Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

The study of mind, brain, and behavior

Question 2

What is the nature/nurture debate?

Answer 2

Started with Plato and Aristotle and argues whether or not we are shaped by our genes/born with them (nature) or by the environment (nurture)

Question 3

What is the mind/body problem?

Answer 3

Are the mind and body separately distinct? Some believed the mind was in the heart; dualism

Question 4

When/where/by who was psychology’s formal inception?

Answer 4

1879; Leipzig, Germany; Wilhelm Wundt

Question 5

Founder and main principle: STRUCTURALISM

Answer 5

Edward Titchener; Looks at brain structure and the components of conscious

Question 6

Founder and main principle: FUNCTIONALISM

Answer 6

William James;

Question 7

Founder and main principle: PSYCHOANALYSIS

Answer 7

Sigmund Freud;

Question 8

Founder and main principle: COGNITIVE PSYCH

Answer 8

George A. Miller;

Question 9

Founder and main principle: DUALISM

Answer 9

Rene Descartes

Question 10

Founder and main principle: SOCIAL PSYCH

Answer 10

Kurt Lewin

Question 11

Founder and main principle: INTROSPECTION

Answer 11

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 12

Founder and main principle: BEHAVIORISM

Answer 12

John B. Watson

Question 13

Founder and main principle: GESTALT

Answer 13

Max Wertheimer;

Question 14

What are the FOUR levels of analysis that are most commonly used for studying behavior?

Answer 14

Biological, Individual, Social, Cultural