Unit 1 Flashcards
Who was the father of Psychology and what year was he named father of psych
Wilhelm Wundt 1879
what did wilhelm wundt believe
the mind is made up of elements.
what is introspection (example from class)
Candy Demo; how did the thoughts and emotions play a role. We ate the candy then had to express what it made us think of/how it made us feel.
What psychologist believed in functionalism?
William James
What is Functionalism (give demo from class as well)
Uses darwins theory of evolution stating that people who have traits that keep them alive will pass them along. EX) was the cave-man demo where the cave man who was not afraid of heights died and the cave-man who was afraid of heights lived to pass on the trait.
What does Gestalt mean
Its a study that means “whole”
What is your conscious mind?
It is the stuff you can easily recall, at the top of your mind (top of iceberg)
What is the unconscious mind?
Stuff buried deep in an individual’s mind. Is very hard to recall.
Who believed in the unconscious mind and that childhood affected individuals.
Freud.
What does behaviorism focus on
only focuses on observable behavior.
what is the main idea of humanist ideas
The idea that everyone wins.
What is an operational definition?
How you are going to measure the variable.
Which school of psychology attempted to identify the elements of the mind?
structuralism
The first psychological lab was established by:
Wilhelm Wundt
which research method lost its popularity because its results varied among different people?
introspection
Which perspective is more directly concerned with how the physical properties of the brain influence behavior and mental states?
neuroscience
Which would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and define psychology as “the science of observable behavior”?
behaviorism
The study of inner thoughts and feelings is to the study of observable behavior as ____ is to ____.
Wundt; Watson
Which perspective highlights the manner in which people think, encode, process and retrieve information?
cognitive
Who wrote the first Psychology textbook and was considered a functionalist?
William James
Which perspective focuses on rewards and learned behavior?
behavioral
Which seeks to solve the practical problems using science?
applied science
A negative correlation between people’s physical health and their happiness would indicate:
higher levels of happiness are associated with lower levels of physical health.
In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation, alertness would be the:
dependent variable
Mr. Brown has gathered evidence that weight of grade school students correlated positively with their reading skill. Before he uses this evidence to conclude the body weight enhances reading ability, he should first be reminded that;
correlation does not prove causation
Every twenty-fifth person who ordered a subscription to a magazine was contacted by market researchers to gather opinions on the magazine’s content. The researcher were using a technique known as:
random sampling
Which type of research strategy would allow you to determine whether students’ college grades accurately predict later income?
correlation
