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What is Gestalt psychology concerned with

how people experience their perceptions in order to make sense out of them

Whose scientific writing influenced Sigmund Freud

Darwin

What is the largest part of the forebrain

cerebrum


This is the cerebrum, where higher-order thought processes occur. The cerebrum is responsible for mental processes such as memory recall, language, art, emotional control and many fine motor skills like the ability to write (or text).
What theory does the humanistic perspective advance

man is basicaly good and desirous of helping others.

What is the new force in psychology caused by the sociocultural perspective

multiculurlism

What is the thick fiber network called that the cerebral hemispheres communicate with

corpus callosum

What did Joseph Wolpe's proposed theory based on classical conditioning explain

Joseph Wolpe's proposed theory based on classical conditioning explain's the classical conditioning theory is linked with phobias.

Why should the history of psychology be studied

so that doctors can take advantage of previous knowledge of success and failure

How did John Watson define psychology

the study of observable behavior

What describes the results of BF Skinner's study of animal behavior

When an animal is reinforced for displaying a certain behavior, the animal is likely to repeat that behavior.

In Freud's model of personality what part is considered to be governed by the pleasure principle

Ego

What theory was advanced to explain why researchers discovered that there were a number of centers that dealt with language in the left cerebral hemisphere and not the right

The theory of lateralization was developed to explain this phenomenon. The fields of brain study are always changing as scientists and psychologists learn more and more about how the brain functions.

Defense mechanisms are developed to help the ego cope with overwhelming anxiety What defense mechanism operates by pushing anxiety-provoking material into the unconscious

repression

You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population Which sampling process would provide the most r

a stratified random sample

The mean median and mode are examples of what type of statistics

descriptive statistics

What best describes the survey method of research

The survey method of research is sometimes called a census survey. It relies on people responses to questions either with or without explanation.

What type of research is used to gather information of describe a phenomenon

descriptive research

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