QUIZ: 1-2 History of Psychology

a psychologist who studies the basic elements of conscious mental experiences

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who analyzes observable behavior and studies conditioning and reinforcement

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who studies how mental processes help people and animals adapt to their environment

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

a psychologist who studies the effects that physical and chemical changes have on behavior

• behaviorist
• functionalist
• structuralist
• psychobiologist
• psychoanalyst

The branch of psychology that emphasizes that perception is more than the sum of its parts is

• a. functional psychology.
• b. Gestalt psychology.
• c. behavioral psychology.
• d. perceptual psychology.

The first modern psychologist who was primarily interested in understanding the unconscious mind was

• a. Wihelm Wundt.
• b. Sir Francis Galton.
• c. Sigmund Freud.
• d. Ivan Pavlov.

John B. Watson claimed that all behavior is the result of

• a. psychoanalysis.
• b. genetic makeup.
• c. reinforcement.
• d. conditioning.

Cognitivists, such as Jean Piaget, concern themselves with the way in which information is

• a. processed, stored, retrieved, and used.
• b. encoded, decoded, and used.
• c. developed and processed.
• d. created and stored.

The ____ began studying human behavior in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., and decided that humans were rational beings.

• a. Greeks
• b. Romans
• c. Chinese
• d. Americans