B. F. Skinner introduced the idea of __________ to the paradigm of behaviorism.

A. unconscious thinking
B. reinforcement
C. conditioning
D. introspection (more…)

Which of the following psychologists wrote the first psychology textbook?

.A. William James
.B. Wilhelm Wundt
.C. B. F. Skinner
.D. John Watson
.E. Albert Bandura (more…)

William James wrote the first psychology textbook, The Principles of Psychology, in _______

A. 1860
B. 1870
C. 1880
D. 1890

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Symbolic dream analysis might be an important research technique to a psychologist from which of the following perspectives?

A. behaviorist
B. biopsychologist
C. psychoanalytic
D. evolutionary

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Which of the following psychologists might have described himself as a humanist

A. B. F. Skinner
B. William James
C. Abraham Maslow
D. John Watson

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Which of the following psychologists was part of the Gestalt group of psychologists?

A. Carl Rogers
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. B. F. Skinner
D. Max Wertheimer

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You are at a lecture about the history of psychology and the speaker states that Wilhelm Wundt’s theory of structuralism was the first scientific psychological theory. On what historical fact might the speaker be basing her or his argument?

A. Wundt was internationally known at the time, and this lent credence to his theory in the
scientific community.
B. Wundt studied under Ivan Pavlov for his graduate training, and Pavlov required scientific
methods to be used.
C. Structuralism was based on the results of his introspection experiments, so it is, at least in part, empirical.
D. Structuralism was based on careful anecdotes gathered from Wundt’s extensive clinical
career.

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