Which theory of motivation most clearly emphasizes the role of genetic dispositions?

205408180 this perspective includes analysis of our chemical and genetic make up biological perspective 205408181 the study of how mental processes influence behavior cognitive perspective 205408182 psychology should focus on observable/overt behaviors and the fundamental laws of learning behavioral perspective 205408183 interpersonal relationships, self esteem, and the importance of self-direction and striving to reach one's potential all play a role in this psychological perspective humanistic perspective 205408184 a look at how cultural factors influence patterns of behavior socio-cultural 205408185 application of the principles of evolution to explain psychological processes and phenomena biological perspective 205408186 emphasized the role of unconscious conflicts in determining behavior and personality psychodynamic perspective 205408187 credited with founding psych as an experimental science, this person made connections between physiology and psychology wundt 205408188 a proponent of functionalism, this person was instrumental in establishing psychology in the us. he taught at harvard william james 205408189 the first major school of thought in psychology. this holds that even our most complex conscious experiences can be broken down into parts of sensations and feelings structuralism 205408190 developed a theory of personality based on uncovering cause of behavior that were unconscious freud 205408191 the physiologist pioneered work in the area of behavioral psychology by using dogs to demonstrate learning with a neutral stimulus and automatic behavior pavlov 205408192 the theory stressed the importance of how behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their environments behaviorism 205408193 developed a theory of motivation that emphasized psychological growth maslow 205408194 the creator of structuralism, this person trained subjects in a procedure called introspection titchener 205991631 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes psychology 205991632 german physiologist founder of new science of psych, established first psych research lab in germany, had titchener as a student who founded structuralism wilhelm wundt 205991633 early school of psychology that emphasized studying the most basic components, or structures, of conscious experiences structuralism 205991634 early school of psychology that emphasized studying the purpose or function of behavior and mental experiences functionalism 205991635 harvard professtor, established psychology in the u.s, published book called principles of psychology, ideas became basis of functionalism whish studied adaptive and practical functions of human behavior william james 205991636 helped organize psychology in the united states, established first psychology research lab in u.s, founded American psychological association, received first Ph.d in psych in America g stanley hall 205991637 completed all requirements for ph.d in psych, became first woman president of the american psychological association mary whiton calkins 205991638 russian psychologist, was one of three who founded behaviorism, demonstrated dogs could learn to associate a neutral stimulus ivan pavlov 205991639 one of three founders of behaviorism, american psychologist, gave the idea that consciousness or mental processes should be studied by psychology john watson 205991640 began career as a neurologist and physician in austra, had ideas which led to formulation of psychoanalysis, idea was unconscious conflicts determine behavior and personality sigmund freud 205991641 personality theory and form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the role of unconscious factors in personality and behavior psychoanalysis 205991642 school of psych that emphasized the perception of whole figures rather than the individual elements of conscious experiences gestalt psychology 205991643 school pf psychology and theoretical viewpoint that emphasizes each persons unique potential for psychological growth and self direction humanistic psychology 205991644 one of founders of humanistic psych, heavenly influenced by experiences with psychotherapy clients, emphasized conscious experiences with patients carl rogers 205991645 one of the founders of humanistic psych, developed theory of motivation that emphasized psychological growth abraham maslow 205991646 emphasizes the study of physical bases of human and animal behavior, including the nervous system, immune, endocrine systems and genetics biological perspective 205991647 a student of wilhelm wundt's, founded structuralism, had theory of introspection edward titchener 205991648 a theory created by titchener introspection 205991649 emphasize importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships in explaning the underlying dynamics of behavior or in treating people with psychological problems psychodynamic perspective 205991650 study how behavior is acquired or modified by environmental consequences behavioral perspective 205991651 focuses on motivation of people to grow psychologically, the influence of interpersonal relationships on a person's self concept, and importance of choice and self direction in striving to reach ones potential humanistic perspective 205991652 study of how mental processes influence behavior cognitive perspective 205991653 study of how cultural factors influence patterns of behavior socio-cultural perspective 205991654 refers to application of the principles of evolution to explain psychological processes and phenomena evolutionary perspective 205991655 the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to each other social psychology 205991656 suggests how we explain someones behavior, by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition attribution theory 205991657 the tendency for observers, when analyzing anothers behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition fundamental attribution error 205991658 feelings, often based on our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events attitudes 205991659 the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request foot in the door phenomenon 205991660 the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent, when awareness of our attitudes and actions clash cognitive dissonance theory 205991661 psychologist who created an experiment which involved male college students to spend time in a simulated prison Philip Zimbardo 205991662 an experiment created by philip zimbardo, college students were selected to play certain roles in a prison Stanford Prison Experiment 205991663 adjusting ones behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard conformity 205991664 influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval normative social influence 205991665 influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality informational social influence 205991666 when one is incompetent or insecure, when the other group has at least 3 people, other group is unanimous, reasons to conform 205991667 social psychologist, ran an obedience experiment where you are being shocked stanley miligram 205991668 stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others social facilitation 205991669 the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable social loafing 205991670 the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity deindividuation 205991671 the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group group polarization 205991672 the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives groupthink 205991673 the power of one or two individuals to sway majorities minority influence 205991674 the power of the situation social control 205991675 the power of the individual personal control 205991676 an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members, involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action prejudice 205991677 a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people stereotype 205991678 unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members discrimination 205991679 "us"-people with whom one shares a common identity ingroup 205991680 "them"-those perceived as different or apart from one's ingroup outgroup 205991681 the tendency to favor one's own group ingroup bias 205991682 the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame scapegoat theory 205991683 the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get just-world phenomenon 205991684 any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy aggression 205991685 a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas conflict 205991686 a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior social trap 205991687 the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them mere exposure effect 205991688 unselfish reguard for the welfare of others altruism 205991689 the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present bystander effect 205991690 the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs social exchange theory 205991691 an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them reciprocity norm 205991692 an expectation that people will help those dependent upon them social-responsibility norm 205994553 refers to nonconscious mimicry of the postures, mannerisms, facial expressions, and other behaviors of one's interaction partners, such that one's behavior passively and unintentionally changes to match that of others in one's current social environment. chameleon effect 205994554 social psychologists, believed he could get people to say something they didn't believe in, conformity, follower of stanley miligram solomon asch 283456043 After the horror of 9/11, many people said the CIA and FBI should obviously have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. This perception most clearly illustrates: hindsight bias 283456044 When Leanne heard about experimental evidence that orange juice consumption triggers hyperactivity in children, she questioned whether the tested children had been randomly assigned to experimental conditions. Leanne's reaction best illustrates: critical thinking 283456045 Stacey suggests that because children are more impulsive than adults, they will have more difficulty controlling their anger. Stacey's prediction regarding anger management exemplifies: hypothesis 283456046 Which research technique is most directly useful for avoiding the thinking error known as the false consensus effect? random sampling 283456047 Professor Carter observes and records the behavior of grocery shoppers as they select items to purchase. Which type of research is Professor Carter employing? naturalistic observation 283456048 A negative correlation between people's physical health and their marital happiness would indicate that: high martial status, low physical health 283456049 Mr. Brown has gathered evidence that the self-esteem of students is negatively correlated with their typical levels of anxiety. Before he uses this evidence to conclude that self-esteem reduces anxiety, Mr. Brown should first be reminded that: correlation does not prove causation 283456050 Which method offers the most reliable way of assessing whether athletic performance is boosted by caffeine consumption? experiment 283456051 In drug-treatment studies, double-blind procedures minimize outcome differences between experimental and control conditions that could be attributed to: placebo effects 283456052 In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation, alertness would be the: dependent variable 283456053 In order to assess whether sense of humor is affected by sexual stimulation, researchers exposed married couples to either sexually stimulating or to sexually nonstimulating movie scenes prior to watching a comedy skit. In this research, the independent variable consisted of: level of sexual stimulation 283456054 One person in a ten-person group is ten times older than any of the other members. With respect to age, it is most likely that the majority of group members are younger than the group's: mean 283456055 The ________ is a measure of ________. median;central tendency 283456056 Random samples provide ________ estimates of population averages if the samples have small ________. good; standard deviations 283456057 Jamie and Lynn were sure that they had answered most of the multiple-choice questions correctly because "the questions required only common sense." However, they each scored less than 60% on the exam. This best illustrates: overconfidence 283456058 Psychological theories: organize scientific observations,explain observed facts,generate hypotheses 283456059 Which research method runs the greatest risk of collecting evidence that may be unrepresentative of what is generally true? case study 283456060 Every twenty-fifth person who ordered a subscription to a weekly news magazine was contacted by market researchers to complete a survey of opinions regarding the magazine's contents. The researchers were most clearly employing a technique known as: random sampling 283456061 Surveys are most likely to indicate that reckless behavior and self-control are: negatively correlated 283456062 A correlation of +0.70 between children's physical height and their popularity among their peers indicates that: more height, more popularity 283456063 A tendency to notice and remember instances in which our premonitions of disaster are subsequently followed by harmful events is most likely to contribute to: illusory correlations 283456064 In order to test the potential effect of hunger on taste sensitivity, groups of research participants are deprived of food for differing lengths of time before they engage in a taste-sensitivity test. This research is an example of: experiment 283456065 Researchers control factors that might influence a dependent variable by means of: random assignment 283456066 In a study of factors that might affect memory, research participants were assigned to drink either an alcoholic or a nonalcoholic beverage prior to completing a memory test. Those who drank the nonalcoholic beverage participated in the ________ condition. control 283456067 In an experimental study of the effects of dieting on weight loss, dieting would be the: independent 283456068 The ________ can be a particularly misleading indication of what is average for a ________ distribution of scores. mean;skewed 283456069 The ________ is a measure of ________. standard deviation;variation 283456070 Ahmed has five sisters who are 3, 3, 5, 9, and 10 years of age. The number "5" represents the ________ of the sisters' ages. median 283456071 Differences between two samples are least likely to be statistically significant if: the samples are small and the standard deviations of the samples are large 285491251 believed in innate ideas,suggested that brain is the seat of mental processes plato 285491252 denied existence of innate ideas, suggests that heart is seat of mental processesIvan Pavlov pioneered the study of: aristotle 285497060 who created the hindsight bias? slovic and fischhoff 288176201 Professor Schroeder argues that children have an innate concept of justice that enables them to make distinctions between fair and unfair rules. This argument is most consistent with the views of: Socrates 288176202 In the context of debates over the origins of knowledge, nature is to nurture as ________ is to ________. Descartes;Locke 288176203 Who was the functionalist who authored a textbook for the emerging discipline of psychology? James 288176204 Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of: learning 288176205 A unified understanding of the explanations provided by the neuroscience, cognitive, social-cultural, and other perspectives in psychology is most clearly provided by: biopsychosocial approach 288176206 Basic research on persistent human traits like optimism and pessimism is most characteristic of the specialty known as ________ psychology. personality 288176207 The suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the ________ character of psychology. scientific 288176208 In debating the origins of knowledge, Plato and Aristotle disagreed about the relative importance of: nature and nurture 288176209 Professor Boyd suggests that children in every culture can distinguish between costs and benefits because humans have an inborn understanding of economics. The professor's suggestion is most consistent with the views of: plato 288176210 Who emphasized that mental processes could exist independently of physical states? Descartes 288176211 Which school of psychology was most clearly concerned with the adaptive value of complex mental processes? functionalism 288176212 who was a physiologist and philosopher? wundt 288176213 Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the linkages between hormone levels and sexual motivation? neuroscience 288176214 Focusing on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside one's own awareness is most relevant to the ________ perspective. psychodynamic

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