AP Psych@KCHS Intro to Psych (1.1)

Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the mind at birth is tabula rasa or a “blank slate”?

• Plato
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kant
• Rene' Descartes

The first psychological laboratory was established by

• William James.
• John Watson.
• Wilhelm Wundt.
• Sigmund Freud.

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of 

• conscious and unconscious mental activity.
• observable responses to the environment.
•  behavior and mental processes.
•  thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

A medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems  is a 

• health psychologist
• psychiatrist
• developmental psychologist
• research psychologist

Which of the following approaches seems to lack the most scientific support, since it seems to rely on after the fact explanations about correlations about childhood experiences and adult personality?

• Behavioral
• Psychoanalysis
• Evolutionary
• Cognitive 

Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of

• childhood memories
• unconscious thoughts
• healthy growth potentional
• punishment and reinforcement

Which best describes the history of psychology?

• The idea of studying the mind began with Sigmund Freud.

• The idea of studying the mind all started with the early philosophers such as Socrates, Plato & Aristotle.

• The idea of studying the mind began with Carl Jung.

• The idea of studying the mind came from elsewhere. #aliens

Who claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement? 

• William James   
• Sigmund Freud
• B. F. Skinner
• Wilhelm Wundt

Observable behavior is ________________ .

• Anything that you can see only

• Anything that you can see but not hear

• Anything that you can see, hear, or experience with the senses

• Anything that can be measured

What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

• introspection

• structuralism

• functionalism

• empiricism