Wilhelm Wundt Was One of the First People to Demonstrate

question 110

Multiple Choice

Wilhelm Wundt was one of the first people to demonstrate that

• A) talking with people can help relieve their psychological disorders.
• B) it is possible to measure psychological processes scientifically.
• C) mental processes depend on the activity of the brain.
• D) behavior is controlled by both a conscious mind and an unconscious mind.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, it refers to any stimulus which strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response.

Positive Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance after a response strengthens that response or makes it more likely to happen again.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response in classical conditioning.