A guest at a party says that the cognitive and behavioural approaches to psychology are quite similar. You disagree and say the behavioural approach stresses ___________ while the cognitive model emphasises ___________.
covert behaviour; mental processes
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According to the textbook, all psychologists, regardless of their backgrounds or work settings, attempt to:
apply their knowledge to the service of human welfare
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Although psychology contains diverse subfields and approaches, two factors provide unity. One of these factors is that:
psychologists in every subfield draw on and contribute to knowledge from other subfields
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Dr Bothwell’s research finds a correlation between frequency of touching another person during conversations and perceived attractiveness of the person doing the touching. You would most likely find Dr Bothwell’s work reported in a journal that publishes
social
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For a long time the impact of culture on behaviour and mental processes was of concern mainly to researchers in ___________ psychology.
cross-cultural
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In an attempt to explain behaviour, B. F. Skinner focused on:
environmental stimuli
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Latoria is interested in the kinds of changes that people go through in old age (65 years or older). This research is most likely to be conducted in what subfield of psychology?
Developmental
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Members of a subculture tend to share:
an identify with the same cultural heritage
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Psychologists who focus their research on processes like decision making, problem solving and imagination would most likely be considered ___________ psychologists.
cognitive
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Rashma teaches a parent training workshop and she advocates that parents get to know the uniqueness of their children. She stresses that we can’t see children’s points of view because we don’t know how they perceive the world and that children are innatel
humanistic
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Teniel is a clinical psychologist who is studying alcoholism. She believes that alcoholism is caused by several factors, including genetics, unconscious conflicts, learned coping behaviours and maladaptive thought patterns. Teniel is most likely following
biological
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The group of psychologists who focused on the whole of consciousness rather than its component parts were the:
Gestalt psychologists
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Veronica’s research focuses on optimism and the factors that lead to living a balanced and happy lifestyle. Veronica has dedicated her research to the study of ___________ psychology.
positive
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What psychological viewpoint is attempting to explain psychological processes in terms of the role or function they play
Functionalism
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What psychological viewpoint is attempting to determine the structure of consciousness
Structuralism
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Which approach emphasises internal conflicts, mostly unconscious, which usually pit sexual or aggressive instincts against environmental obstacles to their expression
Behavioural
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Which approach emphasises mechanisms through which people receive, store, retrieve and otherwise process information
Cognitive
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Which approach emphasises the ways in which behaviour and mental processes are adaptive for survival
Evolutionary
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Which perspective focuses on how people store, process and retrieve information
Cognitive
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Which perspective focuses on the relationship between environmental events (stimuli) and responses to them
Behaviourist
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Which perspective suggests that human behaviours evolved because they helped our ancestors survive and reproduce
Evolutionary
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Which perspective suggests that most psychological processes that guide behaviour are unconscious
Psychodynamic
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Which type of psychologists analyse the biological factors influencing behaviour and mental processes
Biological psychologists
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According to the textbook, all psychologists, regardless of their backgrounds or work settings, attempt to:
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apply their knowledge to the service of human welfare
Card 3
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Although psychology contains diverse subfields and approaches, two factors provide unity. One of these factors is that:
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Card 4
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Dr Bothwell’s research finds a correlation between frequency of touching another person during conversations and perceived attractiveness of the person doing the touching. You would most likely find Dr Bothwell’s work reported in a journal that publishes
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Card 5
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For a long time the impact of culture on behaviour and mental processes was of concern mainly to researchers in ___________ psychology.
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