Ch 1, The Science of Psychology Vocab

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Double-Blind Study	Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects know if the subjects are in the experimental or the control group
Evolutionary Perspective	Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share

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What is the perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture?

Sociocultural Perspective Stresses the importance of social norms and culture.

Which perspective is often referred to as the third force in psychology and focuses on people’s freedom of choice in determining their behavior?

Which perspective is often referred to as the “third force” in psychology and focuses on a person’s freedom of choice and determining their behavior? humanism.

Which of the following would indicate the weakest relationship and thus be close to complete randomness group answer choices?

Which of the following would indicate the weakest relationship and thus be close to complete randomness? experimental group.

What theory suggests undesirable social behaviors are the direct result of biological composition?

Social learning theory disregards the influence of biological factors, such as hormones and genetics, on behavior. This limits a person’s behavior to either nature or nurture, rather than recognizing that behavior is the interaction of both one’s biology and environment.

What is biological perspective in psychology?

The biological perspective is a way of looking at psychological issues by studying the physical basis for animal and human behavior. It is one of the major perspectives in psychology and involves such things as studying the brain, immune system, nervous system, and genetics.

Which perspective is known as the third force in psychology?

The humanistic approach in psychology developed as a rebellion against what some psychologists saw as the limitations of the behaviorist and psychodynamic psychology. The humanistic approach is thus often called the “third force” in psychology after psychoanalysis and behaviorism (Maslow, 1968).

What Did Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis focused on?

Sigmund Freud emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind, and a primary assumption of Freudian theory is that the unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than people suspect. Indeed, the goal of psychoanalysis is to make the unconscious conscious.

Which perspective focuses on a person’s freedom of choice?

Which perspective focuses on a person’s freedom of choice? The humanistic perspective is a holistic psychological perspective that attributes human characteristics and actions to free will and an innate drive for self-actualization.

Which psychological perspective typically focuses on traits advantageous to survival?

An evolutionary perspective of personality and individual differences proposes that our personalities and individual differences have evolved, in part, to provide us with some form of adaptive advantage in the context of survival and reproduction.

Which of the following perspectives focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics such as why we lie?

Biopsychology. the study of the biological bases of behavior and mental processes. focuses on the biological bases for universal mental characteristics that all humans share. -why we lie, etc.

Is behavior determined by biological processes?

The capacity for certain behaviors and the tendencies for those behaviors to be shaped by specific environmental events are completely determined by a biological organ: the brain. And attachment research shows that even for human children the effect of caretaking depends upon the biological temperament of the child.

What is the behavioral perspective?

According to the behavioral perspective, the way we behave and learn can be explained through our interactions with the environment. Behaviorism suggests that all behavior is acquired through conditioning and can therefore be observed without consideration of thoughts or feelings.