History, Perspectives, Research Strategies, and Statistics i

The first psychology laboratory was established in ______ by ______.

• Austria; Sigmund Freud

• Germany; Wilhelm Wundt

• Russia; Ivan Pavlov

• United States; William James

Which of the following pertains to Edward B. Titchener?

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

• Psychoanalysis

• Gestalt psychology

Sigmund Freud was the founder of:

• Behaviorism.

• Functionalism.

• Gestalt psychology.

• Psychoanalysis.

The area of research that focuses on how much our genes and our environment influence our differences

• Ways to explain human behavior.

• Biological Perspective

• Behavioral Genetics

• Structuralism

The researcher manipulates and controls a certain variable in order to observe the effects on other variables.

• Survey

• Correlational Study

• Experiment

• Natural Observation.

Scientific research about why we think and act the way we do.

• Biology

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Anthropology

This perspective focuses on the physical structures and substances underlying behavior.

• Cognitive Perspective

• Biological Perspective

• Social-cultural Perspective

• Abnormal Perspective

Bruce believes that psychology should focus on how people think and solve problems, while Alan feels psychology should instead deal with the physiological (physical) causes of behavior. According to the text, Bruce would probably be called a _____ psychologist, while Alan would be labeled a _____ psychologist.

• Behavioral; social-cultural

• Cognitive; biological

• Psychodynamic; biological

• Psychodynamic; cognitive

Perspective that focuses on the mind and how people think.

• Biological Perspective

• Social-cultural Perspective

• Cognitive Perspective

• Abnormal Perspective

He was the first American psychologist and author of the one of the first psychology textbook.

• James

• Freud

• Watson

• Clark