Intro to Psychololy and Research Fall 2024

Who is credited with coming up with structuralism?

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Edward Titchener

• William James

• G. Stanley Hall

The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Francis Galton
• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• the scientific study of mental processes

• the scientific study of behavior

• the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes

The unconscious mind influences everything we do.

• Biological perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

• Social-cultural perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.

• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective
• Humanistic perspective
• Cognitive perspective

"Change your thoughts, change your life."

• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

Eating disorders are more prevalent in the West because we are constantly bombarded with images of thin, perfect bodies.

• Social-cultural perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

Emphasizes that each individual has great freedom in directing his or her future, a large capacity in achieving personal growth.

• Humanistic Approach

• Cross-cultural Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Psychoanalytic Approach

Studies how ideas, such as adaptation and natural selection, explain human behavior.

• Evolutionary Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Psychoanalytic Approach