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The part of the occipital lobe that is responsible for receiving visual information from the eyes is called the __________.

The school of psychology known as structuralism used a technique called __________, which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person’s experiences.

Jake’s car broke down and smoke started rising from the engine. He felt lucky to have broken down while parked in the center of town during lunch hour, when many people were outside and could help. However, 30 minutes has passed and despite the heavily populated area, nobody has offered assistance. Jake’s experience is an example of the __________.

Early in psychology’s history, research participants might have been asked to view a chair and describe its color, shape, and texture and other aspects of their conscious experience. These individuals would have been using a method called __________.

Which psychologist was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in educational psychology in 1925?

What did Sigmund Freud consider to be the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?

A group of axons bundled together coated in myelin that travels together through the body is called a __________.

When a cell is “at rest,” it is in a state called the __________.

Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a Ph.D. in psychology in the 1920s. Your advisor was strongly influenced by John B. Watson. Which of the following might your advisor consider an acceptable choice for your research?

At the close of the nineteenth century, Gerhard is excited to learn that he has been accepted for training in the psychology laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. It is likely that Gerhard will be trained to __________.