Psychology Quiz 1 Unit 1

In December of 1879, he created the very first psychology laboratory in Germany.

Wilhelm Wundt

Who was the functionalist who authored the textbook Principles of Psychology for the emerging discipline of psychology?

William James

The scientific aspect of psychology is most concerned with

a methodology that emphasizes explanation and evaluation.

An ineffective technique when studying for an introductory psychology course is to

avoid reading about alternative explanations.

Psychology today is best defined as the scientific study of

behavior and mental processes.

Your professor directs a child and adolescent clinic that specializes in shaping behavior through rewards and consequences. Which of the following branches of psychology does this clinic support?

behaviorism

Watson is to _______________, as Rogers is to ___________________.

behaviorism; humanistic psychology

Psychologists use different levels of analysis that offer complementary outlooks on various topics. This is best understood by using

biopsychosocial approach.

Which of the following professions would most likely treat individuals with psychological disorders?

clinical psychologists and psychiatrists

A focus on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information is most relevant to the ____________ perspective.

cognitive

Empiricism is the view that knowledge is predominantly derived from

experience

Francis Bacon and John Locke helped form modern science by stressing the importance of

experimentation and the tabula rasa.

Which school of psychology stressed the adaptive value of consciousness?

functionalism

Titchener is to _______, as Freud is to psychoanalysis.

humanistic psychology

You begin seeing a therapist to cope with a number of stressful life events. The therapist does not focus on your childhood or on any learned behaviors, but rather she emphasizes the importance of your need for love and acceptance. Which school of thought does she belong to?

humanistic psychology

Structuralists introduced which research method to identify the basic elements of the human mind?

introspection

Researchers today can use technology such as CAT scans and fMRI scans to measure brain activity. Some researchers ask their research participants to describe elements of their experiences (e.g., sensations, images, feelings) while undergoing the scans. This ___________ technique is similar to the methodology of ___________.

introspection; Titchener

The school of psychology known as structuralism was interested in studying how to

isolate the underlying components of what they were studying.

Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of:

learning

If you were taking psychology prior to 1920, psychology was defined as "the science of __________________."

mental life

Is alcohol misuse biologically determined or culturally influenced? This debate is most relevant to the issue of:

nature versus nurture.

It is 1965, and Professor B.F. Skinner is lecturing in your introductory course. He defines psychology as "the scientific study of __________________."

observable behavior

Humanistic psychology, which emphasizes human growth potential, was a reaction against

psychoanalysis and behaviorism.

Compared with the structuralists, early behaviorists were much LESS likely to focus on the study of:

thinking.

The majority of clinical psychologists are likely to

treat emotional disorders.

Which type of basic research psychologist is interested in improving learning?

Educational

Which type of applied psychologist would study relationships between people and their working environments?

Industrial/Organizational

Who was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology?

Margaret Floy Washburn