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| Established the first psychology laboratory at the univeristy of Leipzig, Germany |
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| legendary teacher-writer who authored an important 1890 psychology text. mentored Calkins |
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| Pioneering memory researcher and first woman to be president of the American Psychological Assosciation |
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Working with Rayner, watson championed psychology as the science of behavior.
(little albert) |
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| Worked with Watson in defining psychology |
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| Leading behaviorist, he rejected introspection and studied how consequences shape behavior |
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| Controversial ideas of this famed personality theorist and therapist have influenced humanitys self-understanding |
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| What event defined the start of scientific psychology? |
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| Wilhelm Wundts opening of the first psychological labratory in 1879 in German |
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| Why did introspection fail as a menthod of understanding for how the mind works? |
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| Everyones self reports varied on experience, intelligence, and verbal ability |
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| _____ used introspection to define the minds makeup; ____ focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish |
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| Structuralism, functionalism |
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| how did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology? |
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| it recaptured the fields early interest in mental processes and made them legitimate topics of scientific study |
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| What is contemporary psychology's position on the nature-nurture debate? |
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| stem from the combination of nature-nurture instead of one on its own |
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| What advantage do we gain by using biopsychological approach in studying psychological events? |
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| by incorporating different levels of analysis the biopsychological approach can provide a more complete view than any one perspective could |
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| The ____ ____ describes the enhanced memory that results from repeated retrieval(as in self testing) rather than from simple rereading of new information |
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| what does the actonym SQ3R stand for? |
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| Survey Question Read Retrieve and Review |
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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. |
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| William James would be considered a ___. Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered ________. |
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a. funtionalist;structuralism
b.structuralist;functionalist
c.evolutionary theorist; strucutralist
d. functionalist;evolutionary theorist
answer:A |
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| In the early twentieth century, _________________ redefined psychology as "the science of observable behavior" |
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A. John B. Watson
B. Abralham Maslow
C. William James
D. Sigmund Freud
Answer: A |
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a. personality is to intelligence
b. biology to experience
c. intelligen is to biology
d. psychological traits are to behavior
Answer:B |
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| "Nature works on what nature endows" Describe what the means |
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Enviroment (nurture) has an influence on us but that influence is constrained by our biology (nature)
Ex. tall gymnast |
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| a psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health agency is most like to be a(n) |
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a. research psychologist
b. psychaitrist
c. industrial-orginizational psychologist
d. clinical psychologist
Answer D |
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| A mental health professional with a medical degree who can perscribe medicine is a _____ |
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| A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowlege base would be lost likely to.. |
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a. design a computer screen with limited glare and assess the effect on computer operators' eyes after a days work
b. observe 3&6 year olds solving puzzeles and analyze differences in their abilities
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| why is self testing more effective than rereading? |
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| self testing requires more active processing than rereading |
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