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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe first psychological laboratory was established byWilliam James.John Watson.Wilhelm Wundt.Sigmund Freud.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHaving the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.structuralismintrospectionfunctionalismpsychometrics
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which philosopher would have been most enthusiastic about modern empiricism? (knowledge is gained by experimentation and observation)
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Buddah
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was a prominent American functionalist?
John B. Watson
Wilhelm Wundt
Jean Piaget
William James
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?
John B. Watson
Edward Titchener
Wilhelm Wundt
Jean Piaget
- 6. Multiple ChoiceContemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study ofconscious and unconscious mental activity.observable responses to the environment.behavior and mental processes.thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe inheritance of behavioral characteristics was emphasized byJohn Locke.John Watson.Charles Darwin.B. F. Skinner.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe most adaptive behaviors are the ones most likely to grow stronger and become habitual.Wilhelm WundtFrancis GaltonWilliam JamesSigmund Freud
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis theory of psychology does not recognize free will when it comes to making decisions and believe we are mechanically constrolled by our environment.psychoanalytichumanistcognitivebehaviorist
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho believed that the mind and body were connected?AristotleDescartesSocratesPlato
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of psychologist most directly investigates the links between biological activity and our thinking and behaviors?psychotherapistbiological psychologistcognitive psychologistpsychometrician
- 12. Multiple Choice
This perspective is interested in what is actually going on in the brain that affects psychology. Might study how hormones or genes might affect personality.
biological
sociocultural
cognitive
evolutionary
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This perspective believes that behavioral traits that are advantageous in certain environments allow people to survive and pass down these traits to offspring.
learning
evolutionary
cognitive
biopsychosocial
- 14. Multiple Choice
This perspective concentrates on how thoughts affect behavior. Might study how people perceive certain events and how this affects their behavior.
cognitive
biological
learning
psychoanalytic
- 15. Multiple Choice
This perspective stresses the influence of unconscious desires on behavior.
psychoanalytic
humanistic
biological
learning
- 16. Multiple Choice
This perspective focuses on how gender, ethnicity, and economic status affect behavior and mental processes. A psychologist from this perspective might study how an African-American may view the world differently than a white person.
sociocultural
biopsychosocial
learning
cognitive
- 17. Multiple Choice
Founded behaviorism: psychology is the study of observable behavior.
John Watson
BF Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Gestalt
- 18. Multiple Choice
This very famous psychologist emphasized the influence of unconscious thoughts on people's behaviors.
Sigmund Freud
John Watson
Gestalt
William James
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