Module One Intro; History; Appoaches

The first psychological laboratory was established by

• John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• Sigmund Freud
• William James

This subfield of psychology focuses on how we view and affect one another. They study such topics as obedience, conformity, and crowd behavior.

• Psychometric psychologists

• Human factors psychologists

• Social psychologists

• Community psychologists

In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus on ________, whereas humanistic psychologists concentrate on ________.

• evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings; self-reports of immediate physical sensations
  
• observable behavior; the way we perceive, process, and remember information
  
• childhood experiences and unconscious thought processes; current environmental influences on potential
• introspective reports of immediate sensations; empirical research relying on observation and experimentation

Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of

• genetic predispositions.
• healthy growth potential.
• unconscious thoughts.
• punishment and reinforcement.

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of

• thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.
• behavior and mental processes.
• conscious and unconscious mental activity.
• observable responses to the environment.

Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?

• psychodynamic
• biological
• behavioral
• evolutionary

The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how

• people try to understand their own unconscious motives.
• feelings are influenced by blood chemistry.
• people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.
• how behaviors and thinking vary across cultures.

The distinctive feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis on

• natural selection.
• learned 
• unconscious conflicts.
  
• introspection.
  

Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?

• biological
• evolutionary
• humanistic
• behavioral

Dr. Wilson attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective.

• behavioral
• evolutionary
• biological
• socio-cultural