Topic 1: Intro

Question 1

Why are some people interested in studying psychology?

Answer 1

To improve relationships, answer the question of Nature vs Nurture and to learn how to reduce stress are all possible reasons.

Question 2

What is dualism?

Answer 2

The belief that thoughts and ideas can exist separately from the body.

Question 3

Which statement would Socrates and Plato most likely have agreed with?

Answer 3

We can access innate knowledge through logic.

Question 4

Who is known as the father of psychology?

Answer 4

Wundt

Question 5

Mayu believes in structuralism; Jiaxun believes in functionalism. What statement summarizes the differences between their concepts of the human mind?

Answer 5

Mayu believes the mind is a sum of parts; Jiaxun believes the mind is a unified whole.

Question 6

Who established the first psychological labratory in North America at the University of Toronto?

Answer 6

James Mark Baldwin

Question 7

What influenced Watson’s development of the behavioural approach?

Answer 7

An interest in using direct measurement and observation to study psychology.

Question 8

According to Freud, our personality is composed of what?

Answer 8

Ego, superego and ID

Question 9

What are aspects on the humanistic approach to psychology?

Answer 9

People should be encouraged to express themselves, strive to achieve their full potential, and understand the importance of free will and self-esteem.

Question 10

The rapid rise of cognitive psychology can be largely attributed to…

Answer 10

Developments in brain imaging technology.

Question 11

Yuri is investigating the thought patterns of people afflicted with Schizophrenia. What is a question Yuri might ask at the level of the world?

Answer 11

How do schizophrenic thought patterns vary across cultures?

Question 12

What supports the nature side of the nature vs nurture debate?

Answer 12

Darwin’s theory of natural selection.

Question 13

Which argument is most likely based on ideas from the nurture side of the nature vs nurture debate?

Answer 13

Children who preform poorly at failing schools will improve their performance if they are able to transfer to a more successful school.

Question 14

The Canadian Psychological Association…

Answer 14

Aims to improve the health and welfare of all Canadians.

Question 15

What statement is true regarding the psychological treatment in Canada?

Answer 15

Most people do not seek care for their mental disorder because of the stigma and cost associated with psychological treatment.

Question 16

Neuropsychologists, counsellors and social workers are specialists of what field?

Answer 16

Clinical psychology.

Question 17

Vivien, a professor of psychology, focuses much of her research on the patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make a person unique. What is her academic speciality?

Answer 17

Personality psychology.

Question 18

What are examples of applied psychology?

Answer 18

A clinical psychologist teaches her patient to use breathing exercises to calm his anxiety, a sports psychologist tells a soccer player to visualize herself kicking the ball into the goal.

Question 19

What is true of clinical psychologists?

Answer 19

They diagnose and treat people with specific mental or behavioural problems.

Question 20

Psychology is…

Answer 20

The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.