Final Exam Review - Psychology

This psychological perspective focuses on how behaviors are learned through interactions with the environment.

• psychodynamic

• behavioral

• cognitive

• biological

This psychological perspective focuses on how early childhood experiences and unconscious mental processes shape adult personality.

• psychodynamic

• behavioral

• biological

• cognitive

This psychological perspective focuses on how the brain, neurotransmitters, and other aspects of our physiology influence our behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.

• biological

• behavioral

• cognitive

• psychodynamic

I developed the theory of operant conditioning, and am pretty much one of the most influential psychologists. I was heavily influenced by the work of Ivan Pavlov.

• B.F. Skinner

• John B.Watson

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

Dogs. You know me because of my work with dogs. Specifically, teaching them to salivate at the sound of a bell. 

• Ivan Pavlov

• Jean Piaget

• John B. Watson

• Carl Rogers

I'm known for conducting the Little Albert experiment, because I am a thoroughly horrible person.

• John B. Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Carl Rogers

• William James

What is the simplest scientific technique? 

• Observation

• Surveys

• Case Studies

• Correlations

What type of correlation does the graph show?

• Perfect positive correlation

• Perfect negative correlation

• Moderate positive correlation

• Moderate negative correlation

What type of correlation does the graph show?

• Perfect positive correlation

• Perfect negative correlation

• Moderate positive correlation

• Moderate negative correlation

The tendency to search for information that confirms preconceptions is called _____.

• the Hawthorne Effect

• conformation bias

• naturalistic observation

• a case study