History and Perspectives Part 2

The debate about the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as what?

• Behaviorism

• Evolutionary Analysis

• Natural Selection

• Nature vs. Nurture

The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. Who was its founder?

• Dorthea Dix

• Margaret Floy Washburn

• Mary Calkins

• G. Stanley Hall

Which of the following is the best example of applied research?

• Using psychological concepts to boost worker productivity

• Experimenting with how people perceive different stimuli

• Experimenting with how people perceive different stimuli

• Exploring the neural changes that occur during adolescence

Who was denied a Ph.D. despite completing all the requirements for earning the degree?

• Dorthea Dix

• Eleanor Gibson

• Mary Whiton Calkins

• Margaret Washburn

Which of the following statements would John B. Watson most likely agree with?

• Psychology should focus on observable behavior

• Psychology should study the unconscious mind

• Psychology should study the growth potential in all people

• Psychology should study mental thought processes

William James would be considered a(n) ​ (a)   , while Wilhelm Wundt would be considered a(n) ​ (b)   .​

• functionalist
• structuralist
• behaviorist
• psychologist

Psychology is the ​ (a)   study of ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• scientific
• behavior
• mental processes
• thoughts
• intelligence
• systematic
• social

Match the psychologist to their perspective

• Jean Piaget

• Humanism

• John B. Watson

• Cognitive

• Carl Rogers

• Psychoanalysis

• Sigmund Freud

• Behaviorism

Match the psychologist to their perspective

• Behaviorism

• Evolutionary

• Functionalism

• William James

• Charles Darwin

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Structuralist

• B.F. Skinner

Put the following Goal's of Psychology in the correct order.

• Description - What is happening?

• Understanding - Why is it happening?

• Prediction - Will is happen again?

• Control - How can it be changed?

• Improve - Intention to improve a person's life.