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1.  Who studied color vision and what is now known as the action potentials of neurons? Charles Darwin Hermann von Helmholtz René Descartes Francis Bacon 2.  The _____ approach to psychology emphasized the study of mental processes and focused on inner sensations, feelings, and thoughts. introspection functionalism psychoanalysis structuralism 3.  Who studied perception and cognition in children? B. F. Skinner Carl Rogers George Miller Jean Piaget 4.  What subfield of psychology examines the power of the social environment? Social psychology Gestalt psychology Structuralism Humanism 5.  Who developed the hierarchy of needs? Jean Piaget Sigmund Freud Charles Darwin Abraham Maslow 6.  Psychology has been an academic discipline for: more than 300 years. less than 100 years. less than 300 years. less than 200 years 7.  Who was the father of empiricism? René Descartes Charles Darwin Francis Bacon John Locke 8.  Who taught the first course in scientific psychology? Edward Titchener Hermann Ebbinghaus John Locke Wilhelm Wundt 9.  Who was the leader in functionalism? Hermann Ebbinghaus Wilhelm Wundt Edward Titchener William James 10.  _____ was the first women to get a doctorate degree in psychology and studied animal behavior.  Mary Whiton Calkins Ingrid Thorndike Mary Washburn Margaret Floy Washburn 11.  What subfield of psychology emphasizes the positive potential of humans? Humanism Gestalt psychology Structuralism Social psychology 12.  _____ was a Greek philosopher, who was a nativist, believing aspects of a person's character and intelligence were innate and present at birth. Aristotle Francis Bacon Plato René Descartes 13.  _____ was a Greek philosopher who was an empiricist, believing that everything a person knows comes from experiences and environment. René Descartes Aristotle Plato Francis Bacon 14.  _____ argued that the mind was a blank slate, or tabula rasa. René Descartes Francis Bacon Charles Darwin John Locke 15.  The _____ approach to psychology emphasized the purpose of each type of behavior, with a focus on the adaptive functions that the behavior played in helping our ancestors survive. functionalism introspection structuralism psychoanalysis 16.  _____ was denied her doctorate degree in psychology from Harvard. Mary Whiton Calkins Ingrid Thorndike Mary Washburn Margaret Floy Washburn 17.  What did Ivan Pavlov study? the law of effect the Pavlovian box classical conditioning operant conditioning 18.  _____ was a researcher who proclaimed that the behavioral findings of animal research could be applied to humans and did so with “Little Albert.” Edward Thorndike B. F. Skinner Ivan Pavlov John Watson 19.  _____ was the researcher who discovered the “magical number 7.” Carl Rogers George Miller Jean Piaget B. F. Skinner 20.  What subfield of psychology examines the adaptive significance of behavior and views natural selection as needed to promote survival? Social psychology Structuralism Gestalt psychology Evolutionary psychology