PSY 201 || All Questions Answered Correctly.

Who conducted the first psychology experiment? correct answers Wilhelm Wundt When? correct answers 1879 What did he study? correct answers He measured the time log between people's hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key. He was seeking to measure " ATOMS OF THE MIND". What is structuralism? correct answers an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. Who introduced this school of thought? correct answers Edward Bradford Titchener What is introspection? correct answers "looking inward" the act of looking within oneself What were some of the problems when using introspection? correct answers 1. It's result varying from person to person 2. Experience to experience. What is functionalism? correct answers a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. Who advocated this school of thought? correct answers William James What is behaviorism? correct answers the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). Humanistic psychology? correct answers historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth. Cognitive neuroscience? correct answers The study of the thought process and brain function. the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language). • neuroscience perspective correct answers perspective in psychology that focuses on how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences • evolutionary perspective correct answers perspective in psychology whose focus is on how natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes • behavior genetics correct answers perspective in psychology that examines how much our genes and our environment influene our individual differences