Exam 1: Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

Which level of analysis would someone in the subfield of personality psychology tend to take?

What are the four primary goals of psychology? Give examples of how these goals would relate to a psychologist who is researching test anxiety. Relate these goals to yourself by giving examples of how they apply to your own life.

Collectivistic cultures place a strong emphasis on personal goals and accomplishments.

Humanistic theorists assume that everyone has an innate tendency towards personal growth and achieving one's individual potential. This concept is called

A researcher who is interested in discovering the common principles that influence human and animal learning is most likely associated with which psychological perspective?

Steve is angry and frustrated at work. He consults with a therapist who asks Steve many detailed questions about his early childhood and interprets Steve's problems as being due to conflicts between his unconscious aggressive urges and his defence mechanisms. Steve's therapist would most likely identify with which psychological perspective?

The effects of the humanistic tradition are most clearly articulated in the contemporary

What are the four classes of academic performance enhancement strategies?

Which of these is not one of the primary levels of analysis discussed in your textbook?

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 psychological level of analysis. Which of these factors would that lab be most likely to investigate, in terms of how they relate to memory?

What level of analysis does the cognitive perspective usually take?

Explore the development of the behavioural perspective by discussing the contributions of the following people on the perspective: John Locke, Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, and B.F.Skinner.Answers will vary.

Explain how the behavioural and the sociocultural perspectives use the environmental level of analysis.

According to evolutionary psychology, how do biological and behavioural evolution influence one another?

The perspective that tends to ignore mental processes because they are not directly observable is known as ______________. In contrast, the perspective that acknowledges the importance of both the environment and internal mental processes in determining behaviour is known as _____________.

Which one of the following is NOT associated with sociobiology?

Using either the study by Li-Jun Ji et al. on bilingual students performance on a sorting task or the study by Levine et al. on whether students believe they would marry someone they didn't love, explain what level(s) of analysis were being used and why?

Sigmund Freud assumed that humans are in a never-ending internal struggle because of

The psychological techniques that help people cope with anxiety and the pain of traumatic experiences are called ____________.

Which psychological perspective views societal norms and group interactions as among some of the major causes of behaviour?