Definitions
The word “psychology’ comes from:
Greek
The school of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements of experience was called:
structuralism
Receiving an electric shock would be an example of a ______ whereas being frightened would be an example of a ______.
stimulus, response
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
mind and behaviour
Which of the following was most closely associated with the structuralist school of psychology?
Titchener
Freud emphasized the role of ________ in shaping people’s personality.
unconscious desires
Evolutionary psychology has its roots in:
functionalism
______ was to structuralism as ______ was to functionalism.
Wundt, James
A forensic psychologist would be most likely to study:
the accuracy of eyewitness memory
Psychology is the study of behaviour and mental processes.
true
Freud championed ______ psychology.
psychodynamic
Cognitive psychology focuses on how behaviours affect our lives.
false
Mental processes are
Thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and biological activities that maintain bodily functions.
Which school of psychology believes that it is impossible to objectively study the mind?
behaviorism
regulation of blood glucose levels
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