Ch. 1

Question 1

psychology

Answer 1

study of thoughts and behaviors

Question 2

introspection

Answer 2

Describe exactly what you are
experiencing as its happening

Question 3

structuralism

Answer 3

understanding the conscious
experience through introspection

Question 4

gestalt

Answer 4

looking at the human mind and behavior as a whole

Question 5

functionalism

Answer 5

focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment

Question 6

psychoanalysis

Answer 6

therapy based on Freud’s ideas, focus on the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior

Question 7

gestalt example

Answer 7

A song is more than a series of
musical notes

Question 8

wilhelm wundt

Answer 8

father of psychology and structuralism

Question 9

edward titchener

Answer 9

student of wundt, structuralism

Question 10

william james

Answer 10

1st american psychologist, functionalism

Question 11

unconsciousness

Answer 11

Part of our mind outside of our
awareness where we push down our dark urges and desires

Question 12

sigmund freud

Answer 12

austrian neurologist, theorized that many of his patients’ problems came from the unconscious mind

Question 13

behaviorism

Answer 13

focus on observing and
controlling behavior; science of behavior

Question 14

ivan pavlov

Answer 14

classical conditioning, behaviorism

Question 15

john watson

Answer 15

father of behaviorism,

Question 16

humanism

Answer 16

the desire to self-actualize and use free will

Question 17

cognitive

Answer 17

How people think, remember, and
store information

Question 18

cognitive examples

Answer 18

Language, problem-solving,
attention, intelligence, decision
making

Question 19

sociocultural

Answer 19

focusing on interactions within and between groups

Question 20

Biopsychological

Answer 20

study the relationship between genes and mental processes and behavior

Question 21

classical conditioning

Answer 21

Demonstrated that
phobias are learned (not
unconscious)

Question 22

operant conditioning

Answer 22

manipulate voluntary behavior by
changing the consequences of behavior

Question 23

psychoanalytic

Answer 23

focus on the role of the
unconscious in affecting behavior

Question 24

attachment theory

Answer 24

the theory that humans are born with a need to form a close emotional bond with a caregiver