Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

You are reading a book about how actions are changed by reinforcement.The book was most likely written by:

When Seymour asked his psychology professor which approach she took in her research, she said she had an eclectic approach.This means that Seymour's professor:

School psychologists help identify children with learning disabilities or other problems that affect education, and they develop plans for helping these children perform well in school.School psychologists are one type of:

Ruth Howard is best known for:

Humanistic psychologists argued people are ultimately in control of their own destinies and can rise above whatever animalistic urges they possess.

The intellectual leader of the behaviorist movement was John B.Watson who was convinced that psychology should discard all references to consciousness or mental events.

Empiricism is the view that:

Almost all current-day psychologists accept that certain psychological characteristics, such as intelligence, are influenced by genetic factors.

Advocates of structuralism studied ____________________ and ____________________, which were thought to be the elementary parts of the mind.

Describe the views of most of today's psychologists regarding the question of whether our behavior and thoughts are created by nature or nurture.Explain how this view makes sense from an adaptive perspective.

An auction house is about to sell a first edition of a book arguing psychology should not study consciousness, but should emphasize the study of environmental changes and how they affect behavior.The book was most likely written by:

The psychologist ____________________ is well known for his description of consciousness as a flowing and ever-changing stream.

The owner of a store that buys and sells used books has just purchased one by a psychologist who proposed a set of innate principles of perception.The book was most likely written by a(n):

In her job as a(n) ____________________, Marilyn works with high school students to help them perform well academically and socially.

Freud developed psychoanalysis, a method in which clients must come to understand how their memories and mental processes lead to problem behaviors, a method often referred to as ____________________ therapy.

The view of ____________________ presumes that certain kinds of knowledge and ideas are innate.

Discuss the philosophical differences between the nativist and the empiricist view of how knowledge is obtained.

The emphasis on understanding both the mind and behavior is what distinguishes psychology from the closely related field of philosophy.

The first African American woman to receive a Ph.D.in psychology was:

Juan is a counseling psychologist, and his sister Carmen is a clinical psychologist.The main difference between them would be that Juan: