PSYCHOLOGY 101 MIDTERM EXAM WITH ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
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In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students
measured the time lag between hearing a ball hit a platform
and pressing a key
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n)
Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as
the "science of observable behavior"
Abraham Maslow
Nature is to nurture as
Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a
local mental health agency is most likely a
,Clinical Psychologist
A mental health professional with a medical degree who can
prescribe medication is a
Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand
psychology's knowledge base would be most likely to
observe 3- and 6- year olds solving puzzles and analyze
differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how
they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890?
Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior?
Margaret Floy Washburn
Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes
and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect
our behavior?
Frued
, What did behaviorism dismiss?
Introspection
Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What
theory did they belong to?
Behaviorism
BF skinner agued that consequences shape
Behavior
Historically significant perspective that emphasized human
growth potential -- rejected behaviorism and Freudian
definition of psych
Humanistic Psychology
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with
cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and
language)
Cognitive Neuroscience
Who drew attention to ways that the environmental
influences can nurture/limit growth potential?
Roger and Maslow
What did the Cognitive Revolution (1960's) focus on?
How we perceive, process, and remember information
Science of mental processes and behavior
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
RATED A+
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ___ and his students
measured the time lag between hearing a ball hit a platform
and pressing a key
William Wundt
William James would be considered a(n)
Functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered
Structuralists
In the early twentieth century, ____ redefined psychology as
the "science of observable behavior"
Abraham Maslow
Nature is to nurture as
Biology is to experience
A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a
local mental health agency is most likely a
,Clinical Psychologist
A mental health professional with a medical degree who can
prescribe medication is a
Psychiatrist
A psychologist conducting basic research to expand
psychology's knowledge base would be most likely to
observe 3- and 6- year olds solving puzzles and analyze
differences in their abilities
used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Structuralism
Explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how
they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
Functionalism
Who was a memory researcher, but denied her PhD in 1890?
Mary Calkins
1st women with psych in PhD and studied animal behavior?
Margaret Floy Washburn
Who emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes
and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect
our behavior?
Frued
, What did behaviorism dismiss?
Introspection
Watson and Rayner showed that fear could be learned. What
theory did they belong to?
Behaviorism
BF skinner agued that consequences shape
Behavior
Historically significant perspective that emphasized human
growth potential -- rejected behaviorism and Freudian
definition of psych
Humanistic Psychology
Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with
cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and
language)
Cognitive Neuroscience
Who drew attention to ways that the environmental
influences can nurture/limit growth potential?
Roger and Maslow
What did the Cognitive Revolution (1960's) focus on?
How we perceive, process, and remember information
Science of mental processes and behavior
