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In the definition of psychology, the term mental processes, refers to?
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Internal, covert processes
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The goals of psychology are to ..............
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Describe, explain, predict, and control behavior.
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The question "what is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?
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Description.
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The question "why is it happening?" refers to the which of the following goals of psychology?
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Explanation.
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The question "when will it happen again?" refers to which of the following goals of psychology?
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Prediction.
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The question "how can it be changed?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?
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Control.
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In 1879, in Leipzig , Germany, the first psychological laboratory was developed by?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called ......... , which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person's experiences.
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Introspection
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Why was the perspectived followed by Wilhelp Wundt and his followers called structuralism?
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Their primary focus was on describing the structure on concious experience.
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Participants in research early in psychology's history might have been asked to view a chair and describe its color, shape, and texture and other aspectsof their conscious experience. These individuals would have been using a method called .......... ?
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Introspection
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Who was an early psychologist believed that "the whole is more that the sum of parts"?
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Gestalist
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Who was an early proponent of functionalism?
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William James
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While on a visit to a large city, you observe several billboards in which a series of lights seems to move. Which perspective in psychology would most likely help you understand this phenomenon?
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Gestalt
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Freud stressed the importance of .................. .
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Early childhood experiences
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What advice might John B. Watson have offered to psychologists of his time?
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"Focus on observable behavior"
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