Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Shelley wants her grandma to keep in touch through e-mail but her grandma says, "Oh, Shelley, you know that you can't teach an old dog new tricks!" If Shelley has been studying the problems with popular beliefs about psychological phenomena, how should she respond?

One of the common research methods used by structuralists was phrenology.

The founder of functionalism was:

Feminist psychology has influenced the study of men.

The text states that, "We are like fish that are unaware they live in water, so obvious is water in their lives. Sociocultural psychologists study the water-the social and cultural environments that people 'swim' in every day." Describe two examples from your personal experience that illustrate how cultural rules influence the way we perceive the world and relate to others.

Which of the following was the major reason for the formation of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)?

Dr. Mannisto is a behaviorist who is studying the causes of excessive violence among some hockey players. She is likely to consider whether:

The first psychological laboratory was established by the Austrian physician, Sigmund Freud.

List and define the four major perspectives in modern psychology.

Psychometric psychologists design and evaluate tests of mental abilities and aptitude.

Researchers in Wilhelm Wundt's laboratory studied:

Anxiety is a common problem. Which of the four major perspectives in psychology is associated with each of these explanations? -A national emphasis on competition and success promotes anxiety about failure.

Unlike modern psychologists, great thinkers of the past:

Structuralism was an early psychological approach that emphasized the purpose of behavior and consciousness.

In the United States, which of the following professionals must have a doctoral degree in psychology?

As women began to enter psychology in greater numbers in the early 1970s, they began to document evidence of a pervasive bias in the research methods that were being used. Describe the biases that these feminist psychologists documented.

Behaviorists would agree that anxiety is due to forbidden, unconscious desires.

Make sure psychology's past is still present in your memory by choosing the correct response from each pair of terms in parentheses: -The idea that emotional problems spring from unconscious conflicts originated with (the Mind Cure movement/psychoanalysis).

Older adults with low levels of the chemical acetylcholine in their brains may develop memory loss. Which of the following psychological perspectives does this best relate to?

The _______________ is a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.