Exam 1: Introduction

Which specialty area of psychology employs the smallest percentage of graduates with psychology degrees?

What would have been John B.Watson's biggest objection to the theories of Sigmund Freud and the psychodynamic school of thought?

According to the 2005 Graduate Study in Psychology,forty-eight percent of graduates with psychology degrees are in the ____________ subfield of psychology.

The development of brain-imaging techniques has significantly advanced the study of cognitive psychology.

After many years of scientific debate and research,what do most modern psychologists believe with regard to the Nature vs.Nurture debate?

In the early part of the 1900s,psychologists who broke down thought processes into their basic elements or functions were called structuralists or functionalists.What term might we use to describe psychologists in today's world who are similarly interested in understanding human thought processes?

A psychologist who adopts the "nature" view believes that we are born with specific behavioral tendencies that are unlearned and innate.

On a television talk show you see an actor describing his recent struggles with depression.He reports that his symptoms have significantly decreased since he saw a professional in Hollywood to receive a prescription for anti-depressant medication.You conclude that the actor's therapist is probably a(n)___________.

Why is Watson and Rayner's famous study demonstrating the learning of fear in a young boy unlikely to ever be repeated?

It is important to share the results of research,whether or not the original hypothesis was supported by the results of that project.

What is the main distinction between a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist?

The most prominent and rapidly advancing perspective in modern psychology is __________ psychology.

The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called __________,which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person's experiences.

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers were the founders of humanistic psychology.

Evolutionary psychologists are interested in understanding how human behaviors are specifically linked to our survival in the world.

Of psychologists who recently received doctoral degrees,which area of psychology was the specialty where nearly half of them were employed?

Structuralism,the first true theoretical perspective in the scientific discipline of psychology, remains to this day a popular theoretical orientation that many psychologists have adopted.

__________ is often credited as being the father of modern psychology.

In which area of psychology would a professional be most interested in publishing their research in approved journals related to their field of study?

The concept that people are born as a tabula rasa,or a blank slate,was first proposed by French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau