SDC Psychology - Ch. 1: Introduction to Psychology

_________ is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

• Psychiatry

• Psychology

• Philosophy

• Sociology

Psychologists study _______.

• human behavior

• mental processing

• the brain and mind

• all of the above

Psychology is a _______.

• social science driven by research and theories

• synonym for psychiatry

• discipline of ideas and theories but lacking scientific proof

• synonym for philosophy

Which of the following is true?

• Psychiatrists earn a medical degree and are able to prescribe medications.

• Psychiatrists receive extensive training in behavioral analysis, mental processing, and counseling.

• Psychologists earn a medical degree and are able to prescribe medications.

• Neither psychiatrists nor clinical psychologists receive medical training.

The person most commonly known as "The Father of Psychology" or "The Father of Experimental Psychology" is _____.

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Edward Titchener

• Sigmund Freud

________ is credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.

• Sigmund Freud

• Gustav Theodor Fechner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Which of the following statements is true of structuralism?

• Structuralism focused on how experience helped people function more adaptively in their environments, based on Charles Darwin's discussions of natural selection.

• Structuralism focused solely on the study of observable behavior.

• Structuralism argued that the mind consisted of three basic elements: sensations, feelings, and images.

• Structuralists focused on perception and how perception influenced both thinking and problem solving.

Which of the follwoing still exists in modern psychology?

• behaviorism

• voluntarism

• structuralism

• functionalism

Which of the following statements was true of functionalists?

• They focused entirely on the unconscious mind.

• They studied behavior, the mind and consciousness.

• They tended to perceive separate pieces of information as integrated wholes depending on the contexts in which they occur.

• They focused only on studying observable behavior.

Structuralists tended to ask, "What are the pieces that make up thinking and experience?" In contrast, ______ tended to ask, "How do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the requirement of their lives?"

• functionalists

• cognitive psychologists

• behaviorists

• psychoanalysts