Prologue

Question 1

What are the two classes of psychology

Answer 1

structuralism and functionalism

Question 2

what is functionalism

Answer 2

functionalism is the study of how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive and flourish

Question 3

what is structuralism

Answer 3

the use of introspection to define the mind’s makeup

Question 4

who was the first psychologist

Answer 4

Wilhelm Wundst – german

Question 5

from 1920s to 1960s what were the 2 major forces in psychology

Answer 5

behabiourism and freudian psychology

Question 6

how did cognitive revolution affect psychology

Answer 6

it emphasized on the study of mental processes and made them legitimate to study

Question 7

what is psychology

Answer 7

science of behaviour and mental processes

Question 8

how many current psychology perspectives are there?

Answer 8

7:

1. neuroscience
2. cognition
3. evolutionary
4. behavioral
5. behavior genetics
6. psycho-dynamic
7. social-cultural

Question 9

what is the neuroscience perspective?

Answer 9

how brain and body function to enable emotions/ memories and sensory recognition

Question 10

what is the cognitive perspective?

Answer 10

cognition is how we code and store information

Question 11

what is the evolutionary perspective

Answer 11

how has natural selection promoted the survival of our genes

Question 12

what is the social cultural perspective

Answer 12

how has behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

Question 13

what is behavioural genetics

Answer 13

how has our genes and environment influenced our individual differences

Question 14

what is the psychodynamic perspective

Answer 14

how our behaviour is driven by unconscious desires and conflicts

Question 15

what is the behavioural perspective

Answer 15

how we learn from observable responses

Question 16

who were the two fathers of psychology

Answer 16

wilhelm wundst and william james

Question 17

who gave the first psyc lecture

Answer 17

william james in harvard

Question 18

who did the first psych experiment

Answer 18

wilhelm wundst

Question 19

when was the clinical branch of psychology founded – by who

Answer 19

Freud in the 1800s

Question 20

in the 1960s what were the 2 major forces in psychology

Answer 20

1. behaviorism –behavioural psychologist

2. freudian psychology

Question 21

What do humanistic psychologist do

Answer 21

they study how environmental influences affect and limit growth potential

Question 22

What is the greatest debate in psychology?

Answer 22

Nature versus nurture

Question 23

What was the views of Aristotle and Plato?

Answer 23

Aristotle believed that we gain things through external senses
Plato believed that we inherit character and intelligence

Question 24

What were the ideals of Locke and Descartes

Answer 24

Locke believed that we are a clean slate and experiences determined our personality
Descartes said some ideas are innate

Question 25

Who is Edward Thitchner

Answer 25

He is a structuralist that pushed for introspection

Question 26

Who was the person who first wrote a psych textbook?

Answer 26

William James

Question 27

Who is Skinner and Watson

Answer 27

They were behaviouralist

Question 28

When did the cognitive revolution begine

Answer 28

1960

Question 29

What did humanistic psychologist do

Answer 29

Believed that nurture played an impact that behaviouralism and structuralism was too limiting

Question 30

What is basic research?

Answer 30

It build’s on psychology’s knowledge base

Question 31

What is applied research?

Answer 31

tackle problems in the psyc field