Psy 2301 Unit 1 Assignment
PSYC 2301-Introduction to Psychology
Unit 1 Assignment
Bobbi Johnson
1. The school of psychology founded by John B. Watson, _Behaviorism_____________________, views observable, measurable behavior as the appropriate subject matter for psychology and emphasizes the key role of environment as a determinant of behavior.
2. _Psychoanalysis_____________________ is the term that Freud used for both his theory of personality and his therapy for the treatment of psychological disorders; the unconscious is the primary focus of psychoanalytic theory.
3. Proponents of ______Evolutionary psychology__________________study how humans have adapted the behaviors required for survival in the face of environmental pressures over the long course of evolution. …show more content…
Researchers use the ____Correlation Method____________________ to establish the degree of relationship between two characteristics, events, or behaviors.
5. In an experiment, the ___Dependent Variable _____________________ is the factor or condition that is measured at the end of the study and is presumed to vary as a result of the manipulations of the independent variable(s).
6. The ___Synapse ____________ is the junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron across the synaptic cleft.
7. The right and left halves of the cerebrum, covered by the cerebral cortex and connected by the corpus callosum, are called the __Cerebral Hemispheres
Unit 1 Assignment
Bobbi Johnson
1. The school of psychology founded by John B. Watson, _Behaviorism_____________________, views observable, measurable behavior as the appropriate subject matter for psychology and emphasizes the key role of environment as a determinant of behavior.
2. _Psychoanalysis_____________________ is the term that Freud used for both his theory of personality and his therapy for the treatment of psychological disorders; the unconscious is the primary focus of psychoanalytic theory.
3. Proponents of ______Evolutionary psychology__________________study how humans have adapted the behaviors required for survival in the face of environmental pressures over the long course of evolution. …show more content…
Researchers use the ____Correlation Method____________________ to establish the degree of relationship between two characteristics, events, or behaviors.
5. In an experiment, the ___Dependent Variable _____________________ is the factor or condition that is measured at the end of the study and is presumed to vary as a result of the manipulations of the independent variable(s).
6. The ___Synapse ____________ is the junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron across the synaptic cleft.
7. The right and left halves of the cerebrum, covered by the cerebral cortex and connected by the corpus callosum, are called the __Cerebral Hemispheres