Quiz Chapter 1 Psych
The term used by William James to describe a continuous flow of thoughts was
stream of consciousness.
The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images, was
structuralism
The psychologist who proposed that the study of consciousness should be replaced by the study of behavior was
John B. Watson.
The notion that the subject matter of psychology should be the scientific study of conscious experience is MOST closely linked with
Wilhelm Wundt.
The person responsible for establishing psychology as an independent discipline with its own subject matter is
Wilhelm Wundt.
Functionalism was founded by
William James
Janet trained her dog to sit on command by following this behavior with a reward of a dog biscuit and praise. Janet used the principles of
behaviorism.
Sigmund Freud developed an innovative procedure for treating people with psychological problems, which he called
psychoanalysis
According to John Watson, behavior is governed primarily by
the environment.
Dr. Smythe believes that in order to fully understand complex processes, such as taste, it is necessary to understand the purpose that taste plays in human adaptation, not the elementary components that combine to produce taste sensations. Dr. Smythe's views are MOST consistent with
the functionalist approach to psychology.
