Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

By studying the behaviour of people who have experienced brain injury or damage, it is possible to correlate specific behaviours to specific regions of the brain. Modern psychologists and physiologists who study the relationship of behaviour and brain function in this way are building upon the earlier work of

Behaviours such as courting, mating, and parenting are most likely to be studied by a __________ psychologist.

Through their research on human responses to physical stimuli, both Helmholtz and Weber contributed to the beginning of

Dr. Shapiro has developed a strain of rats that is especially susceptible to the effects of drugs. These rats become addicted more easily and their behaviour is compared to others that become addicted more slowly. Most likely, Dr. Shapiro is a

Donald Hebb believed that behaviour and mental phenomena could be related directly to

The computer provides the primary model of the human brain for most __________ psychologists.

The approach to psychology that emphasized the study of how cognitive processes are organized was

You are a psychologist who wants to explain the phenomenon of road rage. Your first step would involve __________ it.

Locke is to __________ as Mill is to __________.

__________ psychologists are people whose primary interests involve encouraging people to adopt and maintain patterns of behaviour that promote fitness and well being.

Psychophysiology is the branch of psychology that studies the physiological basis of behaviour.

Dr. Thraill's research has focused on addiction and how drugs affect the brain and nervous system. He is most likely to be a(n) __________.

Comparative psychologists study behaviour across a variety of species in order to understand its evolutionary significance.

Pinel's major contribution to the treatment of those with mental illness was

Thorndike formulated his law of effect while studying the behaviour of

__________ is the belief that reality can only be known by understanding the physical world, of which the mind is a part.

Pavlov

One of Helmholtz's most important contributions to physiology was the finding that

Helena is a psychologist who designs airline cockpits so that they are safer and easier to operate. Helena is a consumer psychologist.

The method of experimental ablation was pioneered by