Understanding Psychology

__________ is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting

• Loftus

• mneumonic

• Ebbinghaus

• Luriab

Behavior is motivated by self-actualization and the promise of human potential.

• Humanism

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Behavior is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.

• Humanism

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility"?

• Social-cultural

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Functionalist

Personality development is determined by unconscious experiences in very early childhood, so early that we often don’t remember.

• Psychodynamic

• Social Cultural

• Neurobiological

• Humansitic

the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

• Ego

• Defense Mechanisms

• psychodynamic

Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience.

• Humanstic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Behavior is motivated by forces that individuals may not be aware of or understand.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Psychological science is the study of behavior that is observable and measurable.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Evolutionary

Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?

• A) Sigmund Freud

• B) Carl Jung

• C) Alfred Adler

• D) Erik Erikson