Psy7A Midterm1 review

A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying intervals. After each presentation of a light, he asks the participant to fully describe her internal experiences, a method known as

Introspection

A behaviorist is helping a special-needs child complete a number of target behaviors. These behaviors may include all of the following except

understanding the value of coins.

The foundations of psychology are most closely related to which of the following disciplines?

Philosophy

Plato's cave analogy illustrates that

We cannot necessarily rely on our senses to learn the truth

_______ is often credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory, thus establishing psychology as an experimental science.

Wilhelm Wundt

Your psychology professor tells the class, "Experience cannot be analyzed successfully into its elements." Your professor is most likely

a Gestalt psychologist

Refer to the figure below. The figure illustrates a typical experiment in

cognitive psychology

Psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark found that doll tests

exposed internalized racism in African-American children, particularly among children attending segregated schools.

cognitive psychology

focuses on how people think, remember, store, and use information

According to René Descartes, the very fact that he is thinking proves that

he exists.

In a behaviorist approach to treatment for a patient with a fear of rats, the patient is

repeatedly exposed to stimuli that are gradually more and more like rats

Psychology is best defined as the study of

mind and behavior

An empiricist believes that the only source of knowledge about the external world is

sensory experience

The idea that children are born with no knowledge or "content" whatsoever and are "filled" by life experiences is called

tabula rasa

A classmate tells you that she has over 700 Facebook friends. As a proponent of the social brain hypothesis, you will most likely

be skeptical of her ability to interact meaningfully with so many people.