PSY 410 TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Psychophysics was an early form of scientific psychology. A psychophysicist would be
interested in which of the following questions? - Answers - How much or little do we
have to change an objective, external stimulus before a person can actually detect the
change?
Introspection was a research technique used in the early days of scientific psychology.
What was the research subject asked to do? - Answers - describe the feelings, images,
and sensations that the stimulus provoked
Which "school of psychology" attempted to identify and catalogue the tiniest elements of
conscious mental experience? - Answers - structuralism
By the time he died, this individual claimed to have isolated 30,500 elements of vision. -
Answers - Titchener
Who took fault with psychology's attempt to identify the tiny "static" elements of mental
experience? Instead he saw the mind as constantly in motion (stream of
consciousness)? - Answers - James
Functionalism was an early "school of psychology." Functionalists believed that the
central concern of psychology should be - Answers - the adaptive utility (survival value)
of mental processes
Behaviorist, John B. Watson, was most impressed by earlier research done in the area
of - Answers - animal learning
According to Watson, a major problem with introspection is that - Answers - the reports
are often subjective, biased, and unreliable.
In what decade did the behavioral revolution occur? - Answers - 1910-1920
In what decade did modern cognitive psychology overtake behaviorism? - Answers -
1970-1980
Who was so convinced that environment trumped heredity, he boasted: Give me an
infant, any infant, and I'll train him to become any type of specialist I might select
(doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, yes, even beggar man and thief)? - Answers - Watson
William James was to _________________ as Edward Titchener was to
__________________ . - Answers - functionalism; structuralism
, A behaviorist would define "romantic attraction" in terms of - Answers - number of
kisses in a 24-hour period
A behaviorist would define "shyness" in terms of - Answers - little or no eye contact with
a stranger.
Which of the following is NOT one of the stated advantages of using animals in
behavioral research? - Answers - control for differences in attention span
When workers down the street began using a jackhammer, the dog reacted with fright at
the unusual noise. An hour later, however, it was fast asleep, though the noise level
remained the same. This is an example of - Answers - habituation.
Becoming increasingly irritated during a play because the person next to you keeps
sniffling is most similar to the process of - Answers - sensitization.
Which of the following would be considered a reflex? - Answers - A dog pricks up its
ears at the sound of a car.
During the spring, the male Boogie Bird engages in a stereotypic dance sequence
whenever it sees a female. The dance sequence is best described as a ____ . -
Answers - fixed action pattern
The number of hours that I clean house each week is a ____ measure of behavior,
while the length of time that I procrastinate before starting to clean house on a particular
evening is a ____ measure of behavior. - Answers - duration; latency
The judges at a high diving competition are mostly concerned with the ____ of the
behavior. - Answers - topography
Watson and Rayner (1920) conditioned Little Albert to fear a white rat he had liked at
first. In this experiment, the US was the - Answers - loud noise.
In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, the CS was the - Answers - rat.
In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, Albert's fear of the ____ was
regarded as evidence of stimulus generalization. - Answers - rabbit.
Tamsen once became ill while riding in the back seat of a car. Now, whenever she rides
in the back seat of a car, she feels nauseated. Riding in the back seat is now a ____ for
nausea. - Answers - CS
A tone is followed by a puff of air to the eye. After several such pairings, the animal will
blink to the tone (the puff is no longer needed). This illustrates the process of
________________ in classical conditioning. - Answers - acquisition
Psychophysics was an early form of scientific psychology. A psychophysicist would be
interested in which of the following questions? - Answers - How much or little do we
have to change an objective, external stimulus before a person can actually detect the
change?
Introspection was a research technique used in the early days of scientific psychology.
What was the research subject asked to do? - Answers - describe the feelings, images,
and sensations that the stimulus provoked
Which "school of psychology" attempted to identify and catalogue the tiniest elements of
conscious mental experience? - Answers - structuralism
By the time he died, this individual claimed to have isolated 30,500 elements of vision. -
Answers - Titchener
Who took fault with psychology's attempt to identify the tiny "static" elements of mental
experience? Instead he saw the mind as constantly in motion (stream of
consciousness)? - Answers - James
Functionalism was an early "school of psychology." Functionalists believed that the
central concern of psychology should be - Answers - the adaptive utility (survival value)
of mental processes
Behaviorist, John B. Watson, was most impressed by earlier research done in the area
of - Answers - animal learning
According to Watson, a major problem with introspection is that - Answers - the reports
are often subjective, biased, and unreliable.
In what decade did the behavioral revolution occur? - Answers - 1910-1920
In what decade did modern cognitive psychology overtake behaviorism? - Answers -
1970-1980
Who was so convinced that environment trumped heredity, he boasted: Give me an
infant, any infant, and I'll train him to become any type of specialist I might select
(doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, yes, even beggar man and thief)? - Answers - Watson
William James was to _________________ as Edward Titchener was to
__________________ . - Answers - functionalism; structuralism
, A behaviorist would define "romantic attraction" in terms of - Answers - number of
kisses in a 24-hour period
A behaviorist would define "shyness" in terms of - Answers - little or no eye contact with
a stranger.
Which of the following is NOT one of the stated advantages of using animals in
behavioral research? - Answers - control for differences in attention span
When workers down the street began using a jackhammer, the dog reacted with fright at
the unusual noise. An hour later, however, it was fast asleep, though the noise level
remained the same. This is an example of - Answers - habituation.
Becoming increasingly irritated during a play because the person next to you keeps
sniffling is most similar to the process of - Answers - sensitization.
Which of the following would be considered a reflex? - Answers - A dog pricks up its
ears at the sound of a car.
During the spring, the male Boogie Bird engages in a stereotypic dance sequence
whenever it sees a female. The dance sequence is best described as a ____ . -
Answers - fixed action pattern
The number of hours that I clean house each week is a ____ measure of behavior,
while the length of time that I procrastinate before starting to clean house on a particular
evening is a ____ measure of behavior. - Answers - duration; latency
The judges at a high diving competition are mostly concerned with the ____ of the
behavior. - Answers - topography
Watson and Rayner (1920) conditioned Little Albert to fear a white rat he had liked at
first. In this experiment, the US was the - Answers - loud noise.
In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, the CS was the - Answers - rat.
In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, Albert's fear of the ____ was
regarded as evidence of stimulus generalization. - Answers - rabbit.
Tamsen once became ill while riding in the back seat of a car. Now, whenever she rides
in the back seat of a car, she feels nauseated. Riding in the back seat is now a ____ for
nausea. - Answers - CS
A tone is followed by a puff of air to the eye. After several such pairings, the animal will
blink to the tone (the puff is no longer needed). This illustrates the process of
________________ in classical conditioning. - Answers - acquisition
