For first-year intro psych students, AP Psychology students and anyone curious about how the mind works. Covers the history and methods of psychology, the brain, sensation and sleep, learning and memory, development and personality, psychological disorders and their treatment, and social psychology.
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The early schools of psychology, the major perspectives, and how psychologists design studies, measure variables and treat participants ethically.
42 total questions
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Structuralism
Card #2
Functionalism
Card #3
Behaviourism
1. A researcher finds that students who sleep more hours tend to earn higher grades. What can she conclude from this result alone?
2. A study finds a correlation of -0.8 between hours of TV watched per week and exam scores. What does this mean?
3. Participants drink coffee containing 0, 100 or 200 mg of caffeine, and then their reaction time is measured. What is the independent variable?
1. In 1879, Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in the German city of ___.
Hint: A city in eastern Germany
2. William James set out his ideas in the 1890 textbook The Principles of ___.
Hint: The name of the field itself
3. Mary Whiton Calkins became the first woman president of the American ___ Association.
Hint: The APA
