Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Research psychologists who are interested in designing a more efficient computer keyboard would be considered a/an:

After Jean completed her graduate work, she was licensed as a clinical psychologist. Her graduate training had focused on professional practice and she completed a literature review rather than a dissertation. Jean's advanced degree is likely to be a/an:

Match these job descriptions with the appropriate type of psychologist. -They study psychological principles that explain learning and search for ways to improve educational systems.

Which school of thought in psychology emphasized the purpose of behaviour?

Clinical programs leading to a PhD focus on professional practice and do not usually require a research dissertation.

Match these definitions with the appropriate approach. -An early psychological approach that emphasized the purpose of behaviour and consciousness.

Match these examples with the appropriate perspective. -Johnny's learning disability results from an abnormality in brain function.

Empirical evidence is evidence gathered by careful observation, experimentation, and measurement.

"My memory of getting knocked down by a wave at Long Beach could be based on what my parents told me later, not my own recollection." This example illustrates which of the following critical-thinking guidelines?

Critical thinking requires:

A psychologist studies how people grow and change over their lifespans. This psychologist is MOST likely to be a/an:

The theory of phrenology is credited for explaining insights regarding personality traits that were verified by later research in psychology.

Sigmund Freud argued that many of his patients' symptoms had mental, not physical, causes.

Structuralism was an early psychological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements.

Important psychological findings are ones that:

Educational psychologists study how people change and grow over time.

Functionalism was an early psychological approach that emphasized the purpose of behaviour and consciousness.

The approach known as structuralism was most concerned with the ________ of mental contents.

Match these accomplishments with the appropriate person. -Founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology.

Regardless of specialty, all psychologists share all the following EXCEPT: