Unit 1 Psych

The first psychology laboratory was establish by _____ in the year _____.

• Wundt; 1879

• James; 1890

• Freud; 1900

• Watson; 1913

Who would be most likely to agree with the statement, "Psychology is the science of mental life"?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• virtually any American psychologist during the 1960's

In psychology, behavior is best defined as

• anything a person says, does, or feels

• any action we can observe and record

• any action, whether observable or not

• anything we can infer from a person's actions

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are most associated with

• cognitive psychology

• behaviorism

• psychodynamic theory

• humanistic psychology

In defining psychology, the text notes that psychology is most accurately described as a

• way of asking and answering questions

• field engaged in solving applied problems

• set of findings related to behavior and mental processes

• nonscientific approach to the study of mental disorders

Two historical roots of psychology are the disciplines of

• philosophy and chemistry

• physiology and chemistry

• philosophy and biology

• philosophy and physics

The Greek philosopher who believed that intelligence was inherited was

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Descartes

• Simonides

The way we encode, process, store, and retrieve information is the primary concern of the ______ perspective.

• neuroscience

• evolutionary

• sociol-culture

• cognitive

Which of the following individuals is also a psysician?

• clinical psychologist

• experimental psychologist

• psychiatrist

• biological psychologist

Dr. Jones' research centers on the relationship between changes in our thinking over the life span and changes in moral reasoning. Dr. Jones' is most likely a ______

• clinical psychologist

• personality psychologist

• psychiatrist

• developmental psychologist