Psychology: Behaviorism

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What year was psychology institutionalized as a science?

1890

1875

1885

1879 (correct)

Who is credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory?

Jean Piaget

Wilhelm Wundt (correct)

Sigmund Freud

Albert Bandura

What is the title of the field of study discussed in the passage?

Social Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Cognitive Psychology (correct)

Developmental Psychology

What is the term for the process of shaping behavior through reinforcement and punishment?

Operant Conditioning Signup and view all the answers

What is the Arabic term for the field of study discussed in the passage?

علم النفس المعرفي Signup and view all the answers

What has helped psychiatry progress?

Recent findings Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the benefits of the recent findings?

Relief from mental illness symptoms Signup and view all the answers

How do the recent findings help relieve symptoms of mental illness?

Through the use of drugs Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of psychiatry according to the text?

Mental health Signup and view all the answers

What has taken off as a result of the recent findings?

Psychiatry Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental principle of behaviorism?

Analyzing behavior in terms of S-R units Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'R' in S-R units represent?

Response Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of behaviorism?

Analyzing observable behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental assumption of behaviorism?

Behavior can be reduced to learned S-R units Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of behaviorism?

To analyze behavior in terms of S-R units Signup and view all the answers

What does the biological perspective emphasize in humans?

Mechanisms and physical structures Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a biological mechanism mentioned in the passage?

Genes Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the biological perspective in understanding human behavior?

The physical and biological basis of human behavior Signup and view all the answers

What does the biological perspective suggest is essential and important for human behavior?

Physical structures and mechanisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying assumption of the biological perspective?

Human behavior can be reduced to physical and biological mechanisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of most behaviors developed during the EEA?

To help humans survive Signup and view all the answers

What is the EEA primarily associated with?

Prehistoric human habitats Signup and view all the answers

What do most human behaviors have in common?

They developed to aid in survival Signup and view all the answers

What is the main driver behind the development of human behaviors?

Environmental pressures Signup and view all the answers

What is the time period during which most human behaviors developed?

Prehistoric times Signup and view all the answers