The author of the first psychology text was ________ and the text was entitled ________
a. Rene Descartes; A Primer of Psychology
b. Sigmund Freud; Dream Interpretation After Cocaine Ingestion
c. Neil Carlson; Foundations of Physiological Psychology
d. Luigi Galvani; Frog Legs and Psychologic Function
e. Wilhelm Wundt; Principles of Physiological Psychology
Answer: e. Wilhelm Wundt; Principles of Physiological Psychology
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Perhaps the most valuable outcome of the study of the history of psychology is that one will learn the ____.?
a. ?relationships among psychology's ideas, theories, and research strategies b. ?contributions of the classic Greek philosophers c. ?origins of the experimental methods d. ?evolution of the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology e. ?issues at the root of the pure versus applied research conflict in psychology
Feature-analysis approaches
a. state that we store a template for each letter of the alphabet. b. cannot explain how we manage to recognize handwritten letters of the alphabet, c. are contradicted by neuroscience research. d. make predictions about why an R would be confused with a P, rather than a W.
Having a high IQ
a. guarantees success, while a lower IQ guarantees failure. b. guarantees failure, while a lower IQ guarantees success. c. reveals potential. d. predicts mental instability.
During the 1980s, homelessness was blamed on strict civil commitment criteria and deinstitutionalization, two policies that included all of the following EXCEPT
A. limits on conditions for involuntary commitment. B. limits placed on how long a mentally ill patient could stay in a hospital. C. the closing of large psychiatric hospitals. D. increased numbers of mental health professionals working in psychiatric hospitals.