Exam 1: Psychology Yesterday and Today

Dr.Fellisi is interested in memories that her patients are unaware of and how those memories affect their behaviour.Dr.Fellisi is particularly interested in

What is the main difference between the goal of explanation and prediction?

Describe how the work of Aristotle influenced the development of psychology as a scientific discipline.

Dr.Brazinski is a researcher who believes that repeated exposure to a stimulus will cause the same group of brain cells to respond faster and more efficiently.With which neuropsychologist's perspective does Dr.Brazinski agree?

Alison is trying to decide what her major should be in university,so she talks to her guidance counsellor.Alison realizes that she is very interested in learning about people,specifically,their mental processes and behaviours.What would be the best major for Alison,given her interests?

Which psychologist is correctly matched with an associated perspective?

Wundt believed that the unconscious mind,rather than the conscious mind,was instrumental in predicting behaviour.

A famous artistic style known as pointillism uses small coloured points of paint to create an image.When humans look at such a painting,they see a distinct image rather than a bunch of points.Why?

It is possible giraffes with long necks live longer than those with short necks as they can eat leaves from tall trees that giraffes with shorter necks cannot reach.This statement best demonstrates the ideas of

Gestalt psychology is named after the German psychologist,Ernst Gestalt,who coined the term.

Which twentieth-century perspective in psychology is correctly matched with its emphasis?

At which of the levels of analysis discussed in your text did Wundt examine thought and behaviour over the course of his career?

Your text admits that it may seem that the neuroscientific approach is dominating contemporary psychology.Which of psychology's shared values is most likely to ensure that neuroscience does not completely monopolize psychology in the near future?

The main difference between a 'behaviour' and a 'mental process' is that

This theory focuses on the choices made by individuals,rather than environmental events,as the cause of underlying behaviours

The history of psychology (and most other sciences)drew heavily on philosophy.

List the four values about psychology that academic,applied,and clinical/counselling psychologists share.

Jill recently received her Ph.D.in psychology.All else being equal,there is a 44%-50% chance that she works in

Which of the following sequences reflects the order in which the behaviourists discussed in your text made their most important contributions to the field,from the earliest to the most recent?

How has the study of the mind changed across psychology's history?