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The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in philosophy and:
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Physiology
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Historians generally credit the official emergence of psychology as a science to:
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Wundt
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William James is to __ as Wihelm Wundt is to ___
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Functionalism; Structuralism
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Structuralist psychologists' beliefs were diametrically opposed to what ____ psychologists believed
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Gestalt
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Humanistic psychologists accented the ____, whereas Freud's view of human nature was largely _______
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Optimistic; pessimistic
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Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, is beset known for his:
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Experiments with salivating dogs
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According to principles of reinforcement, smiley faces would be:
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Positive reinforcement
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Wilhelm Wundt is to structuralism as Jean Piaget is to:
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Cognitive psychology
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Dr. Dixon studies what makes adolescents conform to the behaviors and opinions of other adolescents. Which area of psychology this best represent?
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Social psychology
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The American psychological association was formed in:
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1892 on the campus of Clark University
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Nurture is to nature as experience is to:
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Nativism
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The first laboratory devoted exclusively to psychology as an independent field of study opened in:
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Leipzing in 1879
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Which school of psychology was most concerned with the adaptive importance of mental processes?
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Functionalism
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Edward Titchener is to Sigmund Freud as ______ is to _______
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Inner sensations; the unconscious
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The branch of psychology that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings is called:
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Humanistic psychology
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