Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Which modern psychological perspective focuses on bodily events and their effects on behavior, feelings, and thoughts?

Describe the three schools of psychological thought that became popular when psychology emerged as a discipline, including the major theorists associated with each school as well as the goal of each of these perspectives.

In almost all states, a _______________ is required to obtain a license to practice clinical psychology.

Structuralism was an early psychological approach that emphasized the purpose of behavior and consciousness.

With which of the following psychological perspectives is the term "behaviorist" most closely associated?

_______________ concluded that his patients' distress was due to conflicts and emotional traumas that had occurred in their early childhood and that were too threatening to be remembered consciously.

The ideas of _______________ formed the basis for psychoanalysis, an important school of psychological thought.

_______________ psychologists design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and personality.

Which modern psychological perspective focuses on how people reason, remember, understand language, and solve problems?

The _______________ perspective is a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.

The first person to announce that he intended to make psychology a science was:

A person is asked to look at an apple and then describe the various elements that make up her perception (e.g., color, shape, size, etc.). Which of the following schools of psychology is this research most likely a part of?

The first psychological laboratory was established by the Austrian physician, Sigmund Freud.

The _______________ is a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.

Which of the following is one of the critical-thinking guidelines described in the textbook?

Academic psychologists specialize in areas of research such as psychometrics and sensation and perception.

In contrast to modern psychologists, ancient scholars explored human nature primarily through:

Beliefs that are taken for granted are called:

Industrial/organizational psychologists are concerned with behavior in the workplace and work motivation.

The theory of phrenology is a classic pseudoscience.