Psychology Ch. 1

A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 

• behaviorist
• humanist
• socio-cultural psychology
• psychoanalyst

approach in psychology in which the psychologist studies how unconscious motives & conflicts determines human behavior

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who studies the effects that physical & chemical changes have on behavior

• behaviorist
• cognitivist 
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Francis Galton
• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov

a psychologist who studied how mental processes help people & animals adapt to their environment

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who analyzes observable behavior & studies conditioning & reinforcement

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychoanalyst

John B. Watson claimed that all behavior is the result of

• psychoanalysis
• genetic makeup
• reinforcement
• conditioning

The _____ began studying human behavior in the fifth & sixth centuries B.C. and decided that humans were rational beings.

• Greeks
• Chinese
• Americans
• Romans

Pre-scientific scholars believed the ________ was responsible for human behavior. 

• brain
• heart
• spirits
• soul 

Philosopher that proposed that a link existed between mind and body and that they influence each other to create a person's experiences. 

• Charles Darwin
• John Locke
• Aristotle
• Rene Descartes