Exam 1: Psychology As a Science

Which branch of psychology studies behavior by examining physiological processes,especially those occurring in the brain?

The year is 1879,and you are on your way to Germany to study at the first institute for research in experimental psychology.Which professor do you hope to study with at the University of Leipzig?

Why was Mary Calkins not given her Ph.D.in psychology at Harvard when she defended her dissertation in 1895?

You and several of your colleagues were stuck in an elevator for several hours.Later,sitting around the conference table,each of you begin to describe in detail your feelings and fears about the ordeal.What technique are you most likely using?

Based on cross-cultural studies,70 percent of the world's population lives in cultures with what type of orientation?

Which type of psychologists use existing psychological knowledge to solve and prevent problems?

Who is regarded as the first American psychologist to exert a guiding influence on psychology?

____ is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.

Which psychological perspective played a key role in insisting that psychologists precisely define and objectively measure the concepts they study?

Mary Calkins is considered a pioneer in ____.

A researcher finds a strong,positive correlation between negative thinking and depression,but cannot determine whether negative thinking causes depression or depression causes negative thinking.This is referred to as the ____.

____ is a simulated reality created by psychologists to conduct their research.

____ is a descriptive scientific method where a group is studied from within by a researcher who records behavior as it occurs in its usual natural environment.

Which branch of psychology deals with similarities and differences in the physiology,behavior,and abilities of different species,including humans?

A psychologist who is mainly interested in a person's observable behavior,rather than the person's mental processes,is a ____.

The metaphor comparing the mind to the computer is attributed to what area of psychology?

Although significantly altered,which of the five early schools of psychology have survived as contemporary perspectives?

What coincided with cognitive psychology,making a name for itself?

____ is a form of observational research involving an in-depth analysis of a single subject.

What are the differences between the evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives explanation of human behavior?