Psychology

Psychology

  • Submitted By: ainmimi
  • Date Submitted: 01/16/2014 9:05 AM
  • Category: Psychology
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1.Psychology is the scientific study of human mental processes. scientific study of human behavior. combined philosophical and behavioral study of behavior. scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes

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2.The scientific method consists of a set of protocols used to analyze and solve problems. a set of procedures used to analyzeand solve problems. a set of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems. a set of postulates used to analyzeand solve problems 3.According to the authors of your te xt, behavior is action. the means by which organisms adjust to their environment. observable. all of the above 4.The goals of psychologists conducting basic research are to: describe behavior explain behavior predict behavior control behavior all of the above 5.The first task in psychology is to help people deal with emotional problems. conduct research. make accurate observations about behavior. test predictions about behavior. insure objectivity.
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6.The psychologist who founded the first formal laboratory that was devoted to experimental psychology in Leipzig, Germany was William James. G. Stanley Hall. Ma x Wertheimer. Wilhelm Wundt. Edward Titchener 7.One of the first American psychologists to establish a psychological laboratory at Cornell University was Edward Titchener. William James. Ma x Wertheimer. G. Stanley Hall. Wilhelm Wundt 8.The founder of the American Psychological Association was G. Stanley Hall. Wilhelm Wundt. William James. Edward Titchener. Ma x Wertheimer 9.The unique perspective emphasizing introspection and "structuralism" was credited to Edward Titchener. Wilhelm Wundt. Ma x Wertheimer. William James. John Dewey 10.Structuralism was criticized because it was too reductionistic. elemental.
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mentalistic. all of the above. none of the above 11.Which school of psychology focuses on the way in which...

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