Ch. 1 Psych Test Review

This field focuses on improving such things as workforce production, working conditions and determining if workplaces are different under female leadership.

• Personality

• Experimental

• Developmental

• Industrial/Organizational

About 50% of all psychologists specialize in this field and it is meant to help people deal more successfully with their lives.

• Experimental

• Physiological

• Developmental

• Clinical & Counseling

This field investigates the biological basis of human behavior, thoughts and emotions.

• Physiological

• Developmental

• Experimental

• Personality

This field conducts research on basic psychological processes like learning, memory, and sensation, among others.

• Personality

• Developmental

• Experimental

• Physiological

This field studies all aspects of human growth and change. (Womb to the Tomb)

• Clinical & Counseling

• Personality

• Physiological

• Developmental

This field assumes personality characteristics are insufficient because people are greatly influenced by other people.

• Personality

• Developmental

• Experimental

• Physiological

The field studies the differences among individuals in such traits as sociability, self-esteem, emotional stability, agreeableness, aggressive inclinations, and openness to new experiences.

• Physiological

• Clinical & Counseling

• Personality

• Developmental

Proper use of the experimental method is associated with all of the following, EXCEPT

• Hypotheses

• Experimenter Bias

• Subjects or Participants

• Variables

Believed the goal of psychology is to analyze past experiences. (Functionalism)

• BF Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

• John Watson

Focuses on seeing patterns to distinguish an object from the background in order to see a complete picture.

• William James

• Gestalt

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Humanistic