Key People
Study Skills
Structuralism v. Functionalism
Humanism v. Behaviorism
Unconsciousness
100
Mounted a campaign to make psychology an independent discipline rather than a stepchild of philosophy or physiology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
100
Define SQ3R
What is survey, question, read, recite, review
100
Which of the approach might William James criticize for examining a movie frame by frame instead of seeing the motion in the motion picture?
What is structuralism
100
Which approach has the most optimistic view of human nature?
What is humanism
100
Brought the unconscious into the picture for the field of psychology
Who is Sigmund Freud
200
Argued that human behavior is governed primarily by each individual’s sense of self, or “self-concept”
Who is Carl Rogers
200
The ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximize ones score
What is testwiseness
200
William James was a _________
What is a functionalist
200
Behaviorism’s stimulus-response approach contributed to
What is animal research in psychology
200
The unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and _____ well below the surface of conscious awareness but nonetheless exert great influence on behavior
What is desires
300
Established America’s first research laboratory in psychology at Johns Hopkins University, launched America’s first psychology journal, and was the driving force behind establishing the American Psychological Association (APA)
Who is G. Stanley Hall
300
All of the following are sound study habits except a.) set up schedule b.) reward your studying c.) read the text and then the questions d.) find a quiet place to study where you can concentrate
What is C
300
Based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure.
What is functionalism
300
Behaviorism’s stimulus-response approach contributed to
What is humanism
300
Attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior
What is psychoanalytic theory
400
Associated with the idea of a stream of consciousness
Who is William James
400
In regards to changing answers on multiple choice tests, research indicates that __________ changes to be more common than other types of changes.
What is wrong to right
400
Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related
What is structuralism
400
What school of thought became dominant within psychology between 1913 and the late 1920s?
What is behaviorism
400
Psychological disturbances are largely caused by
What is personal conflicts existing at an unconscious level
500
Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend not to repeat responses that lead to neutral or negative outcomes.
What is B.F. Skinner
500
Need to be deliberately taught because they often do not developed by themselves with standard content instruction.
What is critical thinking skills
500
Introspection is the careful, systematic self-observation of one’s own conscious experience. This technique was practiced by ____
What is structuralists
500
_____ greatest contribution to psychology has probably been their innovative treatments for psychological problems and disorders
What is humanists
500
“The unconscious is the true psychical reality; in its innermost nature it is as much unknown to us as the reality of the external world.”
What is Sigmund Freud