Chapter 1 Concept Quiz Flashcards
In the 1800s, the French surgeon Paul Broca conducted research that demonstrated a connection between:
The mind and the brain
What was the subject of the famous experiment conducted by Hermann von Helmholtz:
Reaction time
Wiliam James espoused _______, the study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment
Functionalism
The functional approach to psychology was inspired by:
Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
To understand human behavior, Jean-Martin Charcot studied people:
With psychological disorders
Building on the work of Charcot and others, Sigmund Freud developed:
Psychoanalytic theory
The psychological theory that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings is known as:
Humanistic psychology
Behaviorism involves the study of:
Observable actions and responses
The experiments of Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson centered on:
Stimulus and response
Who developed the concept of reinforcement:
B. F. Skinner
The study of mental processes such as perception and memory is called:
Cognitive psychology
The use of scanning techniques to observe the brain in action and see which parts are involved in which operations helped the development of:
Cognitive neuroscience
Central to evolutionary psychology is the _______ function that minds and brains serve:
Adaptive
Social psychology differs most from other psychological approaches in its emphasis on:
Human interaction
Cultural psychology emphasizes that:
Culture shapes some but not all psychological phenomena
