AP Physch chapter 1

Engineering psychologists would most likely

Design equipment to assist people at work

An industrial/ organizational (I/O) psychologist would be most likely to

Design interview questions for job candidates

A licensed, practicing psychologist in the state of CT has earned this degree

Doctorate (+2 yrs.)

You will have to choose basic or applied psychology. Choose basic if you prefer

Doing research and teaching, conducting experiments, working in a lab.

A formal definition of psychology is the scientific study of

The thought and behavior of individuals

Gestalt psychology argued that perception is a process where

The whole is more than the sum of its parts

From least to most amount of the time complete, which order of degrees is correct?

Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate (PhD), Medical

"The mind is much too subjective to study." Who is most likely to have said this?

B.F. Skinner

This approach does not believe in studying "the mind" because it cannot be seen

Behavioral

Which approach focuses on learned responses? You learn to say please when you get dessert

Behavioral

B.F. Skinner and John Watson are

Behaviorists

A therapist who believe that deviant behavior can be traced to genetic anomalies to which view

Biological

One difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist is that a psychiatrist

Can prescribe mediation and perform surgical procedures

Fuctionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the

Changes in consciousness as we adapt to our enviornment

The science that inspired that breakdown of the mind into its most basic elements is

Chemistry

Empirical Investigation is

Data gathered directly by an observer

Wundt's technique of introspection involved

Having people describe their sensory experiences

This approach stressed striving for growth and developing potential

Humanistic

Which approach focuses on the positive side of human nature?

Humanistic

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are

Humanists

Structuralists were concerned with uncovering the basic units of the

Mind

The least likely career path for a psychologist would be

Investigating in a new product designed to help people

Which innovation differentiated Wundt's research the most from those before him

Laboratory Research

What terminal degree has a psychiatrist earned

MD

You will have to chops basic or applied psychology. Choose applied if you prefer

Making a change in the community, influencing an actual behavior, improving products for human or animal use.

What degree do you need to be a psychiatrist

Medical

Pseudopsychology

Phony, unscientific psychology

Difficulties with the past, especially repressed family issues, best represents this approach

Psychodynamic

Inner, unconscious motives, and forces and conflicts best describes this approach

Psychodynamic

Repressed anger at your parents is most likely to be the focus of this approach

Psychodynamic

Sigmund Freud founded this approach

Psychodynamic

Biological psychologists would look to these for causes or behavior

The nervous system

Cognitive psychologists are most likely to study

Thought, perception and memory

Confirmation bias is problematic when conducting research because

We tend to look for evidence that confirms previous beliefs