Define These Behavioral Psychology Flashcards

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In the defintition of psychology, behavior means?
Internal, covert processes
Dr. Watson designs a special behavior program for helping children who are bullies learn how to be less aggressive and more successful in solcial relationship. Dr. Watson is most interested in the goal of
Control
Experimental psychologists who design experiments to determine the causes of behavior, would be most interested in the goal of
Explanation
Name which of the following early psychologists would have been most likely to agree with the statement, "study of the mind should focus on how it allows us to adapt to our surroundings"
William James
Which early perspective would have been least likely to agree with the structuralists
Gestalt
Who was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association
Mary Whiton Calkins
In the experiment with "little peter" whar did Mary cover Jones use as a stimulus to counter Little Peters fear of the rabbit
Food
Which of the following pairs represents the two psychology perspectives that were also part of the historical beginnings of psychology
Behavorism and psychodynamics
Which perspective is known as the "third force" in psychology
Humanism
Elsie Suffered a stroke and had to be hospitalized while in hospital, she talked in funny garbeled words and seemed to think that she was being held against her will which of the following perspectives best explains elsies odd behavior
Biopsychology
Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were studying the way children store and retrieve information
Cognitive psychology
Which of the following professionals in psychology focuses more on the environmental conditions that affect mental disorders
Psychiatric social worker
Dr. Roaden works in a school system, dealing directly with children who have emotional, academic, and behavorial problems. Dr. Roaden is most likely which type of psychologist
School
In the scientific method the first step is
Perceiving a question
In a naturalistic observation the phenomenon in which the behavior of the subjects being observed changes because they are being watched is called
Observer effect