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Gestalt Psychology

And approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a hole sense rather than on the individual elements of perception.

Functionalism

And early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does the functions of mental activity and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environment.

Like structuralism, functionalism focuses on

Mental processes

What psychological perspective examines how the brain and the nervous system affect behavior?

Neuroscience perspective

Gestalt psychologist have made substantial contributions to our under standing of:

Perception

Functionalism concentrate on what the mind does and how_______ functions.

Behavior

A focus on external behavior rather than the internal workings of the mind is favored by the________ Perspective.

Behavioral

each theoretical perspective has a position somewhere on the nature versus nurture debate. Which of the following perspectives would likely emphasize nurture more than nature?

Behavioral and humanistic

It is behavior that can be observed that should be studied not the suspected innerworkings of the mind. This statement was most likely made by someone with Which perspective?

Behavioral perspective

The cognitive perspective views the human mind somewhat like a _______ .

Computer

What was the movement founded by William James?

Functionalism

The statement in order to study human behavior we must consider the whole perception rather than its component parts might be made by a persons subscribing to which perspective of psychology?

Gestalt

_______ Psychology emphasizes on how perception is organized.

Gestalt

Hey psychologist taking the humanistic perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following?

The students striving to reach his or her full potential.

A psychologist taking the psychodynamic perspective to study how people change during College it would be most interested in which of the following?

The unconscious motives that led the student to attend college in the first place.

Psychodynamic perspective

They approach based on the view that behavior is motivated by unconscious in her forces over which the end of visual has little control.

Hermann Ebbinghaus and max _______ Lead the gestalt movement

Wertheimer

What are the origins of psychology?

Wilhelm Wundt laid the foundation of psychology and 1879, when he opened his laboratory in Germany. Early perspectives that guy did the work of psychologist were structuralism led by Willhelm functionalism led by William James and gestalt theory.

In the United States, _______ Outnumber ______ In the field of psychology.

Women; men

Wilhelm ______ Created the first psychology laboratory

Wundt

Structuralism

Wundts approach, Which focuses on and covering the fundamental mental component of consciousness, thinking, and other kinds of mental state and activities.

Genies therapist asked her to recount a violent dream she recently experienced in order to gain insight into the unconscious forces affecting her behavior. She needs therapist is working from a _______ Perspective.

Psychodynamic

They cognitive perspective________.

Focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world

Introspection

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.

A psychologist taking the behavioral perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following?

A students study habits

______ Psychology considers her behavior is influenced by her genetic inheritance from our ancestors.

Evolutionary

My therapist is wonderful! He always points out my positive traits. He dwells on my uniqueness and strength as an individual. I feel much more confident about myself as if I am really growing and reaching my potential. The therapist being described most likely follows a _______ perspective.

Humanistic

Early psychologist studied the mind by asking people to describe what they were experiencing when exposed to various stimuli. This procedure was known as______?

Introspection

Which procedure was favored by the Structuralist over functionalists?

Introspection

Wundt and others used a technique called _______, which involve describing in their own words and in as much detail as possible what they were experiencing.

Introspection

The behavioral perspective is likely to suggest that how you act is the result of which of the following

Learning history

Experimental psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the processes of_________ About the world.

Sensing, perceiving, thinking, and learning

The perspective that focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, and other mental state is called_________.

Structuralism

Wundt describe psychology as a study of unconscious experience, I perspective he called________?

Structuralism

cognitive perspective

The approach that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world.

Humanistic Perspective

The approach that suggest that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their Lives and behavior.

Behavioral perspective

The approach that suggests that observable, external behavior, which can be objectively measured, should be the focus of study.

Neuroscience perspective

The approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, the nervous system, and other biological functions.

What are the major approaches In contemporary psychology?

The neuroscience approach, the psychodynamic perspective, the behavioral perspective, cognitive approach, and the humanistic perspective.