Chapter 1

Question 1

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Answer 1

Psychology

Question 2

Any movement or posture produced by an individual that influences it’s relationship to the environment

Answer 2

Behavior

Question 3

Examples of behavior

Answer 3

head turn, speaking, walking, nest building

Question 4

Eamples of not behavior

Answer 4

Thinking, feeling, digesting, heartbeat, hearing

Question 5

Things, such as thinking and feeling, that can’t be directly observed (except with brain scanning equipment)

Answer 5

Mental Processes

Question 6

Why are mental processes difficult to study

Answer 6

• Can’t be directly observed
• Brain activity can be correlated with certain thoughts or feelings but isn’t definitive
• People lie

Question 7

The idea that at birth, human minds are a blank slate

Answer 7

Tabula rasa

Question 8

The idea that certain smaller elements combine to create the entire mental experience

Answer 8

Structuralism

Question 9

Structuralism Founders

Answer 9

Wilhelm Wundt & Edward Titchener (late 1800s)

Question 10

Individuals describe their mental processes

Answer 10

Introspection

Question 11

The whole of perception is greater than the sum of the parts

Answer 11

Gestalt Psychology

Question 12

Gestalt Psychology Founder

Answer 12

Max Wertheimer

Question 13

How does a behavior assist an organism with survival and/or reproduction in it’s environment?

Answer 13

Functionalism

Question 14

Functionalism Founder

Answer 14

William James