History, Perspectives, Branches of Psychology

1. I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist.

• cognitive

• Learning

• Perception

• Personality

1. I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist.

• cognitive

• Learning

• Perception

• Personality

Like Carl Rogers, I believe people choose to live more creative and meaningful lives. My name is _____.

• Wert

• Washburn

• Skinner

• Maslow

Comparative Psychologists are primarily interested in ...

• Stimulus-response connections

• Animal Behavior

• The comparison of functional and behavioral psychology

• The comparison of different types of psychotherapy

Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist?

• Sigmund Freud

• Abraham Maslow

• B. F. Skinner

• John Watson

A psychologist who studies family dynamics and their effects on behavior of individuals in different regions would probably be a _______ psychologist.

• Learning

• Cultural

• Developmental

• Cognitive

The goals of psychology are to …

• Develop effective methods of psychotherapy

• Describe, predict, understand, and control behavior

• Explain the functioning of the human mind

• Compare, analyze, and control human behavior

Barbara is applying conditioning principles to teach language skills to retarded children. As a psychologist, her point of view appears to be which of the following?

• Freudian

• Gestalt

• Functionalist

• Behaviorist

Psychologist are ...

• Scientists

• Practitioners

• Both scientists and practitioners

• Either scientists or practitioners

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that psychiatrists

• Are physicians with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy

• Are extensively trained in the theories and techniques of Sigmund Freud

• Are generally more eclectic than psychologists

• Have a masters or PhD degree with special training in psychological theory and research methods