203 Quiz 2: Intro to psychology

Which individual wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology AND is credited with establishing the first scientific laboratory of Psychology at the University of Leipzig (Germany)?

• Wolfgang Köhler

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Functionalist psychologists focus on the function of behavior and, like Gestalt psychologists, ________.

• explaining the subconscious

• the operation of individual parts of the mind

• the operation of the whole mind rather than the individual parts

• understanding the id, ego, and superego

The cognitive revolution created an environment for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding ________.

• emotions and cultural norms

• genetics and evolutionary adaptations

• stimulus-response associations

• mental processes and the mind

Who was the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States?

• Carl Rogers

• Noam Chomsky

• Francis Cecil Sumner

• Naomi Weisstein

Lucy wants to study changes in physical attributes, cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology.

• cognitive

• developmental

• personality

• social