A special strength of the psychoanalytic perspective is its
A) global application to most cultures.
B) emphasis on the individual's unique life history as worthy of study and understanding.
C) emphasis on empirical research.
D) effectiveness in dealing with everyday difficulties.
B
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On the classic selection task in conditional reasoning, people work on the problem, "If a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side." Research on variations of this task indicates that
a. people consistently seek out negative information rather than positive information. b. the problem is easier to solve if it describes something concrete, such as drinking age. c. this is one of the few tasks that people can solve more accurately in their heads than when the problem is represented with concrete objects. d. people are systematically influenced by the representativeness heuristic.
What did Titchener have in common with Wundt?
a. A belief in the importance of establishing psychology as an experimental science b. An emphasis on the use of introspection in psychology c. Roots in the associationistic philosophical tradition d. A belief in the significance of völkerpsychologie
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In which of the following psychological approaches did researchers ask participants to think about what was going on mentally as various events took place?
A. functionalism B. behaviorism C. humanism D. structuralism