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In which of Charles Darwin’s books, did he predict through the new science of psychology “Light will be thrown on man and his history?”

The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in philosophy and:

Historians generally credit the official emergence of psychology as a science to:

Why are mindbugs interesting to psychologists?

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, is best known for his:

A school teacher gives yellow smiley faces for good work in the hopes of encouraging the children to do their best. According to principles of reinforcement, smiley faces would be:

Dr. Rowe studies what makes adolescents conform to the behaviors and opinions of other adolescents. Which area of psychology does her research best represent?

Nurture is to nature as experience is to:

The first laboratory devoted exclusively to psychology as an independent field of study opened in:

Which school of psychology was most concerned with the adaptive importance of mental processes?

The branch of psychology that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings is called:

Which psychologists insisted that psychology focus entirely on the study of behavior—what people do—rather than what people experience?

The advent of in the 1950s had an enormous conceptual impact on the development of cognitive psychology.

Aristotle is to philosophical empiricism as Plato is to:

Which of the following people used the method of introspection to scientifically focus on basic elements of the mind?

When his parents put him in his car seat and start up the truck, 2-year-old Mark almost immediately goes to sleep. The sound of the truck engine is a:

All of the following were cognitive psychologists EXCEPT:

All of the following contributed to the rise of cognitive neuroscience EXCEPT:

Dr. Coblentz believes that most women prefer to choose young, physically healthy men for their life partners because this boosts their chances for producing healthy offspring. This outlook illustrates the perspective.

What kind of psychologist is most likely to be working in a prison environment?