Intro to Psychology

Which of the following is NOT true about Psychology? Select all that apply.

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  Psychology offers a quick fix to issues that someone might face

• Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior

• Psychologists want to understand why people do the things they do

• Psychological research sometimes contradicts popular beliefs

Which one (psychologist or psychiatrist) can prescribe medications?

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Any action we can observe and record is known as?

• psychology

• conditioning

• behavior

• learning

What did Aristotle believe about where mental processes begin?

• liver

• heart

• head

• unconscious

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The idea that children are born with a blank slate for a mind was?

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• John Locke

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By studying animals and their behaviors, we can learn about human behavior was a belief of?

• Charles Darwin

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

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He believed that people could be studied scientifically and became the father of modern psychology.

• John Watson

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

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This man became was a founder of American psychology and wrote the first psychology textbook that was widely used.

(a)  

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Who developed the concept of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

He used classical conditioning to pair the sound of a bell to a dog drooling.

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov