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Psychology Midterm Review
Psychology Midterm Review
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/14/2015

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What are the approaches of psychology?
Definition
biological, cognitive, behavioral approach, and evolutionary
Term
Who founded functionalism?
Definition
William James
Term
Who founded behaviorism?
Definition
John B. Watson
Term
What Does Reliability Test?
Definition
Consistency in Measurement
Term
What Does Validity Test?
Definition
Whether or Not It Is Measuring What is Supposed To Measure
Term
List different research methods
Definition
Survey Research
Correlation Studies
Experiments
Term
How do you select participants for research?
Definition
Random Sampling
and
Representative Sampling
Term
What are the important elements you need to know about for biological psychology?
Definition
Neurons
Axons
Dendrites
Action Potentials
Synapses
Etc.
Term
What is a placebo?
Definition
a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect
Term
What Senses Are Important For The Test?
Definition
Sight and Sound
Term
Define Classical Conditioning
Definition
a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired;
Term
Define Operant Conditioning
Definition
an individual changes its behaviour because of the consequences (results) of the behaviour
Term
What are the basic memory processes?
Definition
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
Term
What brain structures are related to memory?
Definition
Hippocampus
Thalamus
Cerebral Cortex
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