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Which perspective says our unconscious drives, such as neurotic needs or birth order, childhood memories, and shape behavior?
sociocultural
psychodynamic
behavioral
humanistic
Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought?
Behaviorism
Functionalism
Humanism
Structuralism
Who wrote the first psychology textbook, was the first American psychologist, and believed psychology should study the functions of consciousness?
G. Stanley Hall
John Watson
William James
Willhelm Wundt
Which practitioner has a doctorate degree (Ph D.) in psychology but cannot prescribe medication?
psychologist
clinical psychologist
psychiatrist
evolutionist
Historical perspective of psychology that focused on mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment.
functionalism
structuralism
Which practitioner has a doctorate degree (MD.) in psychology and can prescribe medication, if needed?
psychologist
psychiatrist
clinical psychologist
evolutionist
In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus on…?
Evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings
Observable behavior
Childhood experiences and unconscious thought processes
The study of brain activity linked with mental activity
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
Wife of G. Stanley Hall
First woman to receive a Ph. D in Psychology
First woman author of a psychology book
First female president of APA
Who was Margaret Floy Washburn?
First female to receive a Ph. D. in psychology
Studied with Mary Calkins at the APA
Studied under Willhelm Wund
First female to be President of the APA
Which psychological perspective focuses on how we think about information?
Behavioral
Cognitive
Evolutionary
Psychodynamic
Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different styles of parenting are encouraged among various ethnic communities?
cognitive
psychodynamic
social-cultural
biological
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