Psychology test

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What is Abraham Maslow best know for?

Proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior

Dr. Bogdarian noticed that one of her students addresses her with the word mother instead of the word professor or doctor. Dr. Bogdarian applies the principles of ______ and hypothesize the student misspeaks because he is unconsciously associating with her with his mother

Psychoanalytic theory

A(n) ____ is a chamber that isolates the subject for the external environment

Skinner box

The cognitive revolution created for psychologist to focus their attention on better understanding______

The mind and mental processes that underlie behavior

Who was the first person referred to as a psychologist?

Wilhelm Wundt

Psychoanalytic theory focuses on ___ and early childhood experiences.

a person's unconsciousness

In the study of personality, the ____ model includes dimensions of conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extroversion

five-factor

Which kind of psychologist would be consulted in jury selection and witness preparation?

forensic

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

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

introspection

Susan wants to study prejudice, attraction, how we explain our own behavior versus how we explain the behavior of others, and how we resolve interpersonal conflicts. Susan should conduct research in the area of ________.

social psychology

Lucy wants to study changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the life span. Lucy should specialize in ____ psychology

Developmentals

William James was the

First American psychologist

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying the phenomenon is applying the principles of ______

Gestalt psychology

_____ is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans

Humanism

What psychologists was a behaviorist?

John Watson

Penelope studies how the structure and function of the nervous system is related to behavior. She is a ____

biopsychologist

Ashya wants to focus on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior. What area of psychology should she work in?

clinical psychology

Select the correctly ordered list of psychological perspectives, with the earliest perspective listed first.

structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, humanism

According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ____

study the function of behavior


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