Chapter 1 Smart Book Questions &
Answers, approved.
Psychologist study _____. - ✔✔-behavior and mental processes
Which of the following are mental process? - ✔✔-- solving a math problem in your head
- remembering last weekend
- worrying
- daydreaming
When researchers gather evidence and examine it logically, they are using this _____ method. - ✔✔-
empirical
Psychology is the _____ study of all human behaviors. - ✔✔-scientific
Psychology has its roots in both philosophy and the natural sciences - ✔✔-True
_____ is a 19th century school of psychology that argues that breaking down mental processes into
elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior. - ✔✔-Structuralism
What is the differences between a behavior and a mental process? - ✔✔-Only behaviors can be directly
observed
Pedro is thinking about his feelings and monitoring how he responds to common stimuli. Pedro is
engaging in _____, which is also an approach used by structuralists in the history of psychology. - ✔✔-
introspection
, _____ is a historical approach advocated by William James that concentrated on mental processes and
the purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaption to the environment. - ✔✔-
Functionalism
Most psychologists workin in _____. - ✔✔-academic settings
Like functionalism, structuralism focuses on _____. - ✔✔-mental processes
The field of psychology has its roots in _____. - ✔✔-philosophy, biology, and physiology
Which approach to psychology did Wilhelm Wundt endorse? - ✔✔-Structuralism
_____ is an evolutionary process in which organisms best adopted to their environment will survive and
produce offspring. - ✔✔-Natural selection
June attempts to study the structure of her mental processes by thinking carefully about the experience
of sunlight warming her skin. June is practicing _____. - ✔✔-introspection
_____ is an approach that concentrates on what the mind foes and the role of behavior in allowing
people to adapt to their environment. - ✔✔-Functionalism
_____ is concerned with the components of the mind, whereas _____ is concerned with the functions
and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaption to the environment. - ✔✔-
Structuralism; functionalism
Darwin's principle of _____ _____ is an evolutionary process in which organisms best adapted to their
surroundings will survive and produce offspring. - ✔✔-natural selection
The biological approach to psychology focuses on the brain and _____ system. - ✔✔-nervous
Answers, approved.
Psychologist study _____. - ✔✔-behavior and mental processes
Which of the following are mental process? - ✔✔-- solving a math problem in your head
- remembering last weekend
- worrying
- daydreaming
When researchers gather evidence and examine it logically, they are using this _____ method. - ✔✔-
empirical
Psychology is the _____ study of all human behaviors. - ✔✔-scientific
Psychology has its roots in both philosophy and the natural sciences - ✔✔-True
_____ is a 19th century school of psychology that argues that breaking down mental processes into
elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior. - ✔✔-Structuralism
What is the differences between a behavior and a mental process? - ✔✔-Only behaviors can be directly
observed
Pedro is thinking about his feelings and monitoring how he responds to common stimuli. Pedro is
engaging in _____, which is also an approach used by structuralists in the history of psychology. - ✔✔-
introspection
, _____ is a historical approach advocated by William James that concentrated on mental processes and
the purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaption to the environment. - ✔✔-
Functionalism
Most psychologists workin in _____. - ✔✔-academic settings
Like functionalism, structuralism focuses on _____. - ✔✔-mental processes
The field of psychology has its roots in _____. - ✔✔-philosophy, biology, and physiology
Which approach to psychology did Wilhelm Wundt endorse? - ✔✔-Structuralism
_____ is an evolutionary process in which organisms best adopted to their environment will survive and
produce offspring. - ✔✔-Natural selection
June attempts to study the structure of her mental processes by thinking carefully about the experience
of sunlight warming her skin. June is practicing _____. - ✔✔-introspection
_____ is an approach that concentrates on what the mind foes and the role of behavior in allowing
people to adapt to their environment. - ✔✔-Functionalism
_____ is concerned with the components of the mind, whereas _____ is concerned with the functions
and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaption to the environment. - ✔✔-
Structuralism; functionalism
Darwin's principle of _____ _____ is an evolutionary process in which organisms best adapted to their
surroundings will survive and produce offspring. - ✔✔-natural selection
The biological approach to psychology focuses on the brain and _____ system. - ✔✔-nervous
