Psychology: An Exploration – 5th
Edition by Saundra K. Ciccarelli & J.
Noland White | 9780135198018 |
Test Bank with Answers
What is psychology? - answer-a scientific study of behavior and mental processes
psychology began as a science of its own in Germany with the establishment of Wundt's
psychological laboratory - answer-1879
a student of Wundt, brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America. Structuralism
died out in the early 20th century - answer-Titchener
Functionalism (William James) - answer-influenced the modern fields of educational psychology,
evolutionary psychology, an industrial/organizational psychology
psychology's early pioneers - answer-many were minorities such as Hispanic and African
American who, despite prejudice and racism, made important contributions to the study of
human animal behavior
Max Wertheimer - answer-Gestalt psychologist who argued against dividing human thought and
behavior into discrete structures
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - answer-founder of psychoanalysis, a controversial theory about
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, the workings of the unconscious mind
Ivan Pavlov - answer-discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of
a bell
John B. Watson - answer-behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their
reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a
white rat, which demonstrated that phobia could be learned by conditioning
Rosalie Rayner - answer-worked with Watson and little Albert to study behaviorism
Mary Cover Jones (1924) - answer-Counter-
conditioning,
Helped Little Albert a 3-year-old unlearn his fear of rabbits (extinction of fear response)
Modern Freudians - answer-Anna Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler
psychodynamic perspective - answer-the approach based on the view that behavior is
motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control
Humanistic Perspective - answer-the "third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects
of personality that make people uniquely human, such as subjective feelings and freedom of
choice
Abraham Maslow - answer-founder of humanism who created the hierarchy of needs and
studied self-actualization
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Edition by Saundra K. Ciccarelli & J.
Noland White | 9780135198018 |
Test Bank with Answers
What is psychology? - answer-a scientific study of behavior and mental processes
psychology began as a science of its own in Germany with the establishment of Wundt's
psychological laboratory - answer-1879
a student of Wundt, brought psychology in the form of structuralism to America. Structuralism
died out in the early 20th century - answer-Titchener
Functionalism (William James) - answer-influenced the modern fields of educational psychology,
evolutionary psychology, an industrial/organizational psychology
psychology's early pioneers - answer-many were minorities such as Hispanic and African
American who, despite prejudice and racism, made important contributions to the study of
human animal behavior
Max Wertheimer - answer-Gestalt psychologist who argued against dividing human thought and
behavior into discrete structures
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - answer-founder of psychoanalysis, a controversial theory about
1
, the workings of the unconscious mind
Ivan Pavlov - answer-discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of
a bell
John B. Watson - answer-behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their
reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a
white rat, which demonstrated that phobia could be learned by conditioning
Rosalie Rayner - answer-worked with Watson and little Albert to study behaviorism
Mary Cover Jones (1924) - answer-Counter-
conditioning,
Helped Little Albert a 3-year-old unlearn his fear of rabbits (extinction of fear response)
Modern Freudians - answer-Anna Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler
psychodynamic perspective - answer-the approach based on the view that behavior is
motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control
Humanistic Perspective - answer-the "third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects
of personality that make people uniquely human, such as subjective feelings and freedom of
choice
Abraham Maslow - answer-founder of humanism who created the hierarchy of needs and
studied self-actualization
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