Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

• ____ was the school of thought that’s aim was to describe the basic elements of experience.
  • Gestalt psychology
    • Incorrect.
  • Structuralism
    • Correct.
  • Functionalism
    • Incorrect.
  • Humanism
    • Incorrect.
• While ____ is interested in controlling people’s behavior, ____ is interested in explaining its unconscious motivations.
  • cognition; behaviorism
    • Incorrect.
  • functionalism; Gestalt psychology
    • Incorrect.
  • structuralism; humanism
    • Incorrect.
  • behaviorism; psychoanalytic theory
    • Correct.
• Which of the following statements about WEIRD subjects is FALSE?
  • WEIRD subjects are not representative of the population.
    • Incorrect.
  • WEIRD subjects are easy and convenient to recruit for psychology researchers.
    • Incorrect.
  • WEIRD subjects are used in a small minority of studies.
    • Correct.
  • WEIRD subjects can obscure cultural differences in behavior and mental events.
    • Incorrect.
• Receiving an electric shock would be an example of a ______ whereas being flinching would be an example of a ______.
  • stimulus, response
    • Correct.
  • punishment, reward
    • Incorrect.
  • reaction, emotion
    • Incorrect.
  • reinforcement, stimulus
    • Incorrect.
• Freud emphasized the role of ________ in shaping people’s personality.
  • free will
    • Incorrect.
  • unconscious desires
    • Correct.
  • introspection
    • Incorrect.
  • group influence
    • Incorrect.
• According to the Humanistic approach, people:
  • require therapy to function optimally.
    • Incorrect.
  • are motivated by their own flaws.
    • Incorrect.
  • always reach their full potential.
    • Incorrect.
  • are fundamentally good.
    • Correct.