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Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? A. Critical thinking B. Use of scientific method C.Critical evaluation of sources of information D. All of the above - correct answers D. All of the above Psyche is a Greek word meaning _____. A. essence B. Soul C. behavior D. love - correct answersB. soul Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________. A. biology B. chemistry C. philosophy D. physics - correct answersC. Philosophy The operant conditioning chamber (aka _______ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning. A. Skinner B. Watson C. James D. Koffka - correct answersA. skinner A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory foundation would be most likely to identify as a(n) ________ psychologist. A. biological B. health C. clinical D. Social - correct answersBiological An individual's consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) _______. A. psychosexual stage B. object permanence C. personality D. perception - correct answersC. personality In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly _________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure. A. 1/3 B.2/3 C.3/4 D.4/5 - correct answers2/3 Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement: Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components. A. William James B. Max Wertheimer C. Carl Rogers D. Noam Chomsky - correct answersB. Max Wertheimer (Gestalt principles in which sensory experiences can be broken as parts but looked as a whole) _________ is most well known for proposing his hierarchy of needs. A. Noam Chomsky B. Carl Rogers C. Abraham Maslow D. Sigmund Freud - correct answersAbraham Maslow Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy. and ______ in the therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems. A. structuralism B. functionalism C. Gestalt D. unconditioned positive regard - correct answersD. unconditioned positive regard A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist. A. personality B. clinical C. Social D. I-O - correct answersD. I-O/ Industrial Organization If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, then s/he would probably need a ________ degree in psychology. A. bachelor of science B. bachelor of art C. master's D. PhD - correct answersD. PhD The ______ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills. A. PhD B. PsyD C. postdoctoral training program D. disseration - correct answersPsy D Which of the following degrees would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school? A. PhD B. PsyD C.. masters D. bachelors - correct answersD. Bachelors One would need at least a(n) _______ degree to serve as a school psychologist. A. associate's B. bachelor's C. master's D. doctoral - correct answers Thorndike - correct answersInstrumental learning: cats; law of effect Watson and Skinner - correct answersBehaviorism Skinner - correct answersoperant conditioning Bandura - correct answersobservational learning Barlow psychologist - correct answers Maslow and Rogers - correct answersThe humanistic perspective and therapy approach. Maslow - correct answershierarchy of needs hiearchy of needs - correct answersPhysical needs, safety, belonging, esteem, self actualization psychoanalytic theory - correct answersA theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior Sigmund Freud - correct answersAustrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis. Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler - correct answersfounded the Gestalt school of psychology; believing that the whole is viewed as the sum of parts. The three men escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to the U.S. Pavlov, Skinner, Watson - correct answersBehaviorism Pavlov - correct answersfounder of classical conditioning while trying to study digestive system Watson - correct answersBehaviorism; "Little Albert Study"; aversion therapy Skinner - correct answersfounder of operant conditioning & skinner box operant conditioning - correct answersa type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher Classical conditioning - correct answersa type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events Exposure theory - correct answersAn approach to treatment that involves confronting an emotion-arousing stimulus directly and repeatedly, ultimately leading to a decrease in the emotional response Extiniction - correct answersthe diminishing of a conditioned response dissertation - correct answersa formal and long paper, written for a degree at a university or college Humanism - correct answersperspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans Noam Chomsky - correct answers1928-present; Field: language; Contributions: disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition, stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language, humans have an inborn native ability to develop language Feminist Psychology - correct answersa psychological approach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the two sexes Naomi Weisstein - correct answersspecifically criticized male psychologists for constructing the psychology of women entirely out of their own cultural biases and without careful experimental tests to verify any of their characterizations of women. Multicultural Psychology - correct answersthe field that examines the impact of culture, race, ethnicity, and gender on behaviors and thoughts and focuses on how such factors may influence the origin, nature, and treatment of abnormal behavior American Psychological Association (APA) - correct answersWorld's largest association of psychologists with around 152,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students Biopsychology - correct answers explores how our biology influences our behavior. While biological psychology is a broad field, many biological psychologists want to understand how the structure and func