History & Approaches

The first psychological laboratory was established by

• John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• Sigmund Freud
• William James

Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:

• rewards and punishments

• self-esteem and self-actualization

• biology and genetics

• internal conflict and unconscious desires

• sensation and perception

The study of behavior and mental processes.

• psychodynamic

• biology

• psychology

• humanistic

Who was a student of William James and the first female president of the American Psychological Association?

• John Locke

• Francis Bacon

• Mary Calkins

• Margaret Washburn

Charles Darwin proposed that natural selection leads to the development of characteristics most suited to the survival and reproduction of a species.
His theory has most influenced which branch of Psychology? 

• Humanism
• Evolutionary psychology. 
• Cognitive psychology. 
• Behaviorism.

Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which field of psychology should she choose?

• Cognitive

• Social

• Personality

• Learning

• Perception

Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of people's

• childhood memories.

• genetic predispositions.

• unconscious thought processes.

• potential for healthy growth and fulfillment

Which approach to psychology focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures?

• humanistic
• psychodynamic
• social-cultural
• cognitive

The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how

• people try to understand their own unconscious motives.
• feelings are influenced by blood chemistry.
• people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.
• how behaviors and thinking vary across cultures.

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

• biological
• evolutionary
• humanistic
• behavioral