WK 1 - Perspectives on Psychology

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Where did experimental psychology begin?
Germany
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Where was the world's first psychology lab?
University of Leipzig, Germany
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What was the name of the first psychology text book?
Principles of Physiological Psychology
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Who wrote the first psychology textbook?
Wilhelm Wundt
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Who invented the term structuralism?
Edward B. Titchener
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____ focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment
Functionalism
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According to Freud, the ________ includes all things outside of our conscious awareness such as childhood memories, secret desires & hidden drives.
Unconscious mind
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According to Freud, the _____ contains all of the unconscious, basic and primal urges
Id
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According to Freud, what is the decision making component of personality?
Ego
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Where does the Id function?
In the unconscious mind
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Which influential study found that fear & other emotions could be "conditioned" and learned?
Watson & Rayner's Little Albert' Study
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Who's work was based on Thorndike's (1898) law of effect?
B. F Skinner
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Which psychologist was interested in the “functional relationship between the environment and behaviour”?
B.F Skinner
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What is the definition of positive reinforcement?
When something is added to increase the likelihood of a behaviour.
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What is the definition of negative reinforcement?
When something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behaviour
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Who published the first textbook in the field of cognitive psychology?
Ulric Neisser
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Who was the founder of positive psychology?
Martin Seligman
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Where is the positive psychology centre based?
University of Pennsylvania
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Which psychologist was born in Chichester?
Edward B Titchener
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