Approaches to Psychology

Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist? (HINT: Who was the first person we discussed?)

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Jung

• Ivan Pavlov

What did functionalism focus on?

• The structure of the mind

• How mental activities helped an organism adapt to fit into its environment

• The interpretation of dreams

• The treatment of mental disorders

According to Freud, what is the unconscious mind a repository of?

• Memories and thoughts

• Urges and Motivations

• Skills and habits

• Knowledge and beliefs

What is the focus of psychoanalytic theory?

• Conscious thoughts and behaviors

• The role of a person's unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences

• Social interactions and relationships

• Biological processes and genetics

What is Abraham Maslow best known for in the field of psychology?

• Developing the theory of classical conditioning

• Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs

• Creating the concept of operant conditioning

• Introducing the idea of the unconscious mind

What approach has cognitive psychology taken due to cooperation between all different disciplines?

• A disciplinary approach

• A monodisciplinary approach

• An interdisciplinary approach

• A unidisciplinary approach

What does cognitive psychology generally reject as a valid method of investigation because it is too subjective? (HINT: It is the process that structuralism uses to examine thoughts and feelings.)

• The scientific method

• Introspection

• Behavioral analysis

• Cognitive analysis

Which of the following is a key characteristic of cognitive psychology?

• Accepting the use of the scientific method

• Introspection

• Focus is on unconscious thoughts, urges, and motivations

• Emphasizing behavior over mental processes

Early psychological perspective that emphasized the structure or characteristics of the mind/thought and identification of elements of thought using introspection

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Monism

• Dualism

Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential because people are basically good.

• behavioral

• biological

• socio-cultural

• humanistic