Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

Whereas ____________ believed that one could fully understand anything simply by thinking about it,____________ believed that one must also observe the thing being studied.

Functionalists were interested in how the mind adapts to an ever-changing environment.

Cognitive psychology emphasizes the importance of perception,memory,and thinking.

A psychologist is studying optical illusions to determine how they "trick" the brain.This psychologist most likely specializes in the area of:

The first research article published by an African American in a journal of the American Psychological Association was written by ____________.

Mamie Phipps Clark,Kenneth Clark,George Sanchez,Inez Prosser,and Gilbert Jones were important figures in early psychology,paving the way for other women and individuals of minority descent in the years to follow.

Alfred Binet's approach is known as:

Choose two basic and two applied areas in psychology.Discuss the type of research or work psychologists do in each area.

Which of the following psychologists would have agreed that human behavior is the result of natural selection?

A psychologist is studying the effect of stroke in a particular area of the brain on reasoning ability.The psychologist MOST likely specializes in ____________ psychology.

Plato received his training in philosophical methods from Aristotle.

Psychology is defined as the science of:

One of the values promoted by the sociocultural perspective is the belief that:

A psychologist who publishes an article titled "Individual differences in dishonest behavior" is most likely a ____________ psychologist.

Which of the following perspectives is MOST involved with studying the effects of brain damage on behavior?

Which of the following perspectives is MOST concerned with genetic influences on behavior?

Counseling psychologists make up the largest group of applied psychologists.

In the United States,who was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D.in psychology?

Wilhelm Wundt and William James developed the viewpoint known as structuralism.

If you present research subjects with a series of numbers paired with different colors,you are using the ____________ method developed by Mary Whiton Calkins.