The Science of Psychology

Contemporary psychology is defined as the

• science of mental phenomena.
• science of conscious and unconscious activity.
• science of behavior.
• science of behavior and mental processes.

The first psychology laboratory was established by

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

The self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and feelings is called

• clinical psychology.
• introspection.
• spaced practice.
• humanism.

The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n)

• clinical psychologist.
• developmental psychologist.
• psychiatrist.
• biological psychologist.

Which approach to psychology focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?

• biological
• cognitive
• evolutionary
• psychodynamic

What two psychological approaches dominated psychology from the 1920s to the 1950s?

• The cognitive perspective and structuralism.

• Monism and evolutionary psych.

• Gestalt psych and functionalism

• Behaviorism and psychoanalysis

Which event best marks the beginning of the modern study of psychology in America?

• When Rene Descartes published his viewpoint that the mind and body are separate in the 1640s.

• When Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution in 1859

• When Sigmund Freud travelled to America and introduced his theories in 1909.

• When William James published the first psychology textbook in English in 1890.

Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?

• Edward Titchner
• Jean Piaget
• John B. Watson
• William James

Who is considered a Humanistic Psychologist?

• Freud
• Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov
• Maslow

Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?

• Sigmund Freud
• B.F. Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov
• John B. Watson