AP Psych Unit 1 (1st 1/2)

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility"?

• Social-cultural

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Functionalist

The debate on the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as

• evolutionary analysis.

• behaviorism.

• the nature-nurture issue

• natural selection.

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

Which perspective would agree with the following: "Change your thoughts, change your life"?

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• B. F. Skinner

Who developed the theory of "Functionalism?"

• Wundt
• Titchener
• Freud
• James

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics

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

• behaviorist
• humanist
• socio-cultural psychology
• psychoanalyst

____________ refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits

• nature

• nurture

Psychology is defined to as the

• science of mental phenomena.

• science of conscious and unconscious activity.

• science of behavior.

• science of behavior and mental processes.