Who can prescribe medication, a psychiatrist or a psychologist?
Psychiatrist
100
Viennese psychologist who believed the key to our behavior was the memories and thoughts buried in our subconscious.
Freud
100
Which perspective of psychology would use CAT scans and MRIs to study brain activity?
Biological
100
Rob has taught his dog to roll over on command by rewarding the dog with food whenever she exhibits the appropriate action. Rob’s approach to teaching his dog tricks is similar to which psychological perspective?
Behavioral
100
In the nature vs. nurture debate, would the environment that a person grew up in be considered nature or nurture?
Nurture
200
Anything a person does
Behavior
200
This psychologist created the first psychology lab, establishing psychology as a separate field of study with its own methods and questions.
William Wundt
200
Would focus on how a person actively perceives the past and present, and makes predictions about their future.
Cognitive
200
The great importance of the unconscious is stressed in the ________ approach.
Psychoanalytic
200
In the nature vs. nurture debate, what would be an example of nature?
Genes, biology, etc.
300
True or false: psychology only focuses on studying humans
false
300
This school of psychology, defined by John Watson, says that psychology is the scientific study of observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
300
This perspective focuses on the use of rewards and punishments to change people's actions
Behavioral
300
BF Skinner used this type of method when he recorded the behavior of rats in mazes.
What is laboratory observation?
300
Psychologist who focus on how healthy people strive to reach their full potential agree with this perspective.
Humanistic
400
Another name for cognitive activities including thoughts and feelings
Mental processes
400
Name a famous behavioral psychologist.
Watson, Skinner, Pavlov
400
This perspective seeks to unlock the childhood experiences and memories hidden in our subconscious.
Psychoanalytic (psychodynamic)
400
Jerry is interested in discovering how people process, store, and use information. His interests reflect which psychological perspective?
Cognitive
400
According to Freud, what were the three main parts of a person's mind?
Id, ego, superego
500
Who would diagnose and treat psychological problems, a clinical psychologist or a counseling psychologist?
Clinical
500
Name a famous humanistic psychologist
Rogers, Maslow
500
Which perspective would take a look at how social constructions of gender affect our behavior?
Socio-cultural
500
The _____________ approach studies how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with the environment to influence behavior and mental processes.
Biological/neurobiological
500
Why did many researchers criticize Wundt's technique of introspection?