AMSCO Multiple Choice
Which of the following thinkers believed that people were born as blank slates and experiences formed
their personality? - ANS Locke
Samantha believes all behavior originates from unconscious forces developed primarily in childhood and
focused primarily on sex and aggression. With which approach to psychology is Samantha most likely to
agree with? - ANS Psychoanalytic
With which of the following statements would a behaviorist be most likely to agree? - ANS Psychology
can only study what we can observe because this is all that can be empirically tested.
Katelyn is struggling in school and fighting frequently with her parents. She is not sure about her future
and what she wants to study in college. With which of the following statements about Katelyn would a
humanistic psychologist most likely agree? - ANS Katelyn is overthinking her problems, which are minor,
and he misconception of the scope of the problem is inflating their importance.
How does the humanistic approach to psychology differ from the psychoanalytic approach? - ANS The
humanistic approach focuses on striving to be one's best self, the psychoanalytic approach examines
unconscious forces and the importance of sex and aggression.
Edward Titchener followed the structuralist approach to examine human consciousness, with which of
the following would be agree? - ANS We can use the process of introspection by asking people about
their response to specific stimuli.
Read the following quotation and answer the question that follows.
"Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll
guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select—
doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents,
penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. (1930)"
, To whom would the above statement most likely be attributed? - ANS John Watson
8. Benjamin helps design cars that are easy to drive and intuitive to use. It is most likely that Benjamin is
engaged in which of the following fields of psychology? - ANS Human Factors
9. Denise just transferred from another school. She is having trouble adjusting to her new environment
because she is very shy and is finding it difficult to make friends. Which of the following types of
psychologist might best help Denise work through this adjustment period? - ANS Counseling
10. Which of the following best describes how psychiatrists most often treat patients? - ANS Through
medication management
A researcher wants to determine if studying for a half hour each night for a week for an exam is better
than studying for three and a half hours on sunday evening for an exam on monday. Researchers will
randomly select participants into either massed or distributed study groups. They will also measure the
outcome of each unit exam. What is the dependent variable? - ANS The score on each exam
An experimenter wants to determine the impact of caffeine on attention span. Which of the following
best represents random assignment experiments? - ANS Placing participants into either the caffeine or
non-caffeine group without any set pattern.
A researcher wants to investigate a unique brain tumor in a twelve-year old child to see how the tumor
affects the child's behavior. The researcher will conduct a battery of cognitive and physical tests with the
child over the course of six months to account for potential changes in the tumor's size and impact.
Which of the following would be the best research method to study this situation? - ANS Individual Case
Study
A researcher determined that the less practice teenagers had driving, the more moving violations they
received during the first year after receiving their driver's license. This finding is an example of which of
the following? - ANS A negative correlation
Which of the following thinkers believed that people were born as blank slates and experiences formed
their personality? - ANS Locke
Samantha believes all behavior originates from unconscious forces developed primarily in childhood and
focused primarily on sex and aggression. With which approach to psychology is Samantha most likely to
agree with? - ANS Psychoanalytic
With which of the following statements would a behaviorist be most likely to agree? - ANS Psychology
can only study what we can observe because this is all that can be empirically tested.
Katelyn is struggling in school and fighting frequently with her parents. She is not sure about her future
and what she wants to study in college. With which of the following statements about Katelyn would a
humanistic psychologist most likely agree? - ANS Katelyn is overthinking her problems, which are minor,
and he misconception of the scope of the problem is inflating their importance.
How does the humanistic approach to psychology differ from the psychoanalytic approach? - ANS The
humanistic approach focuses on striving to be one's best self, the psychoanalytic approach examines
unconscious forces and the importance of sex and aggression.
Edward Titchener followed the structuralist approach to examine human consciousness, with which of
the following would be agree? - ANS We can use the process of introspection by asking people about
their response to specific stimuli.
Read the following quotation and answer the question that follows.
"Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll
guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select—
doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents,
penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. (1930)"
, To whom would the above statement most likely be attributed? - ANS John Watson
8. Benjamin helps design cars that are easy to drive and intuitive to use. It is most likely that Benjamin is
engaged in which of the following fields of psychology? - ANS Human Factors
9. Denise just transferred from another school. She is having trouble adjusting to her new environment
because she is very shy and is finding it difficult to make friends. Which of the following types of
psychologist might best help Denise work through this adjustment period? - ANS Counseling
10. Which of the following best describes how psychiatrists most often treat patients? - ANS Through
medication management
A researcher wants to determine if studying for a half hour each night for a week for an exam is better
than studying for three and a half hours on sunday evening for an exam on monday. Researchers will
randomly select participants into either massed or distributed study groups. They will also measure the
outcome of each unit exam. What is the dependent variable? - ANS The score on each exam
An experimenter wants to determine the impact of caffeine on attention span. Which of the following
best represents random assignment experiments? - ANS Placing participants into either the caffeine or
non-caffeine group without any set pattern.
A researcher wants to investigate a unique brain tumor in a twelve-year old child to see how the tumor
affects the child's behavior. The researcher will conduct a battery of cognitive and physical tests with the
child over the course of six months to account for potential changes in the tumor's size and impact.
Which of the following would be the best research method to study this situation? - ANS Individual Case
Study
A researcher determined that the less practice teenagers had driving, the more moving violations they
received during the first year after receiving their driver's license. This finding is an example of which of
the following? - ANS A negative correlation
