AP Psych Unit 1 History & Approaches TEST

John Locke came up with “Tabula Rasa” that helped form empiricism, what does “Tabula Rasa” mean?

• Blank slate
• Structuralism
• Thoughtful mind
• Mental process

Who established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany?

• G. Stanley Hall
• William Wundt
• Francis Bacon
• Sigmund Freund

Who usually has a PhD, PsyD, EdD and cannot prescribe medication?

• Psychiatrist
• Therapist
• Physical therapist
• Psychologist

What is cognitive psychology?

• Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processes
• Focus on biological structures and process
• Focus on the conscious experiences and choices in our lives
• How the natural selection of traits prompted survival of genes

Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?

• Margaret Washburn
• Mary Calkins
• Edward Titchener
• Charles Darwin

What two men asked the question “how can the environment nurture human growth”?

• Sigmund Freud and John Locke
• Francis Bacon and Aristotle
• Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
• John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner

What is the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method?

• experimental psychology
• behaviorism
• humanistic psychology
• structuralism

Who is the “father” of psychology?

• John Locke
• John B. Watson
• William Wundt
• Rene Descartes

Which psychologist rejected introspection?

• Sigmund Freund
• B.F. Skinner
• William James
• Edward Titchener

The science of behavior and mental processes is ________

• Cognitive neuroscience
• behaviorism
• psychology
• structuralism