Exam 1: Exstintion: What Is Psychology

Early psychologists who emphasized how behavior helps an organism adapt to its environment were known as psychoanalysts.

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

Dr.Braun has been treating a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin.Given this information,it is most likely that Dr.Braun is a:

Psychoanalysis is defined as:

Professor King approaches questions about human behavior from a perspective which emphasizes the rewards and punishments that maintain certain specific behaviors.He does not invoke the mind to explain behavior but sticks to what he can observe and measure directly.It is most likely that he accepts which of the following psychological approaches?

Psychobabble is defined as:

Shane is eager to buy a Transcutaneous Electro-Neural Stimulator so that he can get both halves of his brain working at peak efficiency by exam time.Based on the textbook,how will you respond to his plans?

Psychologists from the behavioral perspective would be likely to agree that anxious people often think about the future in distorted ways.

Phrenology:

A person is asked to break down all the different components of taste when biting into an orange.This type of research would be typical in which of the following schools of psychology?

Which school of thought in psychology tried to identify the basic elements of sensations,images,and feelings?

Phrenologists suggested that specific character and personality traits could be read from bumps on the head.

Guiding our behaviors on "gut feelings" is an important aspect of critical thinking.

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

The biological 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.

Randy meets a Californian who grows all her own vegetables and refuses to touch any nonorganic food and he concludes that Californians are overzealous about nutrition.This type of error illustrates the critical thinking guideline:

Psychologists from the cognitive perspective would be likely to agree that anxious people often think about the future in distorted ways.

Psychologists from the biological perspective would be likely to agree that anxious people often think about the future in distorted ways.

Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists do similar work but their training differs and they tend to focus on different causes of mental disorders.Contrast the training and approach to therapy between clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.

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