PSY 101 GRADED EXAM 1 – FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY WITH ALL
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RANKED A+
One 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 B
In 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 B
,Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals C
The 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 B
The 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 C
, ______________ 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 D
John 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 A
Which 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
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RANKED A+
One 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 B
In 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 B
,Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals C
The 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 B
The 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 C
, ______________ 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 D
John 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 A
Which 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
