Exam 1: Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

Contrast individualistic and collectivistic societies.

Summarize the research by Levine and his colleagues on student' beliefs about whether or not they would marry someone they didn't love. How is this a good example of the sociocultural perspective?

William is interested in understanding how memory works. Specifically, he is fascinated by the fact that we seem to have so much difficulty remembering things that we intend to (e.g. material we're studying for an exam), while at other times seem unable to forget things that we have no intention of remembering and indeed may actually prefer to forget (e.g. past failures). He decides to join a lab at his University that studies memory to explore this interest. He discovers that several labs are studying memory, yet each one is approaching the topic slightly differently. One of the labs is studying memory from the biological level of analysis. Which of these factors would that lab be most likely to investigate, in terms of how they relate to memory?

Sam and Ben are brothers. Sam attends the local neighbourhood school, while his younger brother, Ben, attends an exclusive private school. Sam is very proud of his home and frequently invites friends over to his house to study or just relax. Ben, on the other hand, does not want his classmates to see how poor his family is and is embarrassed by the small house his family lives in. In this case, the opposing views of the same home can be explained from a sociocultural perspective in the following way

A particular research lab uses advanced electrical recording and brain-imagining tools to monitor brain functioning while people engage in various mental activities. Researchers in this lab are most likely doing investigations in which area of modern cognitive science?

Gestalt psychology was mentioned as playing an important role in the origin of which psychological perspective?

Professor Springer studies the influence of perfume on an individual's mood. At what level of analysis is this research?

The three important principles of effective time management are

British empiricism could be considered as an example of

There are six psychological perspectives (sociocultural, humanistic, behavioural, psychodynamic, cognitive, and biological) on behaviour. What three levels of analysis allow us to integrate causal factors suggested by each of the six psychological perspectives?

Humanistic theorists assume that everyone has an innate tendency toward growth, and achieving one's individual potential called

The philosophical school of thought that proposed that all human behaviour can be accounted for by, and reduced to, biological processes was referred to as

The cognitive psychological perspective views human beings as information processors who think, plan, and solve problems.

You overhear two psychologists talking about human behaviour. Professor A believes that humans will always engage in behavior that helps allow them to pass on their own genes while Professor B states that humans are controlled by inner forces and conflicts. Most likely, Professor A follows the ________ perspective, while Professor B follows the ______ perspective.

What are the important causal factors in behaviour within the behavioural perspective? How was this school of thought influenced by British empiricism?

Basic research seeks

Alex is friendly and outgoing, always having a kind word for everyone. Through observing his behaviour, we can make inferences about his ________.

René Descartes proposed a solution to mind-body dualism by suggesting that

You overhear two psychologists talking about human behaviour. Professor A believes that humans react to the reward structure in their environment while Professor B states that humans are thinkers and information processors. Most likely, Professor A follows the ________ perspective, while Professor B follows the ______ perspective.

The statement, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," is most likely from which school of psychology?