AP Psychology Unit 1 Review

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

• Plato
• John Locke
• René Descartes
• Aristotle

The first psychological laboratory was established by

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

Behaviorists dismissed the value of

• science.
  
• introspection.
• spaced practice.
• neuroscience.
  

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of

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

Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:

• rewards and punishments

• self-esteem and self-actualization

• biology and genetics

• internal conflict and unconscious desires

• sensation and perception

How do cognitive approaches to learning differ from traditional behaviorist explanations? 

• Cognitive psychologists focus on the changes in neural networks that result from learning. 
• Cognitive psychologists try to explain learning from an evolutionary perspective. 
• Cognitive psychologists believe that learning involves some sort of thinking. 
• Cognitive psychologists believe that researchers should only focus on observable behaviors. 

After Mr. Jones suffered a stroke, a section on the left side of his brain was severely damaged. Now, Mr. Jones lost the ability to speak fluently.
This change in his verbal skills can be best be explained using which approach?

• Behaviorist 
• Evolutionary
• Cognitive
• Biological 

Which approach is most directly concerned with assessing the relative impact of both nature and nurture on our psychological traits?

• biopsychosocial

• cognitive

• humanistic

• social-cultural

• pyschodynamic

Marnie is handed a teddy bear and begins to describe what she is experiencing:"This is brown. It is soft. It is wearing a red bow."
What historic research technique is she using? 

• Introspection
• Psychoanalysis
• Dualism
• Structuralism 

Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the

• struggles with unconscious drives and conflicts.

• adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.

• treatment of psychological disorders.