TEST BANK
** All Chapters included
** Extra Questions
** Quick Quizzes
** Free Response Questions
,Table of Contents are given below
1. The Science of Psychology
2. The Biological Perspective
3. Sensation and Perception
4. Consciousness
5. Learning
6. Memory
7. Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language
8. Development Across the Life Span
9. Motivation and Emotion
10. Stress and Health
11. Social Psychology
12. Theories of Personality
13. Psychological Disorders
14. Psychological Therapies
,Psychology, 7e AP Edition (Ciccarelli/White)
MAIN TEST BANK
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
1) What is the correct definition of the discipline of psychology?
A) the study of people and what motivates their behavior
B) the study of mental disorders and how to treat them
C) the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
D) the scientific study of human behavior
E) the study of the mind and mental processes
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and animals.
Incorrect: B) Although some psychologists investigate mental disorders and their treatment, the field of
psychology is much broader than this.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
2) How would a psychologist define behavior?
A) any change in the state of an organism
B) the actions that people perform
C) thinking, feeling, and remembering
D) outward or overt actions and reactions
E) patterns of activity unique to a particular species
Answer: D
Explanation: D) This definition applies to humans and animals.
Incorrect: B) This restricts behavior to only some behaviors that one species (humans) might demonstrate.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Learning Objective: 1.1
3) Which topic is LEAST likely to be studied by a psychologist?
A) how the average education level in a city is related to its unemployment rate
B) the extent to which emotional states influence how a person perceives social interactions
C) how quickly a cat learns to manipulate a lever to obtain a food reward
D) the learning abilities of children in preschool compared to children in middle school
E) how intelligence can be defined and measured accurately
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This topic is only loosely related to understanding behavior or mental processes, and instead is
more focused on sociological or economic topics.
Incorrect: C) Remember, psychologists study the behavior and mental processes of humans and animals.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Learning Objective: 1.1
4) Why do psychologists use a systematic approach to study their research questions?
A) to gather as much information as possible about what is being studied
B) because mental processes are unsystematic events that require structure to be understood
C) to ensure that observational results match prior expectations
D) to appear scientific, even if some claim the study of human behavior is unscientific
E) to reduce the possibility of biases as they make their observations
, Answer: E
Explanation: E) Psychologists are humans, just like anyone else. The possibility that their biases and other
preconceived notions might influence their observations is reduced by taking a precise, empirical, systematic
approach to data collection.
Incorrect: A) The approach a scientist takes doesn’t necessarily influence how much data can be collected.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Learning Objective: 1.1
5) Before psychology was established as a science, thinkers in each of these disciplines EXCEPT __________
investigated topics relevant to the subject matter of psychology.
A) chemistry
B) physiology
C) physics
D) philosophy
E) medicine
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Chemists are interested in explaining the interaction of substances in the natural world.
Incorrect: C) This is a tough one; people who investigated topics in visual or auditory perception, or how the
mind was connected to the physical body, would have been likely to be trained as physicists prior to the advent
of psychology as its own science.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
6) Who founded the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879?
A) Hermann von Helmholtz
B) Edward Titchener
C) Gustav Fechner
D) Wilhelm Wundt
E) Sigmund Freud
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Wundt is credited with making the first attempt to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind.
Incorrect: E) Although Sigmund Freud had an important influence on the development of psychology, he did not
establish the first laboratory, nor was he based in Leipzig.
Page Ref: 6
Topic: In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
7) What topic did Wilhelm Wundt initially investigate when he founded the first psychology laboratory?
A) basic principles of learning
B) the structure of consciousness
C) auditory perception
D) facial expressions of emotion
E) biases in social perception
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Wundt and his students wanted to understand the components of consciousness.
Incorrect: C) Many of these other topics had been investigated prior to and around the time of Wundt’s work, but
they were studied by people with backgrounds in physics, medicine, or philosophy.
Page Ref: 6
Topic: In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James
** All Chapters included
** Extra Questions
** Quick Quizzes
** Free Response Questions
,Table of Contents are given below
1. The Science of Psychology
2. The Biological Perspective
3. Sensation and Perception
4. Consciousness
5. Learning
6. Memory
7. Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language
8. Development Across the Life Span
9. Motivation and Emotion
10. Stress and Health
11. Social Psychology
12. Theories of Personality
13. Psychological Disorders
14. Psychological Therapies
,Psychology, 7e AP Edition (Ciccarelli/White)
MAIN TEST BANK
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
1) What is the correct definition of the discipline of psychology?
A) the study of people and what motivates their behavior
B) the study of mental disorders and how to treat them
C) the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
D) the scientific study of human behavior
E) the study of the mind and mental processes
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and animals.
Incorrect: B) Although some psychologists investigate mental disorders and their treatment, the field of
psychology is much broader than this.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
2) How would a psychologist define behavior?
A) any change in the state of an organism
B) the actions that people perform
C) thinking, feeling, and remembering
D) outward or overt actions and reactions
E) patterns of activity unique to a particular species
Answer: D
Explanation: D) This definition applies to humans and animals.
Incorrect: B) This restricts behavior to only some behaviors that one species (humans) might demonstrate.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Learning Objective: 1.1
3) Which topic is LEAST likely to be studied by a psychologist?
A) how the average education level in a city is related to its unemployment rate
B) the extent to which emotional states influence how a person perceives social interactions
C) how quickly a cat learns to manipulate a lever to obtain a food reward
D) the learning abilities of children in preschool compared to children in middle school
E) how intelligence can be defined and measured accurately
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This topic is only loosely related to understanding behavior or mental processes, and instead is
more focused on sociological or economic topics.
Incorrect: C) Remember, psychologists study the behavior and mental processes of humans and animals.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Learning Objective: 1.1
4) Why do psychologists use a systematic approach to study their research questions?
A) to gather as much information as possible about what is being studied
B) because mental processes are unsystematic events that require structure to be understood
C) to ensure that observational results match prior expectations
D) to appear scientific, even if some claim the study of human behavior is unscientific
E) to reduce the possibility of biases as they make their observations
, Answer: E
Explanation: E) Psychologists are humans, just like anyone else. The possibility that their biases and other
preconceived notions might influence their observations is reduced by taking a precise, empirical, systematic
approach to data collection.
Incorrect: A) The approach a scientist takes doesn’t necessarily influence how much data can be collected.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Learning Objective: 1.1
5) Before psychology was established as a science, thinkers in each of these disciplines EXCEPT __________
investigated topics relevant to the subject matter of psychology.
A) chemistry
B) physiology
C) physics
D) philosophy
E) medicine
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Chemists are interested in explaining the interaction of substances in the natural world.
Incorrect: C) This is a tough one; people who investigated topics in visual or auditory perception, or how the
mind was connected to the physical body, would have been likely to be trained as physicists prior to the advent
of psychology as its own science.
Page Ref: 5
Topic: The History of Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
6) Who founded the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879?
A) Hermann von Helmholtz
B) Edward Titchener
C) Gustav Fechner
D) Wilhelm Wundt
E) Sigmund Freud
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Wundt is credited with making the first attempt to apply scientific principles to the study of the
human mind.
Incorrect: E) Although Sigmund Freud had an important influence on the development of psychology, he did not
establish the first laboratory, nor was he based in Leipzig.
Page Ref: 6
Topic: In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Learning Objective: 1.1
7) What topic did Wilhelm Wundt initially investigate when he founded the first psychology laboratory?
A) basic principles of learning
B) the structure of consciousness
C) auditory perception
D) facial expressions of emotion
E) biases in social perception
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Wundt and his students wanted to understand the components of consciousness.
Incorrect: C) Many of these other topics had been investigated prior to and around the time of Wundt’s work, but
they were studied by people with backgrounds in physics, medicine, or philosophy.
Page Ref: 6
Topic: In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James
