Chapter 1 What is Psychology Test

Contemporary psychological approach that emphasizes study of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status

• cognitive activity
• structuralism
• sociocultural perspective
• John B. Watson

The ____________ perspective argues that people can learn by experience and by observing others.

• learning
• educational
• cognitive
• school

The cognitive perspective focuses on ___________ processes to explain human behavior.

• mental
• physical
• environmental
• genetic

The modern biological perspective of psychology studies

• only the behavior of animals
• the effects of biological factors on our behavior
• the effects of the environment on human behavior
• the impact people have had on their environment

Human consciousness, experience, and self awareness are the main concern of

• The school of behaviorism
• Freudian psychoanalysis
• the humanistic perspective
• the school of functionalism

School of psychology that looks at the basic elements of conscious experience

• cognitive activity
• structuralism
• sociocultural perspective
• functionalism

Founder of the school of behaviorism

• cognitive activity
• structuralism
• sociocultural perspective
• John B. Watson

Philosopher who stressed the importance of introspection

• Kenneth B. Clark
• B. F. Skinner
• Socrates
• John B. Watson

Founded structuralism

• Wilhelm Wundt
• B. F. Skinner
• Socrates
• John B. Watson

School of psychology that describes experience as a whole rather than broken down into parts

• Gestalt Psychology
• structuralism
• sociocultural perspective
• functionalism