Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

G. Stanley Hall is an important figure in the history of psychology because he __________.

The point of view that human behavior is solely the result of ______________ appears to be a Western-culture idea.

Contemporary psychologists agree that what we call the mind results from the functioning of our brain, and since the brain is part of our body, ___________ cannot be true.

Empiricism means that knowledge comes from __________.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was originally published by the American Psychological Association in __________.

A little boy is running around a grocery store, screaming, yelling, and throwing cans of soup. His parents cannot control him. A strict nurture-only theorist might say,

Frederick Bartlett's 1930s textbook on cognition claimed that human memory is __________.

Many prehistoric cultures had ________________ that treated mental disorders by performing rituals to drive out the evil spirits that were thought to be the causes of such disorders.

Scientists who study the biological origins of behavior often focus on __________.

Psychologists in the United States use a standardized reference for diagnosing mental disorders called __________.

A developmental psychologist would most likely study which of the following?

Social psychologists would most likely study which of the following?

Cognitive psychologists are likely to incorporate the findings from which of the following academic fields into their research?

One of the differences between a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist is that a psychiatrist __________.

Psychology is a practice in that __________.

Emil Kraepelin was the first to describe "dementia praecox," the mental disorder now known as __________.