Exam 1: Introduction: Principles of Psychology

Gestalt psychologists such as Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler

Who wrote The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, which argues that all human behaviors had their beginnings in earlier ancestors?

According to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato,

Psychologists now believe that subliminal advertising

According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that

The study of how physical events, such as lights and sounds, affect our senses is called

A proponent of functionalism would most likely be found in a

An empiricist believes that the only source of knowledge about the external world is

What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Sigmund Freud?

Which of the following perspectives argues that human behavior develops in certain ways because it serves a useful purpose?

As you and your roommate watch a news report about a big fight that broke out at a local club, he turns to you and says, "I'm not surprised. It's a full moon, after all. People always go crazy around the full moon." As a student of psychology, your response should be:

Psychology is best defined as the study of

Plato's cave analogy illustrates that

Cognitive psychology

In a behaviorist approach to treatment for a patient with a fear of rats, the patient is

Refer to the graphs below. Researchers wanted to determine if ideas about race affect our visual perception. In an experiment, white college students were asked to look at a screen with images of objects that were either crime-relevant (e.g., a handgun) or crime-irrelevant (e.g., a book). For each object, the first image was so blurry it was unrecognizable. The image became progressively clearer across 40 different frames until the students were able to correctly identify it. Before they began the task, they were shown a photo for 50 milliseconds. The photo was of a black face, a white face, or an abstract line drawing. These "flashes" were subliminal images, meaning that the students were not aware of having seen them. Researchers wanted to find out whether seeing a black or white face, even without being aware of it, influenced the students' ability to identify the objects. -The effects found in this study suggest that

What is the main emphasis of cognitive psychology?

Your psychology professor tells the class, "Experience cannot be analyzed successfully into its elements." Your professor is most likely

Parents who agree with John Locke's notion of tabula rasa would most likely

One of the goals of studying psychology is to