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What is the difference between behaviorism and humanistic psychology?
Behaviorism focuses on observable actions only and humanism focuses on the whole person.
Prior to 1879, people who studied behavior associated themselves with:
Biology
Select the statements that are false.
Psychology is focused on understanding animals. Psychology is not useful as a Christian.
Select the statements that are false.
Psychology is focused on understanding animals. and Psychology is not useful as a Christian.
What is the difference between psychoanalysis and psychophysics?
Psychophysics studies the five senses and their reaction to stimuli and psychoanalysis does not.
You cheated on a test and you know it was the wrong thing to do. According to the psychoanalytic theory, what helped you know this?
The ego and superego.
What makes the id different from the superego?
The id is part of the unconscious mind, and the superego is always conscious.
Who is considered the father of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
Why is studying psychology useful?
You can have a better perspective of other people's experiences.
discipline
a branch of knowledge
humanism
a person should be considered as a whole, not in parts
cognition
a person's ability to think
perception
a personal view of a situation; ability to understand the senses
perspective
a specific way of thinking or view
unusual; different from the expected
abnormal
What is NOT a major field in psychology?
actionism
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that often develops after the teens, usually occurring in a person's twenties. Which mental health professional is the best recommendation for a friend who confides to you that she fears she might have schizophrenia?
clinical psychologist
clinical
concerned with the treatment of disease
educational psychologist
concerned with the way humans learn inside the school setting
behaviorism
considers actions and behavior only
Gestalt
considers patterns
humanism
considers the empathy and self-worth of people
cognitive psychology
considers thoughts, desires, and motives
If your parents were going through a divorce and you needed to talk to someone, who would be the best professional to see?
counseling psychologist
a branch of knowledge
discipline
psychoanalysis
explores consciousness and unconsciousn
psychoanalysis
explores consciousness and unconsciousness
empathy
identifying with someone's situation or feelings
You are a junior in high school and have always been fascinated with bridges. You think it would be great to build bridges for a living but have no idea that you should study engineering in college to accomplish this goal. You've decided that it's time to talk to someone who can help you plan for college and give you guidance and the information you need. Who should you talk to?
school psychologist
abnormal
unusual; different from the expected
Why is it important for humans to have awareness and choices?
All choices are good reasons for having awareness and choice.
What is the difference between behaviorism and cognitive psychology?
Behaviorism focuses on actions only and cognitive psychology focuses on people's thought, desires, and motive.
Psychology literally means the study of behavior and actions.
False
Why did humanists not like behaviorism?
Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals.
Who is considered the leader of classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
After school, you watch your friend Katie run to a truck as soon as she hears the truck's music playing. Later, you find out the truck is the ice cream vendor's vehicle. How would a behaviorist interpret Katie's running to the truck?
Katie has been conditioned to the music and has associated the musical truck with serving ice cream.
What first made Pavlov interested in studying dogs and their salivation responses?
Pavlov noticed that the dogs salivated at the sight of a lab worker, even though the worker didn't have food to feed them.
What is NOT something a humanist would believe about people?
People can be analyzed into basic parts.
What did Wundt's pendulum experiment demonstrate?
People need time to shift between two different stimuli.
Which are true statements about psychoanalysis and psychophysics?
Psychoanalysis considers the role of the conscious mind. Psychoanalysis involves therapy and personal exploration. Psychophysics experiments with the five senses.
What is a useful benefit of psychology?
Psychology gives insights into what other people do and think.
psychiatrist
mental health professional who attended medical school
You are preparing to do a hard task and so you say to yourself, "I can do it!" What is this an example of?
motivational self-speech
Gestalt psychology focuses on _____.
people's abilities to recognize patterns
Psychophysics is the study of _____.
people's reactions and perceptions to stimuli
a specific way of thinking or viewing the world
perspective
What is the correct order in which these theories emerged, from earliest to latest?
psychodynamic, behaviorism, humanistic, cognitivism
the study of how people think and behave
psychology
psychophysics
psychology field that studies physical stimuli and human sensations and mental states
During times of emergency in a public place, people act differently when there are several people than when there are just a few. If you had fallen and badly injured yourself, the surrounding masses of people are less likely to help you than if just one or two people were present. This is called the bystander effect. Which type of psychologist would be most interested in studying why people in crowds are less likely to help a bloody, injured person needing help?
social psychologist
introspection
to look within yourself
What is NOT a major field in psychology?
totalism
