PY 101 Chapter 1
What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Freud
His theory is untestable
How is natural selection related to psychology
Humans behave as they do in part because that behavior promotes survival
Which of the following statements is true?
Skepticism is advisable until an idea is proven right
Parents who agree with John Locke's notion of tabula rasa would mean
parents would expose their children to a rich variety of sensory experiences
Plato's allegory of the cave indicates that
truths about reality are not always obvious
A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying intervals. After each presentation of light, he asks the particiant to fully describe her internal experiences, a method known
introspection.
An important principle to remember when studying psychology is that
the act of learning changes the physical structure of the brain.
Edward Thict
Structuralism
The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year
Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory
The hallmarks of psychology as a science are
Careful experimentation and the application of critical thinking
Cognitive psychology
focuses on how people think,, remeber, store, and use information
Following perspectives argues that human behvior
functionalism
The study of the nervous system is called
neuroscience
Psychology is best defined as the study of
the mind and behvior
According to the social brain hypothesis each of us can deal effectively with social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that
we are capable of maintaining social networks of up to 150 people throughout our lives.