Lesson 1: Introduction to Psychology

Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?

ALL OF THE ABOVE - critical thinking - use of the scientific method - critical evaluation of sources of information

_____ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.

Abraham Maslow

Which of the following degrees would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school?

Bachelor's Degree

Focuses on observable behaviors that people learn from their environments

Behaviorism

A researcher interest in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory formation would be most likely to identify as a(n) _____ psychologist.

Biological

Focuses on studying cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to out experiences and our actions

Cognitive Psychology

Seeks to understand how forces of society and culture influence individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Cultural Psychology

The scientific study of development across a lifespan

Developmental Psychology

Adopts a holistic view of human existence through explorations of meaning, human potential, and self-actualization

Humanistic Psychology

A researcher interest in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) _____ psychologist.

I-O

One would need at least a(n) _____ degree to serve as a school psychologist.

Master's

Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement: Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.

Max Wertheimer

An individual's consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) ______.

Personality

If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, then s/he would probably need a _____ degree in psychology.

PhD

Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in _____.

Philosophy

In the scientific methis, a hypothesis is a(n) _____.

Proposed explanation

The _____ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills.

PsyD

Focuses on the role of a person's unconscious, as well as early childhood experiences

Psychoanalytic

The operant conditioning chamber (aka _____ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.

Skinner

Psyche is a Greek word meaning _____.

Soul

True or False: Functionalism focuses on how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment

True

True or False: Noam Chomsky was very influential in the early period of the cognitive revolution.

True

True or False: Stucturalism, Freud, and the Gestalt psychologists were all concerned in one way or another with describing and understanding innner experience.

True

True or False: The psychoanalytic theory can be attributed to Freud.

True

Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and ______ in the therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to theor being able to deal with their problems.

Unconditional Positive Regard