Unit 1 Flashcards
Who established the first psych lab (atoms of the mind)
Wilhelm Wundt
Which philosopher proposed that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes
René Descartes
Who coined the term “tabula rasa” to help explain the impact experience of an individual
John Locke
What describes Wilhelm Wundts lab
Measuring the reaction time of sound and pressing a button
With which of the following would John B Watson agree with
Psych should focus on observational behavior
Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts
Cognitive
Who among the following would most likely study the interaction of people, machines, and physical environments
Human factors psychs
Psychatrists differ from psychs in the fact that they
are medical doctors licensed to give medication
a humanistic psych working with some poets might ask what
How can we get them to reach their highest potential
Betsy works in a human resources department. She plans training sessions, recruit people to work for the company, and implements techniques to boost morale around the office. What type of psych is she
industrial-organizational
Which of the following psychs most likely emphasize that human behavior is powerfully influenced by the interaction between people and their physical, social, and political, economic environments
Community
Who would most likely investigate biological, physiological, cognative, and social changes over time
developmental
A psych investigates the methods of a teacher use to enhance student learning. With which of the following subfields is the psychs most likely alligned
Educational psych
A psych works with children whos parents are divorcing. She helps them develop skills they need to cope with the situation. Of the following, what kind of psych is most likely helping these children
counseling
Dwayne is intrested in helping people make good decisions regarding their physical well-being. Dwayne should consider a career as a
Health psych
Which perspective would be helpful in explaining how people from different countries express anger
social-cultural
to debate the relative contributions of biology to human development is most often referred to as
nature-nurture issue
Which of the following professionals are required to have a medical degree
psychatrist
which psychological principle best explains why studying an hour a day for a week is more effective than a full 7 hour study session
disturbed practice
What type of psych would see how we retain and develop information
cognative
According to the behvaiorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what
Observation
Which of the following psychologists would most likely conduct psychotherepy
clinical
Which field of psychology is most intrested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity
cognative neruscience
What was the main difference between the psychological thinking of Wilhelm Wundt and the philosophers before him
Wundt and his students gathered data about human thinking and behavior in a lab setting
which school of psych focused on adaptive nature of thinking and how our consciousness evolves to meet our needs
functionalist
the study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptence best desribes which school of psych
humanistic
which of the following statements is the best example of applied research
using psych to boost worker productivity
self reflective introspection about the elements of the experience best describes a technique used by which school of psych
structualists
which psych perspective is most likely to focus on how our interpretation of a situation affects how we react to it
cognative
the science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study
psych
