Psychology - August 2007

6. Who was the pragmatic philosopher and author of a major textbook for the emerging discipline of psychology?
a. Wundt
b. Watson
c. Titchener
d. James


7. Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of:
a. learning.
b. perception.
c. personality.
d. mental illness.


8. Compared with the structuralists, early behaviorists were much less likely to focus on the study of:
a. smiling.
b. screaming.
c. fighting.
d. thinking.

2007-08-29 16:23:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

First of all, please don't be harsh. I really want change in my life and I need direction. I have a lot of pent up emotion from my past. I do NOT want to live in the past any longer, but it has so affected me. Now I have these fits of anger. I have knee jerk reactions. I lash out, I break things, I say things that I can't take back. I have always been one to speak my mind, but it's getting pretty bad. I'm not saying that the person I act out towards the most doesn't deserve to change also, but I realize that I can't change them. I need to change myself and I don't know how. I have deep rooted anger and it scares me. I'm beginning to have mean thoughts and bad dreams where I hurt people. I'm really upset and afraid. I feel like I'm in a tornado; I'm twisting in all directions and can't seem to get control back.

Can anyone give me some real advice and/or tips for becoming a better person? I think it has to go past 'wanting it badly enough.' I've wanted it for years with no results.

2007-08-29 16:19:58 · 6 answers · asked by getusedtoit 4

i have really bad mood swings, one minute i'll think somethings great, the next minute i'll hate it. my mood swings are making me very indecisive and is cuasing trouble in my life. although i dont think i have manic episodes, could this be because of bi polar disorder. i have been diagnosed with depression before.

2007-08-29 14:45:46 · 5 answers · asked by Y 5

If so, why do we suddenly give full attention when someone wants to tell a Rumor?

2007-08-29 14:35:55 · 5 answers · asked by cap3382 4

i had a breakdown a few years ago 3 deaths in 3 weeks and i was assulted. i would like to try and work but i am afraid to fail any suggestions

2007-08-29 14:24:06 · 5 answers · asked by elliepenelly 3

No matter how much I think I'm in love, I always winde up cheating around on my mate. I try to control myself, But I'm a sucker for an attractive person. That doesn't mean I don't love my mate. I do. But I have sex with other people and I've been like this since I was 15 and I'm 33 now. I'm afraid that I don't know how to love. What is wrong with me? What can I do to stay faithful? Serious answers only please.....

2007-08-29 14:15:09 · 10 answers · asked by China 2

Just wondering what my problem is and also if anyone else has had this problem. This does not happen very often but when it does it drives me crazy. I can just be irritated with something, mad, or very sad. Most of the time i am listening to music or singing to it. All of the sudden it seems as if it is going really fast and i start mimicking it in my head and its going faster and faster. I cant talk to anyone while it is happening because i am so irritated and im really snappy around them. I never know how long it will last...it always changes. Whats wrong with me? No im not going to a doctor.

2007-08-29 14:14:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tried it before to my sister and my dog and scared my dog more than my sister.

2007-08-29 14:09:09 · 18 answers · asked by Steve jobs 4

I have a hard time meeting people in high school because, I don't talk! I don't know what i'm afraid of. Being rejected? Not to say I don't have any friends, I just can't seem to open up and have a conversation with new people. This year especially since most of my friends aren't in my classes. I'm so mad at myself. I want to open up, but I can't. I just want to act myself in school and feel comfortable. I can't seem to walk up to someone and start a conversation. Whats wrong with me?

2007-08-29 13:43:37 · 4 answers · asked by Dan B 1

Lately i have been getting really nervous around people, i go to college and today in class i realized that i am really nervous around my peers, it is really starting to bug me and i think it might be social anxiety, what should i do?

2007-08-29 13:32:48 · 9 answers · asked by SomaA 1

2007-08-29 13:27:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a socialable person, but I do not like to go to parties or anywhere where there is a large crowd of people. I would rather stay home and read, watch t.v., or surf the net. Does this makes me an introvert or is it something more? I get sick to my stomach just thinking of going somewhere where I have to be social.

2007-08-29 13:21:54 · 5 answers · asked by Jen2U 3

Okay, from the perspective of a regular person (myself) I cant understand howcome past life regression therapists, and phychics feel the need to charge SO much! I mean $100 for 30 minutes, isnt that a bit ridiculous. There is no insurance for these things. WHy does it seem that everyone with an end all be all cure, wants to charge out the Butt for it? I dont doubt that what these individuals have to offer is a unique and healin service, but the cost is too much. I mean who the funk makes $100 an hour in the real world? Are these people really that greedy, or am I overlooking something. I would love some insight

2007-08-29 13:13:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever there is a quiz, test or anything like that, I feel like dying I feel so scared, I sleep late at night only 4 studying and after I study I feel like I did not study I feel like I did nothing, What can I do? Also When I get mistakes I cry, I'll die what can I do 2 b more normal?, Confident with my answers???, Please help I'm Crying b4 the quiz, Plz. help, School is near, Quizzes everyweek in all subjects, I'm feeling like quizzes, tests, exams r fatal 4 me. teachers r not helping whenever i ask her she says i don't know, AHHH, This problem makes me dream nightmares, If these things happening 2 me won't stop I'll go crazy !!!
If u answer me I'll appreciate ur answer, and i'll give u 10 points.

2007-08-29 13:01:39 · 7 answers · asked by Kelly 3

You stand at an intersection. A sign pointing to the right says happiness 10 miles, a sign pointing to the left says wealth 10 miles and the final sign pointing forward says health 10 miles. You can't go back and you can only pick one, which do you pick and why?

2007-08-29 12:35:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not sick or anything but the thouight of dying scares the hell out of me. I believe there's some sort of afterlife but what if there isn't????? And you just disappear or something and can't even think or feel anymore you just cease to exist, like when a bug dies on your windshield???

I don't really want to take the chance so if I was to seriously consider trying to find a way to live forever where should I start? Maybe a healthy diet and never ever cheat? Download my brain into a robot?? Do I really need to stop smoking some smoekrs live into their 90's but still that's not forever....

2007-08-29 12:20:08 · 14 answers · asked by mr.babycakez2u 2

I Don't do much just Band, School, And Softball
Why do three things get me so stressed

2007-08-29 12:17:33 · 2 answers · asked by summer h 1

Hi,

I've read some time ago that if you remember a plesant event vividly then serotonin is enhanced in the brain. Is this true? Can we really control the production of neurotransmitters using visualisation? Are there any published studies about this?

If so, what types of thoughts would trigger some of the main neurotransmitters?
Remembering a plesant event - serotonin? dopamine?
Deep breathing / peaceful thoughts - GABA?

2007-08-29 12:01:37 · 1 answers · asked by Wonderer 1

My life has always been dictated by my parents as a result i've always been a very timid person, not able to decide for myself and 'am easily intimidated by people around me. Now since i have a family of my own, is there something i can do to forget everything and move on to be a better me.

2007-08-29 11:54:21 · 16 answers · asked by mymy 1

when someone gets me mad and pushes my buttons i scream how can i control my anger when it comes to my family and the friends i trust???

2007-08-29 11:29:46 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ Tia Alexandria ♥ 3

I think there are frauds, but still it is possible for people to have what you might call 'the sight' What do you think?

I think we're all sort of psychic. Have you ever thought about someone and then right then they called you on the telephone? Have you ever had a dream come true? I sometimes get deja vous w/ things that i've dreamt.

2007-08-29 11:01:35 · 17 answers · asked by :: tomi :: 4

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2007-08-29 10:50:51 · 12 answers · asked by CARS 3

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Sweet Pink Peeps
S Bathroom Window Sealed Shut in 110 Degree Heat.?
I have a bathroom window big sized. My brother painted around the sills or whatever you call it, and it's now sealed shut the last 3 hottest months. There is no fan or air conditioning in the bathroom, and he comes over does his #1,2 and the toilet doesn't work, so it's non flushable. This is not his room, and I have told him to unseal the window or break the glass or something for air and told him not to go to the bathroom in there.

Is he sick or crazy. I need help. Who do I call to undo the window?
Reason I ask this because the matter is collecting in the loo, and plus the heat, and I sleep in this room. Is it healthy, and what could happen?

2007-08-29 10:37:41 · 6 answers · asked by Born Valentine's Day 5

If so then predict my future and tell me about myself. My initials are C. C. and I was born 1-3-1977. 10 points to the most accurate reading

2007-08-29 10:33:49 · 3 answers · asked by TopContributorModerator 3

What animal is the closeist to your persona? And why?

2007-08-29 10:31:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are some people cool while others are not?
Is being cool natural or you can acquire coolness?
Can you learn to become cool?

2007-08-29 08:59:29 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6

ok now lets try this one...I have a private driveway and people just park there like its their driveway? Yes i have signs up and sometimes they say they are sorry they didnt mean to (yea ok) and sometimes they say it was only for a minute?? Who cares how long your parked in MY driveway...its private! Why are people like this? I would not even for a minute block someones driveway what gives them the right?

2007-08-29 08:00:13 · 5 answers · asked by robin r 6

I feel so lost right now... I feel like I have nothing worth living for... All I want is for somebody to need and to love me. I'm still young but I'm worried that this will never happen. I wake up every morning just crying because I know that there is nothing out there for me. My self-esteem has been completely damaged and I don't know how to get it back... I need ideas on what to do... and I would appreciate something other than "go see a psychiatrist" thanks

2007-08-29 07:50:22 · 19 answers · asked by Kat 3

I always sees myself as different, a guy who spend most of his days at home, doesn't have much friends and can't socialize well at all. I always runs out of things to say to people. But everyone else I know is the complete opposite of me

I feel like I can never be one of them, probably won't even find a life partner (who wants to marry any alien anyway)

Is there anyway I can do to help myself?

2007-08-29 06:47:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 06:29:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous