General Psychology

Dr. Mattar is interested in knowing more about brain injury to the occipital cortex, and he studies patients individually in order to gain in-depth knowledge about their behaviors. These studies would best be described as ________.

Case Studies

Lucy wants to study changes in physical attributes, cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology

Developmental

Identify any three of the subdivisions of psychology that you would like to study. short answer

Developmental- the study of how people grow and adapt over their lifespan Social- how we perceive ourselves v. how the world sees us and how this perception affects our choices, behaviors, and beliefs. Personality- studies how personality changes throughout the course of our lifespan

Who was the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States?

Francis Cecil Sumner

Which perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans.

Humanism

Oona wants to conduct research on personnel management, workplace environment, and what type of environment results in high levels of employee productivity and efficiency. Oona should conduct research in the area of ________ psychology.

Industrial-orginizational

Guillermo spends some time each day applying the principles of structuralism to examine his own conscious experience as carefully as possible. Guillermo is engaged in ________.

Introspection

The first woman to earn the PhD degree in psychology was ________.

Margaret Floy Washburn

Which famous female psychologist completed all of the requirements for a doctorate in psychology but was denied that degree because of her sex?

Mary Whiton Calkins

What is the title of the text we are using for this course?

Psychology 2e

Psychological knowledge is advanced through a process known as ________, which involves a prescribed series of steps designed to achieve the desired knowledge.

Scientific Method

Psychologist who developed psychoanalysis was

Sigmund Freud

Select the correctly ordered list of psychological perspectives, with the earliest perspective listed first.

Structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, humanism

Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ________.

Studying how emotional responses influence behavior while deemphasizing the important of the subconscious

This organization, one of the largest professional groups of psychologists in the world, was founded in 1892.

The American Psychological Society

Psychology refers to the ________.

The scientific study of the mind and behavior

Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.

Their own conscious experience

Which individual wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology and is credited with establishing a scientific laboratory of Psychology at the University of Leipzig?

Wilhelm Wundt

________ is a reduction in the number of research participants as some drop out of the study over time.

attrition

In a ________ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments.

double blind

Which of these is not a goal of psychology?

elaborate (four main goals of psychology is describe, predict, explain, change/control)

According to Maslow, the most basic need we have is ________ and the ultimate need we have is ________.

physiological, self-actualization

Name the two major factors Skinner claimed to direct behavior. short answer

reinforcement and punishment

The ability of a research study or psychological instrument to consistently produce a given result is called ________.

reliability

________ are the most commonly used species for animal research.

rodents

________ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail.

surveys

What is a debriefing?

the process in which participants in a psychological study are told the results after the study is completed

A(n) ________ is a well-developed set of ideas that proposes an explanation for observed phenomena.

theory

Explain why the Behaviorist theory is considered by many to be the opposite of the Psychoanalytic theory. short answer

they are considered to be the opposite because psychoanalytic theory focuses on the unforeseen forces while behaviorist focuses on the problems that are visible.

Cognitive psychology focuses on studying ________.

thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions