Exam 1: Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

If an individual goes to a therapist for help, how might a therapist taking a behaviourist perspective treat the individual compared to one taking a cognitive perspective?

All of the following are specifically mentioned as questions to consider asking when engaged in critical thinking about a claim, EXCEPT this.

The specialty area in psychology that focuses on how the presence of other people influences an individual's behaviour, thoughts, and feelings is called

The scientific area that is concerned with the influence of genetic factors on behavioural tendencies is called

This perspective examines how brain processes and other bodily functions regulate behaviour.

According to the text, in order to obtain a complete understanding of behavior we need to

The research area of cognitive neuroscience represents a combination of which two psychological perspectives?

For some strange reason, noses have always fascinated George. He spends hours a day speculating on just why humans have noses and how noses have helped us to adapt and evolve in our environments. George's speculations are most similar to which of the following schools of psychology?

Sometimes we can feel our heart rate increase when we think about stressful things. Other times we may notice our heart starts beating more rapidly in response to some stimuli (e.g. while watching a scary movie) and attribute the change to fear. These examples demonstrate the concept of _____.

Today, stress-related diseases like stroke, heart attack, and cancer are more likely to kill people than are communicable diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, and syphilis. Researchers argue that this is because our bodies are not prepared to deal with the constant demands of modern life: noise, pollution, endless daily decisions, and pressures to look more attractive, make more money, and buy more things. What is the best evolutionary explanation for why we are not prepared to handle modern stressors?

Professor Jonas studies aggression. She sets up an experiment and makes her best guess as to how the results will come out. This best illustrates psychology's central goal of

A professor asks a student to assist in a research the psychology department is conducting on different parenting styles. The professor is a(n) _____ psychologist.

A local psychologist is interested in the unconscious drives that motivate people's behaviour. Most likely, she follows the ______ perspective.

Seiji refers to himself as a Japanese American. Seiji's Japanese parents want him to become a medical doctor. They say that this profession would bring honour to their family and allow him to choose a wife from a good family. Seiji, however, would like to be an actor. He doesn't enjoy his biology classes and is more interested in loving his job than in making a lot of money. If Seiji chooses to do what feels best to him; that is, to pursue an acting career, we can say that he

Research has shown that the most important psychological perspective for understanding human behaviour is the biological perspective.

Your best friend is having trouble dating. You suspect that the problem stems from a fear of rejection and this fear is probably not in conscious awareness. Which of the following perspectives reflect your suspicion?

Dr. Kohler is a developmental psychologist who studies children involved in sports. He looks at problems like overly critical coaches and children with low self-esteem. He conducts research where coaches are observed during games and children are interviewed about their attitudes towards their sport and their coaches. The results from these observations are then used to create an education program for the coaches. The programs are designed to change coaching behaviour and to help increase the self-esteem of the children they coach. Dr. Kohler's research is best described as

Discuss Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and the process of natural selection. Which psychological perspective is evolutionary theory associated with? Describe how evolutionary theory has continued to "evolve" in the modern approaches of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.

One major theme in psychology emphasizes that our biological endowment and our personal experiences interact to influence how we behave. This is an example of

Structuralism, functionalism, and Gestalt psychology were all schools of thought that played important roles in the origin of which psychological perspective?