Exam 1: What Is Psychology

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

One of Wilhelm Wundt's favourite research methods was reading personality traits from the bumps on a person's skull.

When people think of psychology, they usually think of mental disorders, emotional disorders, abnormal acts, personal problems, and psychotherapy. Describe two other topics that are of great interest to psychologists.

Match these descriptions with the appropriate perspective. -Deals with unconscious factors within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or instinctual energy.

All psychological scientists, regardless of their specialty, believe in simple explanations of behaviour and either-or thinking.

"I've always thought that memory was like a video camera, accurately recording each moment of my life. But maybe I think this because it is so reassuring." This example illustrates which of the following critical-thinking guidelines?

Credit for founding modern psychology is generally given to Sigmund Freud.

Research psychologists who examine the electrical activity of the brain during an auditory discrimination task would be considered a/an:

An important movement in psychology that emerged in the early 1970s was:

Critical thinkers try to:

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is a theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy emphasizing unconscious motives and conflicts?

Critical thinkers are able to resist claims that have no support.

Explain why our authors call the theory of phrenology a classic pseudoscience. Provide examples that support this view.

The cognitive perspective is the thumb on the hand of psychology, connected to the other fingers, but also set apart from them because it differs radically in its language, methods, and standards of acceptable evidence.

Which modern psychological perspective fits as well in philosophy or literature as psychology?

Applied psychology is the study of psychological issues that have direct, practical significance.

Industrial-organizational psychologists are concerned with behaviour in the workplace and work motivation.

The first psychological laboratory was officially established by Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig, Germany.

The founder of functionalism was: