Exam 1: Psychology Yesterday and Today

According to your text,Bandura's work implied the influence of internal,mental representations on behaviour.Bandura's work,therefore,helped enable the development of the ___ approach in psychology.

Naomi is playing a game with her psychology study group in which they have to pretend that they're working with a famous psychologist and then everyone else has to guess who they're working with.Naomi give her clues to the group: His work involves splitting the two hemispheres of a brain to learn about the abilities of each half of the brain.Which researcher is Naomi pretending to work with?

Driving to work one day,Rosemary suspects that motorists talking on their cell phones process less information relevant to the task of driving than do other drivers.This hypothesis would most likely be tested by a ___ psychologist.

Consider the influence of consequences on behaviour.Which alternative correctly describes the consequences that increase the frequency of behaviour,and decrease it on the other?

Which type(s)of mental health practitioners can prescribe drugs?

Quincy is working in a lab in which he observes rats pressing levers in order to receive food reward.What school of thought would Quincy's research fall under?

Academic psychology carries on the mission to seek "pure scientific knowledge" by conducting research and instruction on a wide variety of psychological topics.Who is most often associated with this mission?

The formal beginning of psychology is associated with ___.

Cognitive psychologists have determined that an individual letter is recognized more rapidly when it occurs in the context of a word than when it occurs in a random string of consonants.This finding is most clearly consistent with the ___ perspective in psychology's history.

Artie organizes the binders in his office by colour.This colour-coding exemplifies the Gestalt principle of ___.

Positive psychology traces is theoretical roots to the ___ and ___ approaches,because of its emphasis on ___ and ___,respectively.

A large group of people with a set of shared beliefs and practices is referred to as a(n)___.

Having been stranded at the dawn of the twentieth century in a time travel mishap,you attempt to return to the present day.As the smoke clears and the dust settles,though,you find that it is instead the early 1960s.Which of the following statements best describes the theoretical landscape in psychology at the time?

The main difference between functionalism and structuralism is that functionalism focuses on ___ while structuralism emphasizes ___.

Humanistic psychology represented a reaction to the ___ perspective(s)in psychology.

William James wrote an important early textbook in psychology called ___ of Psychology.

What is the underlying belief of Hippocrates' theory of humorism?

Bae believes in the importance of culture and shared responsibility to those in his family and social group.His views could be described as collectivistic.

Desmond is desperately trying to quit smoking,and based on research,has an inclusive plan of action.He will use patches to minimize the physical cravings,and he will avoid all places and cues associated with smoking.Which goal of psychology fits best with Desmond's efforts?

Functionalists viewed the mind as an ever-changing stream of mental events that respond to changing environments.