Module 1: History and Perspectives of Psychology

Who is considered the "father of psychology" and began the first psychology lab?

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Wiliiam James
• Sigmund Freud
• Edward Titchener

Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought?

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Humanism

• Structuralism

Which school of psychology would most likely have written a book titled The Whole is More than the Parts?

• Cognitive
• Gestalt
• Evolutionary
• Behavioral

Who wrote the first psychology textbook, was the first American psychologist, and believed psychology should study the functions of consciousness?

• G. Stanley Hall

• John Watson

• William James

• Willhelm Wundt

Darwin’s theory of evolution influenced which school of thought?

• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Gestalt
• Cognitive

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud
• Abraham Maslow
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner

Which perspective believed psychology should only study observable and objectively described acts?

• Humanistic
• Behaviorism
• Functionalism
• Structuralism

Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?

• Biological
• Humanistic
• Psychodynamic
• Behavioral

Which psychologist studied children’s thought processes (cognitive development)?

• Erik Erikson
• Carl Rogers
• Abraham Maslow
• Jean Piaget

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Humanism
• Evolutionary