EDITION
SENIOR CONTRIBUTING
AUTHORS
ROSE M. SPIELMAN, FORMERLY
OF QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM J. JENKINS, MERCER
UNIVERSITY
MARILYN D. LOVETT, SPELMAN
COLLEGE
TEST BANK
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, TEST BANK
Introduction to Psychology
1.
Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?
a. critical thinking
b. use of the scientific method
c. critical evaluation of sources of information
, d. all of the above
2.
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken
by those in ________.
a. biology
b. chemistry
c. philosophy
d. physics
3.
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) ________.
a. observation
b. measurement
c. test
d. proposed explanation
4.
Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement:
Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.
a. William James
b. Max Wertheimer
c. Carl Rogers
d. Noam Chomsky
5.
________ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.
a. Noam Chomsky
b. Carl Rogers
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Sigmund Freud
6.
Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic environment
for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems.
a. structuralism
b. functionalism
c. Gestalt
d. unconditional positive regard
7.
The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of
operant conditioning.