Exam 1: Psychology Yesterday and Today

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Zeke has stumbled across a time machine that accidentally carries him back over 100 years to the very first psychology laboratory.Where is he,and what year is it and who would Zeke being working with?

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Which of the following was NOT a contribution of early Greek philosophers?

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Max recently received her Ph.D.in psychology.All else being equal,there is a 9% chance that he works in

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In what way are cognitive psychology and humanistic psychology the same?

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The concept of natural selection was proposed by

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What aspect of structuralism's principles do we still see today in psychology?

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Dr.Olivier examines changes in participants' brain activity as they use different pieces of information to make complex decisions.Dr.Pang examines changes in brain activity when participants explain the behaviour of a research assistant posing as another participant.Dr.Olivier is best described as a(n)___ neuroscientist.Dr.Pang is probably a(n)___ neuroscientist.

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Judy is consulting with a psychologist to help her figure out the best way to get her grade 2 class to stay in their seats.Psychologists in what branch would be best suited to help with this problem?

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Lillian believes that her behaviours arise out of deliberate decisions.This belief best reflects those of

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Brenda uses electric shock to stimulate the nerve of frog's leg and measures how much time it takes for the leg to move.Which of the following would have had the greatest influence on Brenda's experiment?

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Beyond the provision of psychotherapy,what work do counselling psychologists do?

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Negative reinforcement is sometimes confused with

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According to humanists,all people have the potential for creativity,positive outlook,and the pursuit of higher values.

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Freud's use of ___ as a therapeutic method helped establish clinical psychology.

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Sven concludes that when our attention is on something,it is because we purposefully focused on that something.Furthermore,he thinks that our behaviour is purposeful,in that it happened for a reason.Given Sven's beliefs,with which theory would he most likely agree?

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A clinical psychologist is the same as a psychiatrist.

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The first philosopher to promote empirical or testable investigations of the natural world was ___.

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Ph.D.is to M.D.as __ is to ___.

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Most Psychology researchers use the scientific method of gathering data,analyzing data,and performing experiments.This method was first established by

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Explain what is meant by the statement,"psychology is contextual"?

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