Test Bank
Introducing Psychology
By Daniel Schacter.
5th edition
,Chapter 01: true/false
1. René descartes believed that the brain and the mind are fundamentally the same thing.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
2. Philosophical empiricists believe that certain knowledge is innate.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
3. Wilhelm wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
4. Wilhelm wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in leipzig in 1879.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
5. Helmholtz developed introspection as a tool for understanding the structure of consciousness.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
6. Wilhelm wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component parts.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
7. Wilhelm wundt was most interested in how consciousness is an adaptive feature of the human existence.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
8. Functionalists depended on introspection to study subjective observations of personal experience.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
9. William james did not believe that consciousness could be broken down into basic elements.
a. True
, b. False
Answer: a
10. The work of william james was largely influenced by darwin's theory of natural selection.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
11. Freud believed that unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
12. The goal of psychoanalysis is to banish unwanted feelings and memories to the unconscious.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
13. The greatest contribution of psychoanalysis was the research in experimental psychology that it generated.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
14. Behaviorism focused on the scientific study of objectively observable behavior.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
15. Behavioral measures typically are more subjective than introspective measures.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
16. Behaviorists believe that the behavior of nonhuman animals—not human behavior—is the proper subject
matter of psychology.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
17. The founder of behaviorism was william james.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
, 18. John watson was largely influenced by the work of ivan pavlov.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
19. With rats pressing levers for food, john watson developed the concept of reinforcement.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
20. B. F. Skinner focused on the consequences of behavior as determinants of whether it would reoccur.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
21. If a behavior is reinforced, it is more likely to occur again.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
22. To test his theories, b. F. Skinner raised his daughter in a conditioning chamber, or skinner box and
conducted experiments on her.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
23. B. F. Skinner believed that humans did not have free will.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
24. Gestalt psychology was influenced by the work of ivan pavlov.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
25. Gestalt psychologists believe that the mind imposes organization on what it perceives.
26. Gestalt psychologists believe that the entirety of a perceptual experience can be greater than the sum of its
component parts.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
Introducing Psychology
By Daniel Schacter.
5th edition
,Chapter 01: true/false
1. René descartes believed that the brain and the mind are fundamentally the same thing.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
2. Philosophical empiricists believe that certain knowledge is innate.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
3. Wilhelm wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
4. Wilhelm wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in leipzig in 1879.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
5. Helmholtz developed introspection as a tool for understanding the structure of consciousness.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
6. Wilhelm wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component parts.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
7. Wilhelm wundt was most interested in how consciousness is an adaptive feature of the human existence.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
8. Functionalists depended on introspection to study subjective observations of personal experience.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
9. William james did not believe that consciousness could be broken down into basic elements.
a. True
, b. False
Answer: a
10. The work of william james was largely influenced by darwin's theory of natural selection.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
11. Freud believed that unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
12. The goal of psychoanalysis is to banish unwanted feelings and memories to the unconscious.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
13. The greatest contribution of psychoanalysis was the research in experimental psychology that it generated.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
14. Behaviorism focused on the scientific study of objectively observable behavior.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
15. Behavioral measures typically are more subjective than introspective measures.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
16. Behaviorists believe that the behavior of nonhuman animals—not human behavior—is the proper subject
matter of psychology.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
17. The founder of behaviorism was william james.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
, 18. John watson was largely influenced by the work of ivan pavlov.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
19. With rats pressing levers for food, john watson developed the concept of reinforcement.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
20. B. F. Skinner focused on the consequences of behavior as determinants of whether it would reoccur.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
21. If a behavior is reinforced, it is more likely to occur again.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
22. To test his theories, b. F. Skinner raised his daughter in a conditioning chamber, or skinner box and
conducted experiments on her.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
23. B. F. Skinner believed that humans did not have free will.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
24. Gestalt psychology was influenced by the work of ivan pavlov.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
25. Gestalt psychologists believe that the mind imposes organization on what it perceives.
26. Gestalt psychologists believe that the entirety of a perceptual experience can be greater than the sum of its
component parts.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
