Exam 1 Review

This perspective states that all mental phenomena are reducible to physical phenomena, i.e. the mind is a product of the brain.

• Dualism

• Empiricism

• Materialism

• Realism

Psychologists who follow this perspective would agree that when we perceive the physical world, our brains take a picture.

• Idealism

• Realism

• Empiricism

• Materialism

Professor Rowan thinks that people have to have some knowledge when they are born to learn new things. They follow this perspective.

• Nativism

• Empiricism

• Dualism

• Idealism

This man wanted to understand consciousness by its “facts” and is credited as the father of experimental psychology.

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhem Wundt

• Hermann von Helmholtz

Structuralists used this concept as a tool to analyze the mind’s basic elements.

• Behavioral observation

• Brain imaging

• Psychoanalysis

• Introspection

Delaney is a children’s counselor. She likes to approach sessions with the idea that as children grow, their perspective changes. She follows this approach:

• Neuroscience

• Psychodynamic

• Developmental

• Sociological

Pavlov discovered the association between a stimulus and a response by observing lab animals. He is a well-known member of this school of psychology.

• Gestalt Psychology

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

This school of psychology emphasizes how the mind creates a perceptual experience.

• Gestalt Psychology

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

This psychological perspective studies how the human mind has been shaped by natural selection.

• Gestalt Psychology

• Developmental Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Cultural Psychology

These therapy providers specialize in diagnosis, assessment, and treatment but cannot prescribe medication in most states.

• Counselor

• Psychiatrist

• Clinical Psychologist

• School Psychologist