Psychological Perspectives

Which of the following best matches the definition of psychology?

• The study of people.

• Scientific Research about why we act and think in the ways we do.

• Investigations of the human psyche and why we think the things we think.

• Thinking about human behaviors.

Answer explanation

Mental Processes- The way we think

Behavior- The way we act

______________ is considered the "daddy of Psychology"

• Edward B. Titchener

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

A psychologist from which psychological perspective would be most likely to agree that thinking and behavior are caused by combinations of hormone and neurotransmitter activity in the brain?

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

Edward B Titchener....

• Was besties with William James

• Created Psychoanalysis

• Worked with Freud

• Introduced Structuralism

Who created Humanistic Psychology?

• John B. Watson

• Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow

• William James

• Ivan Pavlov

Which research question would have been most interesting to the Gestalt psychologists?

• How is our personality expressed in our dreams?

• Why do we perceive objects in specific groups?

• Can introspection be used to describe thought accurately?

• What is the structure of conscious experience?

What did William James introduce?

• Structuralism

• Clinical Psychology

• Functionalism

• Modern Psychology

Which psychologist studied on animals?

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Ivan Pavlov

Psychodynamic

• Unconscious drives and conflicts

• Healthy people strive to reach full potential

Psychology is the scientific study of ____________ & mental processes