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Who among of the following would be interested in stress and fears that prevent people from carrying out their normal activities? (More than one option may be correct.)
- Counseling psychologist- Health psychologist- Clinical psychologist
Which perspective is being practiced when a psychologist focuses on the activities a person is engaging in, and not the thoughts or feelings the person has?
Behavioral
A focus on external behavior rather than the internal workings of the mind is favored by the
Behavioral perspectives
Which subfield of psychology combines neuroscience and clinical psychology to understand psychological disorders?
Clinical neuropsychology
psychology is a subspecialty of experimental psychology that focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, decision making, and language.
Cognitive
Select the five major perspectives in the field psychology today.
Cognitive Behavioral Humanistic Neuroscience Psychodynamic
Which of the following are included in cognitive psychology?
Decision makingJudgingThinkingLanguageProblem solving
psychology studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death.
Developmental
_____ psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world.
Experimental
Somebody who says "I can make my own destiny," is endorsing what psychological concept?
Free will
_______ is an historical approach advocated by William James that concentrated on mental processes and the purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaptation to the environment.
Functionalism
Which subfield of psychology includes both psychological factors and physical diseases?
Health
A health psychologist, clinical psychologist, and a counseling psychologist would all be most interested in which of the following?
How frequent depression has prevented someone from carrying out their normal activities
Which of the following would be areas of most interest to a health psychologist? (More than one option may be correct.)
How long-term stress affects physical healthHow to promote positive health behaviors
Which of the following would most likely be the subject of experimental psychology?
How to make a workplace more safe
Which procedure was favored by structuralists over functionalists?
Introspection
____ is a procedure used to study the structure of the mind, the main method of investigation for structuralists; looking into one's own mind for information.
Introspection
Of the following, who was associated with the gestalt movement?
Max Wertheimer
In the context of psychology, which of the following is a behavior?
Movement
Which psychological perspective examines how the brain and the nervous system affect behavior?
Neuroscience perspective
Which of the following is a mental process?
Perception of a threat
____ psychology studies the traits that differentiate one person from another.
Personality
Which of the following is true about the key issues in the field of psychology?
Psychologists all agree on what the key issues of the field are.
The perspective that focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, and other mental states is called
Structuralism
Which perspective focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, thinking, emotions, and other kinds of mental states?
Structuralism
Which of the following would be studied by a personality psychologist? (More than one option may be correct.)
The consistency in people's behavior across their livesThe traits that differentiate one person from another
A psychologist taking the psychodynamic perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following?
The unconscious motives that led the student to attend college in the first place.
The underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities among psychologists is significant for which of the following reasons?
The underrepresentation may deter other minority-group members from entering the field. The rarity of minority psychologists can discourage some members of minority groups from seeking treatment. The field of psychology is diminished by the lack of diverse perspectives and talents that minority-group members can provide.
Hermann Ebbinghaus and Max ______ led the gestalt movement.
Wertheimer
To help in identifying the subfields of psychology, which of the following would be the best question to ask?
What type of behavior does it address?
The person who led the challenge to Wundt's approach of introspection as a scientific technique was ____, who led the functionalist movement.
William James
_____ developed the first laboratory devoted to psychological research.
William Wundt
The formal beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline is generally considered to have occurred when
William Wundt established the first experimental laboratory dedicated to psychological phenomenon.
Which of the following statements about women in the field of psychology are true?
Women psychologists outnumber male psychologists by more than 2 to 1.Seventy-five percent of psychology graduate students are female.
In the field of psychology, women are more likely than men to
attend graduate school.
Behavioral neuroscientists study the ______ basis of behavior.
biological
Free will is the idea that behavior is a reflection of
choices made by the individual.
The subfield of psychology that deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders is called Blank______ psychology.
clinical
A ____ --cultural psychologist would be interested in investigating the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in various cultures and ethnic groups.
cross
Differences between the United States and other industrialized nations in the use of spanking during childhood would be of most interest to a(n)
cross-cultural psychologist.
A baby taking her first step or saying her first word are universal milestones that would be studied in ______ psychology.
developmental
Compared to a structuralist, a____ would be most interested in the function of the emotion of fear in preparing us to deal with emergency situations.
functionalist
Unlike clinical psychologists, counseling psychologists help people who are:
having career adjustment problems.
Which of the following are likely trends in the future of psychology?
increased influence on issues of public interest AND more focus on issue of diversity AND greater adherence to strict ethical and moral guidelines
A procedure used to study the structure of the mind in which subjects are asked to describe in detail what they are experiencing when they are exposed to a stimulus is called
introspection
Which of the following are key issues in the field of psychology?
nature versus nurture free will versus determinism individual differences versus universal principles
A psychologist who is studying how heredity influences behavior most likely will be using the ______ perspective.
neuroscience
It is hoped that advances in _______ will allow psychologists to focus more on prevention of psychological disorders rather than only treatment.
neuroscience
Match the psychological perspective to the proper description. Instructions
neuroscience perspective The approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, nervous system, and other biological functions (2) psychodynamic perspective The approach based on the belief that behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control (2) behavioral perspective The approach that suggests that observable behavior should be the focus of study (2) cognitive perspective The approach that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world (2) humanistic perspective The approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior (2)
The branch of developmental psychology that would study how your traits are different from your sister's traits is called ______ psychology.
personality
Human aggression, liking and loving, persuasion, and conformity are all topics that would be of most interest to a ______ psychologist.
social
___ psychology is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others.
social
Unlike counseling psychologists, clinical psychologists help people who are
suffering from serious psychological disorders.
Neuroscientists are most likely to consider how
the body influences behavior.
In trying to help someone deal with a mental illness, the psychodynamic perspective suggests that we should explore
unconscious processes.
The subfields of psychology are related to each other because they share a common goal, which is
understanding behavior.
The majority of psychologists in the United States are
white
