Exam 1: Psychology: Yesterday and Today

Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which schools of thought developed in psychology's early history?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the difference between the Ph. D. and the Psy. D. degrees?

The formal beginning of psychology is associated with ________

How do counseling psychologists differ from psychiatric social workers?

Which of the following theoretical approaches in psychology emphasized the influence of childhood on adult thought and behavior?

Which of the following pioneering women psychologists was also among the first well-known African-American psychologists?

Which perspective most immediately replaced structuralism in the early days of scientific psychology?

Dr. Lynch is a behavioral geneticist. Dr. Veazey is a sociobiologist. Which of the following alternatives best describes their areas of research interest?

Distinguish between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.

Gestalt is a German term that roughly translates to what word in English?

Which pioneering woman in psychology is CORRECTLY matched with a 'first'?

While ________ attempted to identify the brain areas involved in learning, memory, and cognition, ________ tried to determine the functions of the brain's hemispheres.

Dr. Jiminez examines how limitations on human attention and memory may guide the design of computer interfaces. Dr. Krevetsky helps young adults make effective career and work decisions. Finally, Dr. Leonard teaches and performs research in social psychology at a university. Which psychologist is CORRECTLY matched with the branch of psychology she represents?

Gestalt psychology is named after the German psychologist, Ernst Gestalt, who coined the term.

Psychobiology explores brain structure and brain activity as they relate to individual and group behaviors.

The first psychologists to examine socially relevant topics were the:

Define information processing and describe how this idea relates to cognitive psychology.

Psychology does not rely on controlled observations or experimentation.

"Be all that you can be!" exhorted a recruitment campaign for the military in the 1990s. The campaign suggests that joining the armed forces is the royal road to the fulfillment of one's potential, or _________ in the words of the humanists.

Your text admits that it may seem that the neuroscientific approach is dominating contemporary psychology. Which of psychology's shared values is most likely to ensure that neuroscience does not completely monopolize psychology in the near future?