Exam 17: Beyond the Systems of Psychology

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Otto Loewi was awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the first

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_____ conducted some of the first studies on false memory by having subjects attempt to remember material from unfamiliar stories.

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_______ is a social psychologist whose best-known research program investigated obedience and instigated extensive debate about ethical treatment of participants.

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The Wisconsin General Test Apparatus, invented by _____, made it possible to objectively study form discrimination and learning sets in monkeys. This pioneering researcher also contributed to advances in the study of attachment and social isolation in primates.

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Hippocrates, Galen, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Emil Kraepelin, and Lightner Witmer contributed to the intellectual traditions of

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According to the text, three classic schools of psychology continue to remain prominent today. The three Schools are

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His work was criticized for overemphasizing associationism, artificiality, and reductionism. Despite these criticisms, __________ conducted the first quantitative study of memory and inspired generations of future researchers.

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The use of systematic desensitization in behavior therapy was pioneered by

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Gestalt interests in thinking and problem solving combined with the purposive behaviorism of _____ to establish foundations for the emergence of cognitive psychology.

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Some cognitive psychologists have embraced the computer model and used terms such as "input," "output," and "storage" to describe human functions. These cognitive psychologists best reflect

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________ is viewed as a key contributor to the emergence of industrial-organizational psychology, even though this person's work extended beyond traditional boundaries of psychology into ergonomics, safety, and efficient workplace design in industrial settings as well as the home.

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This French epistemologist argued that cognition evolved in a series of progressive stages based on the activation of schemas. In doing so, he revolutionized the study of cognitive development and became its most visible figure.

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Cognitive therapy, a second wave of post-World War II psychotherapy, was developed by

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The term ecological validity refers to

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Albert Ellis developed a therapeutic approach called

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_______ is the study of the interactions between the brain, behavior, the immune system, and social and physical environments.

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Unlike the neobehaviorist, the cognitive psychologist views the human participant as

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_______ is the study of the role of genes in cognition and behavior, and researchers in this subfield have Investigated topics such as intelligence, altruism, jealousy, and psychopathology.

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Which of the following statements is most representative of Frederick C. Bartlett's research on cognition?

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_____ advanced a social learning theory that emphasized observational learning.

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