PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1AND 2 MULTIPLE
CHOICE UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTIONThe year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of
psychology as a science because that is the year:
a.) Margaret Floy Washburn wrote "The Animal Mind"
b.) G. Stanley Hall established the first clinic for handicapped children
c.) Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory
d.) Sigmund Freud discovered the role of the unconscious mind in
determining behavior - answer-C
QUESTION______________ wanted to know how specific behaviors and
mental processes help a person or animal adapt to the environment, so
they looked for underlying causes and practical consequences of these
behaviors and processes.
a.) Rationalists
b.) Structuralists
c.) Fundamentalists
d.) Functionalists - answer-D
QUESTIONJohn Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner would have agreed
that psychology is the study of:
a.) behavior
,b.) the mind
c.) conscious experience
d.) mental processes - answer-A
Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals - answer-C
QUESTIONThe followers of ____________ argue that there is a close
relationship between animal behavior and human behavior.
a.) Jean Jacques Rousseau
b.) Charles Darwin
c.) John Locke
d.) Rene Descartes - answer-B
QUESTIONWhich modern psychological perspective focuses on how people
reason, remember, understand language, and solve problems?
a.) the cognitive perspective
b.) the learning perspective
c.) the sociocultural perspective
d.) the psychodynamic perspective - answer-A
,QUESTIONOne of the main areas of focus for psychologists from the
psychodynamic perspective is the importance of:
a.) free will
b.) early childhood conflicts and trauma
c.) the proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain
d.) appropriate role models during childhood - answer-B
QUESTIONIn a psychology experiment, subjects listen to a variety of tones
presented at different frequencies and then reflect on the experience,
describing what they heard as precisely as possible. These individuals
would have been using the process called
a.) behaviorism
b.) introspection
c.) hypnosis
d.) Gestalt Therapy - answer-B
QUESTIONPsychologists are referred to as scientists because:
a.) they work with complicated computers
b.) they rely upon sophisticated brain-imaging machines
c.) they base their work on scientific attitudes and procedures
d.) psychology is related to human biology which is an important part of
science - answer-C
QUESTIONTrue or false: Humans use only 10 percent of their brains
a.) false, because humans use 50% of their brains at any given time
, b.) false - humans use all of their brains
c.) True
d.) No one yet knows the answer to this question - answer-B
QUESTIONScientific investigation has revealed that the Mozart Effect is
a.) a question that cannot be answered through science
b.) dependent on the age and gender of the child
c.) supported by findings from numerous studies
d.) not substantiated through research - answer-D
QUESTIONThe careful examination of what people or animals do in their
normal environments is called
a.) intrusive observation
b.) naturalistic observation
c.) double-blind study
d.) a case history - answer-B
QUESTIONInvestigators are most likely to use the case history method
when they study
a.) the effects of a drug on behavior
b.) the frequency of certain attitudes in a large population
c.) a rare behavior or an unusual person
d.) two or more independent variables - answer-C
CHOICE UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTIONThe year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of
psychology as a science because that is the year:
a.) Margaret Floy Washburn wrote "The Animal Mind"
b.) G. Stanley Hall established the first clinic for handicapped children
c.) Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory
d.) Sigmund Freud discovered the role of the unconscious mind in
determining behavior - answer-C
QUESTION______________ wanted to know how specific behaviors and
mental processes help a person or animal adapt to the environment, so
they looked for underlying causes and practical consequences of these
behaviors and processes.
a.) Rationalists
b.) Structuralists
c.) Fundamentalists
d.) Functionalists - answer-D
QUESTIONJohn Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner would have agreed
that psychology is the study of:
a.) behavior
,b.) the mind
c.) conscious experience
d.) mental processes - answer-A
Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals - answer-C
QUESTIONThe followers of ____________ argue that there is a close
relationship between animal behavior and human behavior.
a.) Jean Jacques Rousseau
b.) Charles Darwin
c.) John Locke
d.) Rene Descartes - answer-B
QUESTIONWhich modern psychological perspective focuses on how people
reason, remember, understand language, and solve problems?
a.) the cognitive perspective
b.) the learning perspective
c.) the sociocultural perspective
d.) the psychodynamic perspective - answer-A
,QUESTIONOne of the main areas of focus for psychologists from the
psychodynamic perspective is the importance of:
a.) free will
b.) early childhood conflicts and trauma
c.) the proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain
d.) appropriate role models during childhood - answer-B
QUESTIONIn a psychology experiment, subjects listen to a variety of tones
presented at different frequencies and then reflect on the experience,
describing what they heard as precisely as possible. These individuals
would have been using the process called
a.) behaviorism
b.) introspection
c.) hypnosis
d.) Gestalt Therapy - answer-B
QUESTIONPsychologists are referred to as scientists because:
a.) they work with complicated computers
b.) they rely upon sophisticated brain-imaging machines
c.) they base their work on scientific attitudes and procedures
d.) psychology is related to human biology which is an important part of
science - answer-C
QUESTIONTrue or false: Humans use only 10 percent of their brains
a.) false, because humans use 50% of their brains at any given time
, b.) false - humans use all of their brains
c.) True
d.) No one yet knows the answer to this question - answer-B
QUESTIONScientific investigation has revealed that the Mozart Effect is
a.) a question that cannot be answered through science
b.) dependent on the age and gender of the child
c.) supported by findings from numerous studies
d.) not substantiated through research - answer-D
QUESTIONThe careful examination of what people or animals do in their
normal environments is called
a.) intrusive observation
b.) naturalistic observation
c.) double-blind study
d.) a case history - answer-B
QUESTIONInvestigators are most likely to use the case history method
when they study
a.) the effects of a drug on behavior
b.) the frequency of certain attitudes in a large population
c.) a rare behavior or an unusual person
d.) two or more independent variables - answer-C
