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Wilhelm Wundt is usually considered the "Father of Psychology" because
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he was the first to scientifically study human behavior in his Leipzig, Germany lab
he founded Gestalt psychology studying the total experience of the person
he was the first to publish a psychological textbook
he was the founder of psychoanalytic theory
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John Locke
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used the phrase "tabula rasa" or blank slate to explain how when we are born, we must learn everything
was opposed to John B. Watson and the field of Behaviorism
believed in the unconscious mind and that psychology should strive to find what is in the unconscious mind
was the "Father of Modern Psychology"
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Wilhelm Wundt is usually considered the "Father of Psychology" because
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John Locke
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The biopsychosocial approach might study depression by examining
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Sigmund Freud is to Psychoanalytic Perspective as B. F. Skinner is to ____________________
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Contemporary psychology
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What approach to psychology would Carl Rogers best be matched?
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Within normal distribution, what percent of the population will occur within one standard deviation of the mean?
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Psychologists like to use experimental method rather than descriptive or correlation studies because
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A random sample could be obtained by
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Scott had a score of 144 on his science test. If the mean was 126 and the standard deviation was 9, what was his z- score?
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If a double-blind experiment is being designed, the experimenter and subjects
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Mrs. Rodriquez believes the girls in her daycare eat more fruits and vegetables than the boys. She tests this hypothesis by watching and charting what each student eats for the next week. What method of research is she using?
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The dependent variable
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Mr. Kobe's students scored 13, 6, 9, 4, 15, 19, and 7 respectively on their first quiz. What is the range?
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If a test is reliable, it
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Which of the following is a positive correlation?
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Drugs that increase a neurotransmitters intensity are called
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A brief charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called a(n)
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The most influential gland, sometimes referred to as the "master gland", is the
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Acetylcholine
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Reuptake is a way to
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Interneurons
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Which of the follow brain scans reveal blood flow, and therefore, brain activity function
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The medulla
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A very significant part of the brain that directs messages to the sensory receiving areas of the cortex, sometimes called the sensory switchboard, is called the
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The limbic system is made up of
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Glial cells
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Wernicke's area
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The temporal lobe is a region of the brain primarily responsible for
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Sensory transduction occurs when
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Dopamine
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The hippocampus
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What approach to psychology focuses on unconscious needs and desires
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Case studies can be helpful when studying unique behavior and thought processes but are also limiting because
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The behavioral approach to psychology
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Gestalt psychology, or the emphasis of integrating pieces of information into meaningful wholes, is focused primarily on
