Owen, a College Sophomore, Is Seeing a Psychologist Because of His

question 283

Multiple Choice

Owen, a college sophomore, is seeing a psychologist because of his intense fear of people. His counselor feels that Owen's fear is a product of unresolved conflicts about his parents and his childhood experiences with them. Owen's therapist is most characteristic of which school of psychology?

• A) behaviorism
• B) psychoanalytic
• C) humanistic
• D) Gestalt

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Definitions:

Conscious Mental Experience

The subjective experience of being aware of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations.

Introspection

The process of analyzing or scrutinizing one's own thoughts and feelings.

Conscious Experience

The awareness of one's own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions at any given moment.

Father of Psychology

Wilhelm Wundt, who is often credited as the founder of experimental psychology and the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist.