Intro to Psychology: Crash Course Psychology #1

What word psychology comes from what language meaning , "the study of the soul".

• Latin

• Greek

• German

• French

Though the destination has evolved over the centuries which is the best modern definition?

• The science of behavior and mental processes.

• The study of the soul.

• The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

• the scientific study of human society and social relationships.

When was the study of psychology established

• Mid-1800's

• Mid-1900's

• Mid-2000's

• Mid-1700's

When hearing the word psychology, most people probably think of a therapist listening to a patient unpacking the details of his day while reclining on a couch. Maybe that therapist is wearing glasses, chewing on a cigar, stroking his whiskered chin. Who are likely thinking of?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Ivan Pavlov

What were three schools of thought around Freud's time?

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• All of the above

Scientific psychology got its start in 1879 in Germany with which German scientist at the University of Leipzig a a few years after publishing his Principles of Physiological Psychology.

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Edward Bradford Titchener

• William James

• Charles Darwin

This school of psychology tried to understand the structures of consciousness through introspection however it was too subjective and it was ultimately short lived.

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

The school of psychology William James proposed focused on the function of behavior, the why we think and feel and smell and lick, or whatever, this approach is known as?

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

Sigmund Freud is most associated with what school of psychology?

• Psychoanalysis

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

Sigmund Freud was influenced by what treatment used Josef Breuer to treat a patient named Anna O?

• Talking Cure

• Shock Therapy

• Interpretation of Dreams

• Exploring sexual desires