PY 101-1 Final Study Guide
According to Wilhelm Wundt, the focus of scientific psychology should be the
study of
Conscious experience
The term used by William James to describe a continuous flow of thoughts
was
stream of consciousness
The first woman to serve as president of the American Psychological
Association was
Mary Calkin
Functionalism was founded by
William James
Sigmund Freud developed an innovative procedure for treating people with
psychological problems, which he called
psychoanalysis
,With which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree
ans
John B. Watson argued that psychologists should
abandon the study of consciousness
The school of psychology that was Most responsible for the rise of animal
research in psychology was
behaviorism
The fact that actions can be observed and thoughts and feelings cannot is the
basis of
behaviorism
Lisa taught her son to bucket his seat belt in the car by only allowing him to
play the radio after he was buckled up. Lisa taught him by applying the
principles of
behaviorism
Which of the following do behaviorism and psychoanalytic theory have in
common?
ans
, A psychologist whose primary goal is to help people reach their potential Most
likely follows the principles of
humanism
During World War II, many academic psychologists were pressed into service
mainly as
clinicians
Which of the following is most likely to be studied by a cognitive psychologist
ans
A psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s that points
out that our mental processes influence how we behave is the
_____________ perspective
cognitive
The approach that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive
value for a species over the course over the many generations is __________
psychology
evolutionary
According to Wilhelm Wundt, the focus of scientific psychology should be the
study of
Conscious experience
The term used by William James to describe a continuous flow of thoughts
was
stream of consciousness
The first woman to serve as president of the American Psychological
Association was
Mary Calkin
Functionalism was founded by
William James
Sigmund Freud developed an innovative procedure for treating people with
psychological problems, which he called
psychoanalysis
,With which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree
ans
John B. Watson argued that psychologists should
abandon the study of consciousness
The school of psychology that was Most responsible for the rise of animal
research in psychology was
behaviorism
The fact that actions can be observed and thoughts and feelings cannot is the
basis of
behaviorism
Lisa taught her son to bucket his seat belt in the car by only allowing him to
play the radio after he was buckled up. Lisa taught him by applying the
principles of
behaviorism
Which of the following do behaviorism and psychoanalytic theory have in
common?
ans
, A psychologist whose primary goal is to help people reach their potential Most
likely follows the principles of
humanism
During World War II, many academic psychologists were pressed into service
mainly as
clinicians
Which of the following is most likely to be studied by a cognitive psychologist
ans
A psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s that points
out that our mental processes influence how we behave is the
_____________ perspective
cognitive
The approach that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive
value for a species over the course over the many generations is __________
psychology
evolutionary
