Questions- Module 1

Question 1

What event defined the start of scientific psychology?

Answer 1

Scientific psychology began in Germany in 1879 when Wilhelm opened the first psychology laboratory.

Question 2

Why did introspection fail as a method for understanding how the mind works?

Answer 2

People’s self-report varied, depending on the experience and the person’s intelligence and verbal ability.

Question 3

____ used introspection to define the mind’s makeup; ____ focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive and flourish.

Answer 3

Structuralism; functionalism

Question 4

From the 1920s through the 1960s, the two major forces in psychology were ____ and _____.

Answer 4

Behaviorism; Freudian

Question 5

How did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology?

Answer 5

It recaptured the field’s early interest in mental processes and made them legitimate topics for scientific study.

Question 6

What is psychology’s historic big issue?

Answer 6

Are our human traits present at birth, or do they develop through experience?

Plato vs. Aristotle

Question 7

What is natural selection?

Answer 7

This is the process by which nature selects from chances variations the traits that vest enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

Question 8

What is contemporary psychology’s position on the nature-nurture debate?

Answer 8

Psychological events often stem from the interaction of nature and nurture, rather than from either of them acting alone

Question 9

What advantage do we gain by using the biopsychosocial approach in studying psychological events?

Answer 9

By incorporating different levels of analysis, the biopsycholsocial approach scan provide a more complete view than any one perspective could offer.