine themselves? | Introspection |
What is the name of Sigmund Freud's theory? | Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic |
Why would you choose Qualitative research methods? | Narrative, more personal |
What kind of research is need for one to say "this causes this"? | A True Experiment |
What kind of psychologist believes that you MUST measure it and see it? | Behavior Modification |
Who are 2 well know humanists? | Karl Rodgers & Abraham Maxwell |
What term describes when our true self does not match up with our imagines self? | Incongrent |
Define: Tabula Rasa | "blank slate" the way that a baby is when they are first born. |
Theory of personality Psychodynamic | Super Ego, Ego, ID |
Looking into the subconscious to find the reason for something is? | Psychodynamic. |
Being stressed is what manner of thinking? | Cognitive--active thoughts |
Who was the first female president of the American Psychological Association? | Mary Calkins |
Self concept, freewill, be all that one can be--what perspective in psychology is this? | Humanistic |
Cross cultural approach studies what? | Different cultures |
Chi phenomenon is what perspective? | Gestalt |
Define: Hypothesis | Educated guess. |