General Psychology Ch. 1&2 History and Approaches Quizizz

Regarding the 4 goals of psychology, the first step is considered?

• explanation
• description
• prediction
• control

Wilhelm Wundt attempted to apply scientific principles to the study of the human mind

• true
• false

He was a student of Wundt.  He believed every experience could be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations.  Known for structuralism which died out in the early 1800's.  Who is he?

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

Focuses on how the mind allows people to function in the real world.  How people work, play, and adapt to their surroundings is called...

• functionalism
• structuralism
• conditioning
• behaviorism

The theory of psychoanalysis proposes there is an unconscious mind that pushes, or represses all of our threatening urges and desires.  

• True
• False

Psychologists who say we should only focus on observable behavior.

• structuralism

• functionalism

• behaviorism

• explanation

He is known for his viewpoints on behaviorism, in which all behavior is learned. Who is he?

• John Watson

• William James

• Edward Titchener

• Al Roker

What includes the unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior and early childhood experiences and more emphasis on the development of self, social, and interpersonal relationships?

• behavioral perspective

• psychodynamic perspective

• humanistic perspective

• cognitive perspective

This perspective is the "third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects of personality that make people uniquely human, such as subjective feelings and freedom of choice.

• cognitive perspective

• psychodynamic perspective

• sociocultural perspective

• humanistic perspective

Modern perspective in psychology that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning

• cognitive perspective

• humanistic perspective

• sociocultural perspective

• biopsychological perspective