Summer Assignment for AP Psychology 2018

All answers/assignments should be written in a composition book

Due on the first day of class!

Head your paper in the following manner:

Name: Jane Doe

Date: 9/1/18

Name of assignment: Summer Assignment

Title: Prologue: The Story of Psychology

Read the attached Prologue. Complete all the following tasks based on your reading.

1. Explain/Define each of the following 29 vocabulary terms/important people in detail. Leave a

space between each term.

Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt

Functionalism Edward Titchener

Behaviorism Introspection

Humanistic Psychology Sigmund Freud

Cognitive Neuroscience John B. Watson

Psychology B.F. Skinner

Nature-Nurture Issue Charles Darwin

Natural Selection Biological Scientist

Levels of Analysis Developmental Psychologist

Biopsychosocial Approach Cognitive Psychologist

Basic Research Personality Psychologist

Applied Research Social Psychologist

Counseling Psychology Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Clinical Psychology Psychiatry

SQ3R

2. Answer the following questions. Write the question and the answer. Use complete sentences.

1. What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

2. When and how did psychological science begin?

3. How did psychology continue to develop from the 1920’s through today?

4. What is psychology’s historic big issue?

5. What are psychology’s levels of analysis and related perspectives?

6. What are psychology’s main subfields?

7. How can the SQ3R principles help you as a student?

3. Copy Table 1: Psychology’s Current Perspectives in your journal.

4. Answer the following Multiple Choice Questions in your journal. Write the question and correct

answer only. Both letter and term.

1. Which perspective would most likely explain anger as “an outlet for unconscious hostility”?

a. social-cultural

b. psychodynamic

c. behavioral

d. functionalist

e. biological

2. Which of the following professionals is also a medical doctor?

a. psychiatrist

b. psychologist

c. clinician

d. counselor

e. biologist

3. SQ3R is an acronym for a study method that includes survey, question, read, rehearse,

and:

a. rigor

b. recite

c. response

d. review

e. reserve

4. Which of the following psychologists would most likely explore how we view and

affect each other?

a. developmental

b. biological

c. social

d. cognitive

e. personality

5. For behaviorist, psychological science is rooted in:

a. introspection

b. observation

c. cultural influences

d. growth potential

e. basic needs

6. Which of the following psychologists would most likely conduct psychotherapy?

a. biological

b. clinical

c. industrial-organizational

d. cognitive

e. evolutionary

7. The study of mental activity linked with brain activity best describes:

a. humanistic psychology

b. Gestalt psychology

c. cognitive neuroscience

d. the psychodynamic perspective

e. the evolutionary perspective

8. The first psychological laboratory, opened in 1879, belonged to:

a. Charles Darwin

b. Sigmund Freud

c. Rene Descartes

d. Wilhelm Wundt

e. William James

9. Which of the following is the best example of applied research?

a. investigating basic human traits

b. using psychological concepts to boost morale and productivity

c. experimenting with how we perceive stimuli

d. studying he changing abilities of a child from 2 to 5 years olds

e. exploring the mind-brain connections in adolescents

10. Self-reflective introspection (looking inward) to discern the elements of experience

best describes a technique used by:

a. Darwinists

b. empiricists

c. structuralists

d. behaviorists

e. ancient Greek philosophers

11. The science of behavior and mental processes best defines:

a. philosophy

b. cognitive neuroscience

c. basic research

d. applied research

e. psychology

5. Reread and outline what you have read in your journal. Make sure to take very thorough

notes!

Summer Assignment Rubric:

1. Assignment was turned in on time: __________ / 10

2. Vocabulary Defined: __________ / 29

3. Questions Completely Answered: __________ / 14

4. Multiple Choice Questions: __________ / 11

5. Outline Completed __________/20

Total Points: __________ / 84

Summer Assignment Rubric:

1. Assignment was turned in on time: __________ / 10

2. Vocabulary Defined: __________ / 29

3. Questions Completely Answered: __________ / 14

4. Multiple Choice Questions: __________ / 11

5. Outline Completed ___________/20

Total Points: __________ / 84

Summer Assignment Rubric:

1. Assignment was turned in on time: __________ / 10

2. Vocabulary Defined: __________ / 29

3. Questions Completely Answered: __________ / 14

4. Multiple Choice Questions: __________ / 11

5. Outline Completed __________/20

Total Points: __________ / 84