Psychology Semester Exam Review

The Father of Psychology:

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• John B. Watson

• Sigmund Freud

perspective of psychology which emphasis the influence of our body on behavior

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Learning

• Humanistic

Freud believed behavior was based on...

•  the unconscious mind

• childhood experiences

• conflicts/trauma

• all of the above

observing and recording people's behavior within natural/real world environments

•  laboratory observation

• naturalistic observation

• a survey

• the longitudinal method

Perspective; people reaching toward a goal/thier potential

• Humanistic

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Biological

Perspective that includes mimicking and teaching

• humanistic

• biological

• behavioral

• cognitive

What factor is changed by the psychologist in an experiment?

• control variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Which variable is measure in a psych experiment?

• dependent variable

• control variable

•  independent variable

experimenting with a large sample a participants would likely necessitate which research method?

• laboratory observation

• a survey

• naturalistic observation

• a case study

Perception is based on

• biology

• Psychology