Psych 1 U1 Quiz

What is Behaviorism/Learning (Hint: middle finger, John B. Watson, Skinner, Pavlov)?

• Randomly assigned group that receives treatment

• A set of general procedures for gathering and interpreting data.

• a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being

• study of observable behavior. Had to do with people's reactions and behaviors instead of the feelings themselves.

What is Cognitive Psychology that emerged in the 1960's (hint: index finger/scratching or tapping head, Piaget create 4 stages of cognitive development)?

• considers influences of biological, psychological, and social factors.

• An area that focuses on the science of mental processes such as thinking, attention, memory, languages, etc.

• the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it (I knew it all along!)

• Randomly assigned group that receives treatment.

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and animals.

• Psychology

• Behavior

• Cognitive Activities

• Humanistic Approach

Emphasizes the importance of childhood trauma, unconscious motives and internal conflicts often sexual in nature in determining human behavior, studied by Freud (hint: thumb)

• Psychoanalytic Perspective

• Humanistic Perspective

• Cognitive Perspective

• Behavioral Perspective

Studies the influence of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and mental processes (ring finger)

• Humanistic Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

• Cognitive Perspective

• Sociocultural Perspective

Who was nicknamed the "Father of Psychology" because he created the first psychology lab (first experiment) in Germany in 1879?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Edward Titchener

• William James

• Sir Francis Bacon

___________the study of how our environment like people around us either help or hinder our personal and emotional growth, has to do with self-actualization (Hint: Living to your highest potential, Carl Rogers-UPR, active listening, & Client centered therapy, Abraham Maslow-hierarchy of needs/palm of hand for helping hand)

• Humanistic Psychology

• Social Culture

• Cognitive Psychology

• Biopsychosocial Approach

Studied the theory of Evolution, Natural Selection (survival of the fittest), the beaks of finches/birds on Galapagos Islands, and how Humans evolved from less complex organisms

• Dorthea Dix

• Charles Darwin

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Ivan Pavlov

Who did John B. Watson, the father of Behaviorism, work with in the Little Albert Experiment, where he could classically condition a child to fear anything furry and white.

• Rosalie Rayner

• Margaret Washburn

• BF Skinner

• Mary Calkins

• Jean Piaget

Sociocultural theory, a field of psychology that focuses on how social experiences and society affect people as individuals.

Which of the following is NOT sociocultural psychology?

• Parents that make a child quit school and go work because they need help paying the bills and putting food on the table.

• The neurotransmitter, Dopamine, being released in the brain because of a like received on social media.

• A teacher showing a child how to write their name.

• Learning new dance moves because you are going to a party later and want to show off your skills.