Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Wundt's methodology, called __________, involved asking subjects to describe their inner experience when exposed to external stimuli.

The text defines psychology as the

The idea that behaviour and other natural phenomena are subject to physical laws is embodied in

A fairly simple system that is based on established principles and can do some of the things that more complex systems can do is called a

Compare and contrast the behavioural, Gestalt, and humanistic approaches to psychology.

Not all clinical psychologists are practitioners; some are scientists.

The person who discovered that muscles contained the energy needed for them to contract (and that they did not have to be inflated by pressurized fluid) was

The first step in explaining behaviour involves __________ it.

Structuralism represented the attempt to study how the structural and behavioural characteristics of organisms are useful in terms of survival and reproductive success.

Events that cause other events are known as __________ events.

The historical figure most often associated with the functionalist approach is

Dr. Critchfield is a psychologist who studies the similarities and differences among different societies in terms of how infants and children are raised. Dr. Critchfield is most likely a(n) __________ psychologist.

Dr. Burkhart is a psychologist whose primary interest involves attitude formation and change. Most likely, Dr. Burkhart is a __________ psychologist.

The study of the causes of individual differences in patterns of behaviour is the chief mission of __________ psychology.

If a psychologist uses the theory of natural selection as a guiding principle, he or she is most likely to be a(n) __________ psychologist.

At the root of most major human problems such as war, pollution, drug addiction, and crime is

The approach for investigating psychological phenomena Wundt adopted was

Broca's research suggested that damage to the __________ causes deficits in __________.

Itard's work with Victor, "The Wild Boy of Aveyron,"inspired which of the following?

The idea that objects such as the sun, moon, trees, and rocks possess spirits is known as the philosophy of