The History of Psychology
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What is psychology, and what kinds of topics do psychologists
study?
How did the study of psychology as a science get started?
Wilhelm Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology because he
established a lab and used experimental methods to study consciousness.
William James introduced functionalism, the theory that explored the ways
consciousness helps people adapt to their environment
What is structuralism?
Who was Mary Calkins?
The Science of Psychology
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Explain how the biological and cognitive research perspectives differ in their
explanations of human behavior and mental processing.
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Explain how the behavioral and sociocultural research perspectives differ in their
explanations of human behavior and mental processing.
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Explain why the results of a case study cannot be generalized to a population.
Explain the differences between random sampling and random assignment.
Explain why a double-blind procedure is necessary in an experiment in which
there is a placebo group.
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A research perspective whose major explanatory focus is how the brain, nervous
system, and other physiological mechanisms produce our behavior and mental
processes.
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Improvement due to the expectation of improving because of receiving
treatment.
Motivation
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How did early psychologists explain human motivation, and what were the
limitations of these theories?
instinct theory of motivation and problems it faced
How do the concepts of optimum level of arousal and homeostasis apply
to motivation?
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Are we more motivated by external factors or by internal factors?
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What physiological factors and environmental factors control hunger?
How do Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Murray’s achievement
motivation theory describe motivation?
Theories of Emotion:
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According to James-Lange theory how do we experience emotions?
What’s the key difference between Cannon-bard and James-Lange
theory?
Zajonc’s brain research indicates that our interpretation (cognitive
process) sometime come after our emotional experience.
Richard Lazarus theorized that there must be a minimal amount of
unconscious thinking even for the emotions we feel instantaneously.