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Which individual wrote principles of psychological psychology and is credited with establishing a scientific laboratory?
Wilhelm Wundt's Career in Psychology
Wundt later wrote the Principles of Physiological Psychology (1874), which helped establish experimental procedures in psychological research. After taking a position at the University of Leipzig, Wundt founded the first experimental psychology lab in the world.
Which famous female psychologist completed all of the requirements?
Mary Whiton Calkins
She studied with some of the most eminent thinkers of the time, including William James and Hugo Munsterberg, and completed all of the requirements for a doctorate. Despite this, Harvard refused to grant her a degree on the grounds that she was a woman.
What model includes different traits that are believed to underline each individual's basic tendencies?
The traits that constitute the five-factor model are extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
Which of the following choices refers to a broad explanation or group of explanations?
A scientific theory is a broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistently supported by evidence over time. A theory is the best understanding that we have of that part of the natural world.