SCHACTER’S PSYCHOLOGY (6TH EDITION)
– FULL EXAM 40+ Q&A SET FOR FAST A+
PREP.
1. Nature is to nurture as:
a. trigger is to reaction.
b. realism is to dualism.
c. nativism is to empiricism.
d. introspection is to functionalism.
CORR ANS: c
2. Psychology is the scientific study of:
a. cognition and body.
b. cognition and actions.
c. mood and actions.
d. mood and body.
CORR ANS: b
3. Jaqueline believes that her spirituality is unrelated to the activity in her brain. This is a philosophy known as:
a. idealism.
b. structuralism.
c. physicalism.
d. dualism.
CORR ANS: d
4. Psychology is the study of cognition and actions.
a. materialistic
b. idealistic
c. scientific
d. philosophical
CORR ANS: c
5. Helmholtz was a who studied .
a. philosopher; the cognition–body problem
b. actionsal neuroscientist; the maze performance of rats
c. personality theorist; the shape of skulls
d. physiologist; reaction time
CORR ANS: d
,6. Philosophical idealism is the view that:
a. interpretations of the physical world are produced entirely from sensory organs.
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, b. interpretations of the physical world are our brain's best interpretation of the information that enters through
our sensory apparatus.
c. the cognition and the body are fundamentally different things.
d. when appropriately reinforced, people behave in ideal ways.
CORR ANS: b
7. believed that the child's cognition was a tabula rasa, or a blank slate, on which experiences were written.
a. Locke
b. Kant
c. Freud
d. Wundt
CORR ANS: a
8. Audrey emphasizes the importance of the subconscious and uses free association in her therapy
sessions. Audrey is MOST likely a(n):
a. actionsist.
b. cognitive neuroscientist.
c. evolutionary psychologist.
d. psychoanalyst.
CORR ANS: d
9. Psychology is the scientific study of cognition and actions. Actions refers to:
a. interpretations, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
b. a set of private events that happen inside a person.
c. urges.
d. a set of public events—the things we say and do that can potentially be observed by others.
CORR ANS: d
10. stresses the importance of studying observable actionss and ignores the mental processes involved
in different tasks.
a. Actionsism
b. Natural selection
c. Idealism
d. Cognitive psychology
CORR ANS: a
11. The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in physiology and in:
a. anatomy.
b. logic.
c. dualism.
d. philosophy.
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, CORR ANS: d
12. Edward Titchener used as a technique to determine the of consciousness.
a. introspection; basic elements
b. hypnosis; adaptability
c. psychonautics; basic functions
d. neuroimaging; evolution
CORR ANS: a
13. In Pavlov's classic experiment, the sound of a tone was the that produced a of salivation in
dogs, even in the absence of food.
a. reaction; trigger
b. trigger; reaction
c. reinforcer; trigger
d. trigger; reinforcer
CORR ANS: b
14. William James was influenced by the work of:
a. Edward Titchener.
b. Sigmund Freud.
c. Ivan Pavlov.
d. Wilhelm Wundt.
CORR ANS: d
15. Among the first to struggle with how the cognition works were the:
a. ancient philosophers.
b. realists led by Locke.
c. nativists led by Kant.
d. 18th-century German physiologists.
CORR ANS: a
16. Freud's psychoanalytic concept had the greatest influence on:
a. actionsists.
b. evolutionary psychologists.
c. clinicians.
d. neuroscientists.
CORR ANS: c
17. Which statement is NOT true about B. F. Skinner?
a. He developed a specialized chamber in which rats could press levers to earn food.
b. He proposed the psychoanalytic concept.
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– FULL EXAM 40+ Q&A SET FOR FAST A+
PREP.
1. Nature is to nurture as:
a. trigger is to reaction.
b. realism is to dualism.
c. nativism is to empiricism.
d. introspection is to functionalism.
CORR ANS: c
2. Psychology is the scientific study of:
a. cognition and body.
b. cognition and actions.
c. mood and actions.
d. mood and body.
CORR ANS: b
3. Jaqueline believes that her spirituality is unrelated to the activity in her brain. This is a philosophy known as:
a. idealism.
b. structuralism.
c. physicalism.
d. dualism.
CORR ANS: d
4. Psychology is the study of cognition and actions.
a. materialistic
b. idealistic
c. scientific
d. philosophical
CORR ANS: c
5. Helmholtz was a who studied .
a. philosopher; the cognition–body problem
b. actionsal neuroscientist; the maze performance of rats
c. personality theorist; the shape of skulls
d. physiologist; reaction time
CORR ANS: d
,6. Philosophical idealism is the view that:
a. interpretations of the physical world are produced entirely from sensory organs.
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, b. interpretations of the physical world are our brain's best interpretation of the information that enters through
our sensory apparatus.
c. the cognition and the body are fundamentally different things.
d. when appropriately reinforced, people behave in ideal ways.
CORR ANS: b
7. believed that the child's cognition was a tabula rasa, or a blank slate, on which experiences were written.
a. Locke
b. Kant
c. Freud
d. Wundt
CORR ANS: a
8. Audrey emphasizes the importance of the subconscious and uses free association in her therapy
sessions. Audrey is MOST likely a(n):
a. actionsist.
b. cognitive neuroscientist.
c. evolutionary psychologist.
d. psychoanalyst.
CORR ANS: d
9. Psychology is the scientific study of cognition and actions. Actions refers to:
a. interpretations, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
b. a set of private events that happen inside a person.
c. urges.
d. a set of public events—the things we say and do that can potentially be observed by others.
CORR ANS: d
10. stresses the importance of studying observable actionss and ignores the mental processes involved
in different tasks.
a. Actionsism
b. Natural selection
c. Idealism
d. Cognitive psychology
CORR ANS: a
11. The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in physiology and in:
a. anatomy.
b. logic.
c. dualism.
d. philosophy.
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, CORR ANS: d
12. Edward Titchener used as a technique to determine the of consciousness.
a. introspection; basic elements
b. hypnosis; adaptability
c. psychonautics; basic functions
d. neuroimaging; evolution
CORR ANS: a
13. In Pavlov's classic experiment, the sound of a tone was the that produced a of salivation in
dogs, even in the absence of food.
a. reaction; trigger
b. trigger; reaction
c. reinforcer; trigger
d. trigger; reinforcer
CORR ANS: b
14. William James was influenced by the work of:
a. Edward Titchener.
b. Sigmund Freud.
c. Ivan Pavlov.
d. Wilhelm Wundt.
CORR ANS: d
15. Among the first to struggle with how the cognition works were the:
a. ancient philosophers.
b. realists led by Locke.
c. nativists led by Kant.
d. 18th-century German physiologists.
CORR ANS: a
16. Freud's psychoanalytic concept had the greatest influence on:
a. actionsists.
b. evolutionary psychologists.
c. clinicians.
d. neuroscientists.
CORR ANS: c
17. Which statement is NOT true about B. F. Skinner?
a. He developed a specialized chamber in which rats could press levers to earn food.
b. He proposed the psychoanalytic concept.
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