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Stephanie just took a test of the temps to identify people who are likely to succeed in business and marketing Stephanie's test was most likly created by a

Personality psychologists

The perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior

Psychoanalysis

School of psychology that looks at the basic elements of unconscious experience

Psychodynamic

In contrast to other early psychologists sigmund Freud gained his understanding of human behavior

In consultations with patients

Founder of behaviorism

John B. Watson

And it's early days of school psychoanalysis stress that behavior was caused by

Unconscious motives and conflicts

Founder of structuralism

Wilhelm Wundt

The psychologist who wrote the first modern book of psychology the principles of psychology in 1890 is

William James

The first modern psychologist was

Wundt

Which of the following is associated with psychotherapy

clinical psychology

Modern psychology was born in the

1800s after the birth of modern science

About what percent of all psychologist specializing in clinical psychology

39%

Counseling psychologist encourage the clients to

All of the above

The practice of psychology is closely related to the natural sciences by

All of the above

What is the research that aims to solve practical problems

Applied research

Training your dog to shake using delicious dog biscuits related to which psychologist

B.F. Skinner

Research that is conducted for its own sake, that is without seeking a solution to a specific problem

Basic research

Action that can be observed or measured

Behavior

Every time a student asked her parents if they can use the car their parents say no therefore they stop asking this is example of

Behaviorism

Lina believes that conscious experience ( what people think and feel) cannot be studied scientifically. Which approach is consciousness does Lina represent

Behaviorism

Research studies the effects of brain lesions in rats the research study reflects which of the following perspectives

Biological

Developmental psychologists are especially concerned with

Changes that occurred throughout the life span

The majority of psychologists are

Clinical psychologists

Dreams prospection thoughts and memories

Cognitive activities

Little Billy is clinically depressed he sees a psychologist who teaches Billy that his false and negative thoughts are to blame for depression The psychologist then trains Billy how to think positively about himself in situations what approach of psychology was the psychologist using with Billy

Cognitive approach

The modern biological perspective of psychology studies

DFX of biological factors on our behavior

Course planning and instructional method for school districts are usually handled by

Educational psychologists

Social psychologists differ from personality psychologists in their focus on

External rather than internal influences

A psychologist who testifies whether a person is legally sane or insane is a

Forensic psychologists

The scientific study of behavior and mental process

Psychology

Which type of psychologist would be interested in why individual join gangs

Social psychologists

Gender culture and economic status influence behavior

Social-cultural perspective

Philosopher who stressed the importance of introspection

Socrates

According to the gestalt psychologists much learning is accomplished by

Sudden insight

The school of behavior defined psychology as

The scientific study of observable behavior


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