Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Several middle-school girls watch their classmates, Jon and Jason, engage in a rough-and-tumble wrestling match. The attention of the girls seems to intensify the boys' play. A psychologist trained in the functionalist school would wonder:

Psychiatrists are more likely to focus on the possible biological causes of mental disorders.

Most psychologists eventually rejected the method of trained introspection in psychological research as being too:

Psychobabble is a pseudoscience covered by a veneer of psychological language.

Critical thinkers realize that all opinions are created equal.

Psychology is defined as the discipline concerned with:

Belief in the paranormal is uncommon in scientifically advanced countries.

Unlike modern psychologists, great thinkers of the past:

Which of the following was a classic pseudoscientific theory that related bumps on the head to personality traits and did not disappear until well into the twentieth century?

Industrial/organizational psychologists are concerned with behavior in the workplace and work motivation.

Describe what it means to be a critical thinker.

Tom is a psychologist investigating the contributions of genes in the development of abilities and personality traits in human beings. Tom is most likely a _______________.

Which of the following is true about the professional activities of psychologists?

In America, Wilhelm Wundt's ideas were popularized by one of his students, E. B. Titchener, who gave Wundt's approach the name:

The research method used by Wilhelm Wundt in which volunteers were taught to carefully observe, analyze, and describe their own sensations, mental images, and emotional reactions is called _______________.

Explain why the textbook authors call the theory of phrenology a classic pseudoscience. Provide examples that support this assessment.

_______________ involved the analysis of the basic elements or building blocks of the mind.

Which school of thought in psychology tried to explain how specific behaviors and mental processes help a person adapt to the environment?

"My memory of getting knocked down by a wave at Newport Beach could be based on what my parents told me later, not on my own recollection." Which of the following critical thinking guidelines does this example illustrate?

The cognitive perspective of psychology focuses on the social and cultural forces outside an individual.