Intro to Psychology

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Who is considered the 'Father of modern psychology'?

Wilhelm Wundt (correct)

Plato

Rene Descartes

William James

What is the main focus of clinical psychology?

To prescribe medical treatments

To identify, prevent, and relieve distress/dysfunction (correct)

To study the structure of the brain

To understand fundamental principles of behavior and mind

What is the term for the concept that some forms of knowledge are inborn or innate?

Nativism (correct)

Empiricism

Phrenology

Biological determinism

What is the term for the study of the association between human brain areas and specific characteristics/thoughts/abilities?

Phrenology Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the approach to psychology that focuses on observable behavior and ignores conscious experience?

Behaviorism Signup and view all the answers

According to Abraham Maslow, what is the primary focus of humanistic psychology?

People's capacity to realize their potential and free will Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of proximate explanations in psychology?

To describe the immediate cause of a behavior Signup and view all the answers

Who is associated with the development of the intersectional approach in psychology?

Kimberle Crenshaw Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of evolutionary psychology?

The evolutionary origins of psychological processes Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the branch of humanistic psychology that focuses on specific virtues of human experience?

Positive Psychology Signup and view all the answers

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Who is considered the 'Father of modern psychology'?

What is the main focus of clinical psychology?

What is the term for the concept that some forms of knowledge are inborn or innate?

What is the term for the study of the association between human brain areas and specific characteristics/thoughts/abilities?

What is the term for the approach to psychology that focuses on observable behavior and ignores conscious experience?

According to Abraham Maslow, what is the primary focus of humanistic psychology?

What is the primary goal of proximate explanations in psychology?

Who is associated with the development of the intersectional approach in psychology?

What is the primary focus of evolutionary psychology?

What is the name of the branch of humanistic psychology that focuses on specific virtues of human experience?

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