AP Psychology 12 Introduction Test Review

1. Introduction or Prologue
AP Psychology 12

2. The First Psychological lab
was created by __ in 1879
in __
By Wilhelm Wundt
in Germany

3. What discipline or
perspective influenced
Wundt & Pavlov?
•Behaviourism

4. What is the “tool” that
Wundt used to help analyze
people?
(hint: mind)
• Introspection

5. Early Psychology was the study
of M___ P___;
eventually it was focused on
O____ behaviour
• Mental Processes
• Observing/observable behaviour

6. American Psychology in the
1920s to 1960s focussed on
• Observable
behaviour

7. Psychology is a study of
B_____ &
M____ processes
• Behaviour and Mental
processes

8. Psychology is a combination
of
•Philosophy and Biology

9. What are the 3 Big Issues in Psych?
1. Nature versus Nurture
2. Rationality vs Irrationality
3. Stability versus Change

10. Aristotle & John Locke thought
that intelligence & knowledge
was gained through your genes
or through your environment?
Nature or Nurture?
•Nurture

11. Evolutionary Psychology
focuses on the fact that
humans inherit
traits/actions in order to be
•Successful/fittest

12. Darwin’s ideas are that we
have environmentally
adaptive traits.
Is this Nature or Nurture?
• Nature

13. Neuroscience is a
discipline or perspective of
psychology that focuses on
• Biology and Chemistry

14. The Psychodynamic
perspective of Psychology
focuses on
• The unconscious drives or
urges

15. The Cognitive perspective
focuses on a person’s
• Thoughts,
attitudes, and
beliefs

16. The Social-Cultural
perspective of psychology
addresses
• How a person’s
customs, politics,
and economy
influence their
behaviour

17. The Perspectives of
Psychology are different; so
are they complementary or
conflicting?
• Complementary