Psyc1101 Introductory Psychology

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W. James

Functionalism

Rogers and Maslow

Humanism

Oona wants to conduct research on personnel management, workplace environment, and what type of environment results in high levels of employee productivity and efficiency. Oona should conduct research in the area of ________ psychology.

industrial-organizational (I-O)

Socialcultural Perspective

influence of world around us

cognitive perspective

thoughts and ideas

W. Wundt

Structuralism

Humanistic Perspective

self identify and free will

is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail.

surveys

Psychological knowledge is advanced through a process known as ________, which involves a prescribed series of steps designed to achieve the desired knowledge.

the scientific method

Cognitive psychology focuses on studying

thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions

Which of the following is an example of research someone might conduct in the area of health psychology?

whether people working at a desk are more likely to be obese

Skinner and Watson

Behaviorism

The first woman to earn the PhD degree in psychology was

Margaret Floy Washburn

Which individual wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology, founded the school of structuralism, and is credited with establishing a scientific laboratory of Psychology at the University of Leipzig?

Wilhelm Wundt

actively evaluate information

critical thinking

Which perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans?

humanism

Guillermo spends some time each day applying the principles of structuralism to examine his own conscious experience as carefully as possible. Guillermo is engaged in ________.

introspection

rodents

most commoners used for research

For which concept is Abraham Maslow best known?

proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior

S. Freud

psychoanalysis

Psychology refers to the

scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Jane Goodall

studied chimpanzees (naturalistic observations)

psychoanalytic perspective

unconscious mind

What choice is an accurate definition of hypothesis?

A tentative explanation or prediction

Which of the following exemplifies the unconditional positive regard component of client-centered therapy?

Abby tells her therapist that she tripped a small child who got in her way, and her therapist accepts this information without judgment

Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions?

Experimental

Which famous female psychologist completed all of the requirements for a doctorate in psychology but was denied that degree because of her sex?

Mary Whiton Calkins

Research shows that people who eat ice cream often die from drownings. This alone demonstrates that

There is a relationship between eating ice cream and drowning

behaviorist perspective

actions are learned from environment

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

approval source for ethical research

Lucy wants to study changes in physical attributes, cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology.

developmental

prediction or expectation

hypothesis

Manipulated/ experimental variable

independent

Physiological/Biological Perspective

physical components of mind and body

False or fake substance

placebo


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