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CHapters Complete.
Comprehensive Psychology Study Guide: Perspectives, Research
Methods, and Ethical Principles
What is psychology?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What are the four goals of psychology?
Description, Explanation, Prediction, Control.
,Who is considered the father of structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt.
What technique did Wundt develop?
Objective introspection.
Who brought structuralism to America?
Edward Titchener.
What is functionalism?
The study of how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
Who proposed functionalism?
William James.
What is Gestalt psychology?
A psychological approach that studies sensation and perception as a
whole.
Who started Gestalt psychology?
Max Wertheimer.
What is psychoanalysis?
A theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud.
What did Freud believe about the unconscious mind?
, It contains repressed urges and desires that can create nervous
disorders.
What is behaviorism?
The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only.
Who is a key figure in behaviorism?
John B. Watson.
What experiment is associated with John B. Watson?
The case of 'Little Albert', where a child was conditioned to fear a white
rat.
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
A modern version of psychoanalysis focusing on self and motivations
behind behavior.
What did B.F. Skinner study?
Operant conditioning of voluntary behavior.
What is the humanistic perspective?
The view that people have free will and the ability to choose their own
destiny.
Who are the early founders of humanistic psychology?
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
nUrsing: a Canadian perspeCtive
6tH edition by aliyaH dosani,
JosepHine etowa & CHeryl van
daalen-smitH 9780137959921 | all
CHapters Complete.
Comprehensive Psychology Study Guide: Perspectives, Research
Methods, and Ethical Principles
What is psychology?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What are the four goals of psychology?
Description, Explanation, Prediction, Control.
,Who is considered the father of structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt.
What technique did Wundt develop?
Objective introspection.
Who brought structuralism to America?
Edward Titchener.
What is functionalism?
The study of how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
Who proposed functionalism?
William James.
What is Gestalt psychology?
A psychological approach that studies sensation and perception as a
whole.
Who started Gestalt psychology?
Max Wertheimer.
What is psychoanalysis?
A theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud.
What did Freud believe about the unconscious mind?
, It contains repressed urges and desires that can create nervous
disorders.
What is behaviorism?
The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only.
Who is a key figure in behaviorism?
John B. Watson.
What experiment is associated with John B. Watson?
The case of 'Little Albert', where a child was conditioned to fear a white
rat.
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
A modern version of psychoanalysis focusing on self and motivations
behind behavior.
What did B.F. Skinner study?
Operant conditioning of voluntary behavior.
What is the humanistic perspective?
The view that people have free will and the ability to choose their own
destiny.
Who are the early founders of humanistic psychology?
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
