Psych 1- First Day

Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of

• genetic predispositions.
• healthy growth potential.
• unconscious thoughts.
• punishment and reinforcement.

Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of

• evolution versus natural selection.
  
• evolution versus natural selection.
  
• structuralism versus functionalism.
• nature versus nurture.

Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?

• psychodynamic
• biological
• behavioral
• evolutionary

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the ________ perspective.

• social-cultural
  
• behavioral
• cognitive
• evolutionary

Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?

• biological
• evolutionary
• humanistic
• behavioral

Dr. Wilson attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective.

• behavioral
• evolutionary
• biological
• socio-cultural

"The most important thing a psychologist can study is how a behavior or thought helps a person navigate the world, rather than how that thought comes to be or what it is made of."
This viewpoint probably comes from somebody who believes in what historical theoretical approach?

• Structuralism 
• Functionalism 
• Gestalt 
• Psychoanalysis 

How do cognitive approaches to learning differ from traditional behaviorist explanations? 

• Cognitive psychologists focus on the changes in neural networks that result from learning. 
• Cognitive psychologists try to explain learning from an evolutionary perspective. 
• Cognitive psychologists believe that learning involves some sort of thinking. 
• Cognitive psychologists believe that researchers should only focus on observable behaviors. 

Amber believes that each thought or memory can be broken down into smaller elements, such as the emotions and concepts behind them.
In which historical approach to psychology would she find people who believe the same thing? 

• Psychoanalysis 
• Structuralism 
• Gestalt 
• Functionalism 

What is Gestalt Psychology?

• an Austrian movement about sensation and the laws that apply

• a Swedish movement about the relationship between the cognitive process and emotional recognition

• the American school of thought for new-wave psychologists

• a German movement to explain perception in terms of the abilities and laws behind them; "the whole is greater than its parts"