1. Introduction to Psychological Science Review

Psychology is a science.

• True

• False

This philosophical perspective views the mind and body as fundamentally different things.

• Pragmatism

• Materialism

• Dualism

• Empiricism

Which philosophical concept states that all knowledge is acquired through experience?

• Nativism

• Realism

• Freudism

• Empiricism

Which approach emphasizes the adaptive significance of mental processes?

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

• Realism

• Functionalism

Who believed that the source of the symptoms of mental disorders stem from the unconscious, a place where “repressed” memories were thought to exist?

• Freud

• Pavlov

• Watson

• Piaget

What branch of psychology theorizes that behavior is a result of what people think about the environment?

• Developmental Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

Who is known as the father of Experimental Psychology

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• William James

• Immanuel Kant

Which branch of psychology studies human information processing and assesses how this occurs?

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Counseling Psychology

This principle states that any behavior that is rewarded will be repeated and any behavior that isn’t rewarded won’t be repeated.

• Principle of Learning

• Principle of Reinforcement

• Principle of Conditioning

• Principle of Rewarding

This early branch of psychology emphasized how the mind creates perceptual experience.

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive Psychology

• Gestalt Psychology

• Functionalism