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On his first day as a school psychologist, Daniel took a trip to the school ground and quietly sat in the corner watching the children play. He noticed several patterns in the way children behaved with each other, especially when they were playing games. Daniel is most likely using the method of____________.

Sean believes that many of our unconscious ideas and impulses stem from our childhood conflicts. Based on his beliefs, it can be said that Sean is a _____________.

A study in which neither the subjects, nor the observer, knows who has received treatment is called (a) ________________.

_____________ is credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.

________ are specialized cells that receive and transmit messages.

Structuralists, like Wilhelm Wundt, tended to ask, “What are the pieces that make up thinking and experience?” In contrast, ________________, like William James, tended to ask, “How do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the requirements of their lives?”

Although misinterpreted, this school of thought in psychology is known for the slogan “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” and focused on perception and how perception influences thinking and problem solving.

Behaviorists such as B.F. Skinner (Skinner Box / Operant Conditioning Chamber) found that a stimulus (food) that follows a response (pressing of a lever) will increase the frequency of the response. This is known as ______________.  

convert 0.85 litres (l) to millilitres (mls)

An ampule contains 2mg/10mls, I’E. 2 milligrams (mg) per 10 millilitres (mls). How much of the product in millilitres (mls) should be administered for one milligram (mg)?