Exam 1: Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Freud termed the _____ as the part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness but influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions.

The advent of _____ in the 1950s had an enormous conceptual impact on the development of cognitive psychology.

In an article entitled "Mapping the Backbone of Science," Kevin Boyack and his colleagues (2005) characterized psychology as a(n) _____ science.

The term "patient" is to psychoanalysis as the term "client" is to:

Values, traditions, and beliefs that are shared by a particular group of people are called:

William James is to _____ as Wilhelm Wundt is to _____.

Descartes believed that the mind influences the body through the:

A college student taking introductory psychology decides to test Piaget's theories of mental development on his 10-year-old sister who loves hot dogs and is very hungry. He shows her two hot dogs. Then, while she is watching, he breaks one of the hot dogs in half. He asks if she would like one hot dog (the intact hot dog) or two hot dogs (the hot dog cut in half). Consistent with Piaget's findings, the girl probably will:

Psychologist Kurt Lewin used a special mathematical theory called _____ to model the subjective experiences of the mind.

The behaviorism of John Watson has been described as _____ psychology.

The major reason why structuralism ultimately failed as a school of psychology was that:

Dr. Quack touches specific bumps on a patient's skull and then indicates specific character traits for the patient, for example, "This patient is cautious." Dr. Quack is engaging in:

Research using scanning technology of the brain has demonstrated that _____ hemisphere of the brain is activated when a person who hears normally uses American Sign Language to communicate.

Which psychologist was NOT part of the psychoanalytic movement?

Research participants are asked to rotate a three-dimensional object in their minds. William James would be MOST interested in which research question?

The birth of social psychology is credited to:

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, is best known for his experiments:

The work of animal behavior specialist Margaret Washburn was:

Today, most psychologists would agree with which statement concerning mental processes?

An acupuncturist asks you to respond as soon as you feel a pinprick as she stimulates your upper thigh, hamstring, calf, and foot with a needle. Based on Helmholtz's research, you will react most quickly when the _____ is stimulated.