PSYC 1001 Chapter 1: psych chap 1.pdf

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Campaigned to rede ne psych as science of behavior. Psychology s parents were 19th century philosophy and physiology (shared interest of mind) Independent discipline: william wundt established rst psychology lab in 1879 (leipzig, Germany) he de ned psych as the study of consciousness. Grew rapidly in north america in late 19th century (g. stanley hall s career) Hall: rst research laboratory 1883, rst psych journal, 1892, established apa. The structuralists, (edward titchener leader) believed that psych should use introspection to analyze consciousness into basic elements. The functionalists, (william james leader) believed that psych should focus on the purpose and adaptive functions of consciousness. The behaviorists, (john b. watson leader) argued psych should only study observable behavior. Environment vs heredity, behaviorists explore stimulus-response relationships, using lab animals as subjects. Sigmund freud: austrian physician invented psychoanalysis - unconscious determinants of behavior and importance of sexuality. Ideas controversial; not really accepted until more psychologists had an interest in personality, motivation, abnormal behavior.

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13. According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is A) the expected outcome of the behavior combined with the subjective value of that outcome B) the subjective interpretation of physiological arousal C) the battle between unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under control D) the consequences of a given behavior E) an intrinsic striving for self-actualization

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13. According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is of that A) the expected outcome of the behavior combined with the subjective value outcome B) the subjective interpretation of physiological arousal C) the battle between unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under control D) the consequences of a given behavior E) an intrinsic striving for self-actualization

6. You overhear two psychologists talking about a patient. Dr. A insists that the patient's problem is the result of turning away from self actualization. Dr. B says no, it is the result of collectivism. Most likely A) Dr. A is a behaviourist; Dr. B is humanist B) Dr. A follows the cognitive perspective; Dr. B is a structuralist C) Dr. A is a sociobiologist; Dr. B is a functionalist D) Dr. A follows the humanistic perspective; Dr. B follows the sociocultural perspective E) Dr. A is a cognitive behaviourist; Dr. B follows the behavioural perspective

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