UNIT #1 PSYCH – Flashcards
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Who highlighted the reproductive advantages of environmentally adaptive traits?
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Charles Darwin
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The beginning of psychology as a science began in the discipline of...
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Philosophy
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Of the following experimental situations which might be conducted by a structuralist, which one reflects the method of introspection?
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Documenting subjects' descriptions of an experience
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William James was a prominent American whose interest in pragmatic philosophy led him to an approach emphasizing cause and effect, which eventually came to be named
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Functionalism.
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If you were a psychologist who was labeled a structuralist, you would be interested in the _______ of the mind, using ______ as your primary research method.
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structure; introspection
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With which school of psychology is Wilhelm Wundt associated?
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Structuralism
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The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n)
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Psychiatrist.
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In which school of thought did researchers ask participants to report sensations they were experiencing?
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Structuralism
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Who gave the name of "structuralism" to the early psychological approach of identifying the structures of the human mind?
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E. B. Titchener
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Wilhelm Wundt is to ____________, as William James is to __________.
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structuralism; functionalism
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Which is not considered a contemporary approach to Psychology?
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Functionalism
