Chapter 1; Quiz Flashcards
Definition of the discipline of Psychology:
Behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism’s physical state, mental state, and external environment.
What is an important characteristic of critical thinkers?
The willingness to engage in vigorous debate about the validity of an idea.
Great thinkers of the past:
Relied on observations based on anecdote and description of individual cases.
Who established the first psychological laboratory in 1879?
Willhelm Wundt.
What is Functionalism?
A discipline of psychology that emphasized the purpose of behaviour as opposed to its analysis and description.
What is Structuralism?
A discipline of psychology that examined the basic elements of the mind.
Who founded the field of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud.
What is the cognitive perspective?
A modern perspective that focuses on how people reason, remember, understand language, and solve problems.
What is Humanism?
An important movement in psychology that emerged in the 1960s and rejected psychoanalysis and behaviourism.
What aspect of psychology is least recognized and understood by the public?
Research.
What is required to obtain a license to practice clinical psychology?
A doctorate.
Modern psychologists rely heavily on what?
Empirical evidence.
Who was the founder of Functionalism?
William James.
