Intro to Psych (Week 1)

Philosophical Idealism suggests that our perceptions are:

• Completely objective and do not vary

• A faithful copy of information from the world

• Our brain's best interpretation of the information

• Illusions created by our mind

Philosophical Realism suggests that our perceptions are:

• Completely objective and do not vary

• A faithful copy of information from the world

• Our brain's best interpretation of the information

• Illusions created by our mind

Which explains the ways in which mind and behavior has been shaped by natural selection?

• Biological Perspective

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Neuroscience

Which major school of psychology used computers as a guiding metahphor for how humans think?

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

Whose studies developed the Principle of Reinforcement (any behavior rewarded will be repeated)?

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

Which approach to psychology focused on the mind's basic elements?

• Psychoanalysis

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

• Behaviorism

Which philosophical view states that all knowledge is acquired through experience ("blank slate")?

• Nativism

• Empiricism

• Materialism

• Dualism

What approach to psychology emphasized the adaptive significance of mental processes?

• Behaviorism

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Dualism

Who is refered to as the Father of Psychology?

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• Immanuel Kant

• Wilhelm Wundt

Who believed memories reside in the unconscious and developed the therapeutic approach called Psychoanalysis?

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Max Wertheimer