PSY 113 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. The roots of psychologyII. Structuralisma. IntrospectionIII. FunctionalismIV. Psychodynamic TheoryV. BehaviorismVI. Human PsychologyVII. Gestalt ViewpointVIII. Cognitive PsychologyOutline of Current Lecture I. Review for QuizII. Took QuizCurrent LectureQuiz Questions and Answers (All we did in the recitation today)1. The word psychology is a combination of two Greek words: psyche, meaning the ____, and logos, meaning the _____.Answer: soul, study of2. The major precept of the British philosophical school of empiricism associated with JohnLocke was that:Answer: the mind is a “blank slate” at birth that gets filled with ideas gained by observing the world.3. Recognized as being the first psychologist was _____. He was a research assistant to Hermann von Helmholtz, and his ideas provided the foundation for what would later be called _____.Answer: Wilhelm Wundt, Structuralism4. Which of the following statements best describes Gestalt theory?Answer: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.5. Who is the American psychologist who proposed the functionalist approach and whose textbook, Principles of Psychology, has dominated the field of psychology influential on most mainstream psychology today?Answer: William JamesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.6. Which leading behavioralist proposed the Law of Effect based on his experiments with cats escaping a puzzle box?Answer: Edward Thorndike7. Skinner generalized his laboratory findings to complex human behaviors even though hisresearch subjects were limited to _____.Answer: rats and pigeons8. Who first contributed to the term cognition to the emerging field that eventually became known as cognitive psychology?Answer: Ulric Neisser9. Whose theory about the unconscious mind could be described like a three-layer cake?Answer: Sigmund Freud10. A leading humanistic thinker who introduced a major theory of motivation with a goal ofself-actualization was ____.Answer: Abraham
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