• “Essentials of Psychology 6th Edition Test
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Science of Psychology
The Biological Perspective
Sensation and Perception
Consciousness
Learning
Memory
Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
Development Across the Life Span
Motivation and Emotion
Sexuality and Gender
Stress and Health
Social Psychology
Theories of Personality
Psychological Disorders
Psychological Therapies
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Chapter 1 – Quick Quiz 1
1. The goals of psychology are to .
a) explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the human mind
b) understand, compare, and analyze human behavior
c) improve psychological well-being in all individuals from birth until death
d) describe, explain, predict, and control behavior
2. was an early proponent of functionalism.
a) Ivan Pavlov c) Wilhelm Wundt
b) William James d) Max Wertheimer
3. Freud said phobias were , whereas Watson said phobias were .
a) learned; inherited c) sexual; unconscious
b) repressed conflicts; learned d) conditioned; unconditioned
4. Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?
a) psychoanalysis c) cognitive perspective
b) humanism d) behaviorism
5. The class is playing a game of Jeopardy! and it is your turn. “I’ll take
Specialties in Psychology for $300.” The revealed answer is, “These
psychological professionals work with situations in which environmental
conditions may have an impact on mental health.” What will you say?
a) “What is a neuropsychologist?”
b) “What is a forensic psychologist?”
c) “What is a psychiatric social worker?”
d) “What is a developmental psychologist?”
6. When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors
conduct their classes, you are engaging in a form of .
a) case study research c) survey research
b) naturalistic observation d) psychometric study
7. A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called a .
a) representative sample c) single-blind study
b) case study d) naturalistic observation
8. A negative correlation means that .
a) high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other
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b) high values of one variable are associated with high values of the other
c) low values of one variable are associated with low values of the other
d) there is no relationship between the two variables
9. is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the
experimental or the control group, but the experimenters do know which
participants are part of which group.
a) The double-blind study c) The single-blind study
b) Field research d) Correlational research
10. Experimenters can justify the use of deception because .
a) there is informed consent c) it may be necessary for the experiment to work
b) research is more important than people d) it is not that harmful