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Module one Vocabulary from "Exploring psychology in modules ninth edition" D.Myers
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/08/2014

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Wilhelm Wundt
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Established the first psychology laboratory at the univeristy of Leipzig, Germany
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William James
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legendary teacher-writer who authored an important 1890 psychology text. mentored Calkins
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Mary Whiton Calkins
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Pioneering memory researcher and first woman to be president of the American Psychological Assosciation
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John B. Watson
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Working with Rayner, watson championed psychology as the science of behavior.

(little albert)

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Rosalie Rayner
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Worked with Watson in defining psychology
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B.F. Skinner
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Leading behaviorist, he rejected introspection and studied how consequences shape behavior
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Sigmund Freud
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Controversial ideas of this famed personality theorist and therapist have influenced humanitys self-understanding
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What event defined the start of scientific psychology?
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Wilhelm Wundts opening of the first psychological labratory in 1879 in German
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Why did introspection fail as a menthod of understanding for how the mind works?
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Everyones self reports varied on experience, intelligence, and verbal ability
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_____ used introspection to define the minds makeup; ____ focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
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Structuralism, functionalism
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how did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology?
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it recaptured the fields early interest in mental processes and made them legitimate topics of scientific study
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What is contemporary psychology's position on the nature-nurture debate?
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stem from the combination of nature-nurture instead of one on its own
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What advantage do we gain by using biopsychological approach in studying psychological events?
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by incorporating different levels of analysis the biopsychological approach can provide a more complete view than any one perspective could
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The ____ ____ describes the enhanced memory that results from repeated retrieval(as in self testing) rather than from simple rereading of new information
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testing effect
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what does the actonym SQ3R stand for?
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Survey Question Read Retrieve and Review
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In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, ____ _____ and his students measured the time lag between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key.
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Wilhelm Wundt
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William James would be considered a ___. Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered ________.
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a. funtionalist;structuralism

b.structuralist;functionalist

c.evolutionary theorist; strucutralist

d. functionalist;evolutionary theorist

answer:A

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In the early twentieth century, _________________ redefined psychology as "the science of observable behavior"
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A. John B. Watson

B. Abralham Maslow

C. William James

D. Sigmund Freud

Answer: A

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nature is to nurture as
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a. personality is to intelligence

b. biology to experience

c. intelligen is to biology

d. psychological traits are to behavior

Answer:B

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"Nature works on what nature endows" Describe what the means
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Enviroment (nurture) has an influence on us but that influence is constrained by our biology (nature)

Ex. tall gymnast  

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a psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health agency is most like to be a(n)
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a. research psychologist

b. psychaitrist

c. industrial-orginizational psychologist

d. clinical psychologist

Answer D

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A mental health professional with a medical degree who can perscribe medicine is a _____
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psychiatrist
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A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology's knowlege base would be lost likely to..
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a. design a computer screen with limited glare and assess the effect on computer operators' eyes after a days work

b. observe 3&6 year olds solving puzzeles and analyze differences in their abilities

Answer B

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why is self testing more effective than rereading?
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self testing requires more active processing than rereading
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