PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1 MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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 - Answer-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
- Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-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
, d.) the psychodynamic perspective - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-B
Psychologists 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
True 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
Scientific 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
The 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
Investigators 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
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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 - Answer-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
- Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-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
, d.) the psychodynamic perspective - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-B
Psychologists 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
True 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
Scientific 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
The 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
Investigators 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
