Psychology 150 Chapter 1 Review

Hermann von Helmholtz

Who provided evidence that the mind could be measured using scientific methods through his work measuring the speed of nerve conduction?

Wilhelm Wundt

Who was the first scientist to be referred to as a psychologist?

Structuralism

Wilhelm Wundt's student, Edward Titchener, developed an approach in which the mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience. What was this called?

Mary Whiton Calkins; Francis Cecil Sumner

___________ studied at Harvard University and though she was denied her doctoral degree simply because she was a woman, she later went on to be the first woman elected to be president of the American Psychological Association. While __________ was the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States.

Developmental and Social Psychology

Alejandro is developing a preliminary research study to address the question of whether 4-year-olds who are asked to delay gratification (e.g., to delay eating candy) perform differently in solitude than with other 4-year-olds. Which combination of research perspectives would be best for this preliminary study?

False

Cognitive psychology focuses on studying sensation and the effect of culture on perception.

Infants learn to process language entirely based on their sensory experiences.

Description of the British empiricists' view of the mind

Prescribe Medication

Josh has a doctoral degree in psychology and is a therapist in New York. His sister Sarah has a medical degree and is in a residency program for psychiatry. Currently, the biggest difference between the two professions is that, in contrast to Josh, Sarah can ____.

Structuralism and Gestalt psychology

Which of the following pairs of psychological approaches would be considered the "most opposite"?

The mind and behavior

Psychology is the scientific study of:

False

True or False? According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to manipulate human behavior.

True

True or False? Watson changed the goal of psychology from Wundt's desire to understand consciousness to the study of observable behavior.

Philosophy and Physical Sciences

What are the two major roots of psychology?

The word "evil" should be changed to the word "good."

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Humanism focuses on the potential of all people for evil.

They tried to establish theories without a large body of experimental data.

What was a major shortcoming of early psychologists?