Exam 1: Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Mary Calkins was the first female president of the American Psychological Association.

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Question 41

Freud believed that unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

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Question 42

Physiological psychology was the forerunner of behavioral neuroscience.

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Question 43

Gordon Allport believed that prejudice was a natural result of a perceptual error.

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Question 44

Psychological historians trace the beginnings of social psychology to the functionalist research of William James.

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Question 45

Most members of the American Psychological Association (APA) are also members of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

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Question 46

The structuralist approach gradually faded, mostly because of the inadequacies of psychoanalysis.

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Question 47

The results of Kenneth Clark's research on the developmental effects of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation on children was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, decided in 1954.

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Question 48

Cultural psychology represents a merger of psychology and geography.

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Question 49

Cognitive psychology is a field of psychology that attempts to understand the links between brain activity and cognitive processes.

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Question 50

Today, most psychologists believe that the mind and brain are separate physical entities.

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Question 51

The Greek philosopher most associated with philosophical empiricism is Aristotle.

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Question 52

Behaviorists define psychology as the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.

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Question 53

The advent of computers led, in part, to the rise of cognitive psychology.

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Question 54

The classical Greek philosophers tested their theories using the scientific method.

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Question 55

Functionalists focused their attention on the adaptive features of observable behavior.

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Question 56

The goal of psychoanalysis is to banish unwanted feelings and memories into the unconscious.

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Question 57

PET is an example of a noninvasive scanning technique used to study activity in the brain.

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Question 58

B. F. Skinner focused on the consequences of behavior as determinants of whether or not it would reoccur.

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Question 59

Wilhelm Wundt was most interested in how consciousness is an adaptive feature of the human existence.

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Exam 1: Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Mary Calkins was the first female president of the American Psychological Association.

Freud believed that unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

Physiological psychology was the forerunner of behavioral neuroscience.

Gordon Allport believed that prejudice was a natural result of a perceptual error.

Psychological historians trace the beginnings of social psychology to the functionalist research of William James.

Most members of the American Psychological Association (APA) are also members of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

The structuralist approach gradually faded, mostly because of the inadequacies of psychoanalysis.

The results of Kenneth Clark's research on the developmental effects of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation on children was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, decided in 1954.

Cultural psychology represents a merger of psychology and geography.

Cognitive psychology is a field of psychology that attempts to understand the links between brain activity and cognitive processes.

Today, most psychologists believe that the mind and brain are separate physical entities.

The Greek philosopher most associated with philosophical empiricism is Aristotle.

Behaviorists define psychology as the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.

The advent of computers led, in part, to the rise of cognitive psychology.

The classical Greek philosophers tested their theories using the scientific method.

Functionalists focused their attention on the adaptive features of observable behavior.

The goal of psychoanalysis is to banish unwanted feelings and memories into the unconscious.

PET is an example of a noninvasive scanning technique used to study activity in the brain.

B. F. Skinner focused on the consequences of behavior as determinants of whether or not it would reoccur.

Wilhelm Wundt was most interested in how consciousness is an adaptive feature of the human existence.

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence