In its earliest days, psychology was defined as the:
a) science of mental life
b) study of conscious and unconscious activity
c) science of observable behavior
d) science of behavior and mental processes
a) science of mental life
You might also like to view...
Which of these is an example of procedural memory?
a. Remembering how to ride a bicycle b. Remembering the price of the last bicycle you bought c. Remembering the first bicycle you had as a child d. Remembering the names of the parts of a bicycle
Men tend to report more ________ feelings, while women tend to report ________ feelings
a. powerless; powerful b. powerful; powerless c. negative; positive d. positive; negative
The field of psychology that is concerned with the biological origins of behaviors and mental processes, their adaptive value and the purposes they continue to serve is ________ psychology
a. cognitive b. evolutionary c. ethnographic d. physiological
Dalton goes to a therapist for help in losing weight. He and his therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly step-by-step methods for Dalton to use in order to reach his weight goal. The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them. Dalton's therapist is using which of the following methods?
A. classical conditioning B. desensitization C. a contingency contract D. a token economy