TEST BANK FOR
PSYCHOLOGY 10TH
EDITION IN MODULES
DAVID G. MYERS
,1. To study inner sensations, images, and feelings, Edward Titchener engaged people in
self-reflective
A) psychoanalysis.
B) introspection.
C) positive psychology.
D) spaced practice.
2. Which school of psychology was most clearly concerned with the adaptive value of
complex mental processes?
A) structuralism
B) behaviorism
C) psychoanalysis
D) functionalism
3. Wilhelm Wundt was both a
A) psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.
B) physiologist and philosopher.
C) sociologist and psychiatrist.
D) theologian and philosopher.
4. The growth potential of healthy people was emphasized by
A) Freudian psychology.
B) cognitive neuroscience.
C) structuralism.
D) humanistic psychology.
5. A study of the relationship between reasoning capacities and brain functions would be
of most direct interest to
A) behaviorism.
B) humanistic psychology.
C) cognitive neuroscience.
D) the psychodynamic perspective.
6. The suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas
best highlights the character of psychology.
A) naturalistic
B) humanistic
C) scientific
D) introspective
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, 7. In debating the origins of human traits, Plato and Aristotle disagreed about the relative
importance of
A) basic and applied research.
B) nature and nurture.
C) behavior and mental processes.
D) structuralism and functionalism.
8. The importance of inherited behavioral traits was most clearly highlighted by
A) John Locke.
B) Charles Darwin.
C) John B. Watson.
D) B. F. Skinner.
9. Professor Reed attempts to assess the relative contributions of heredity and home
environment on children's susceptibility to depression. Her research best illustrates the
concerns of the _ perspective.
A) psychodynamic
B) behavior genetics
C) cognitive
D) behavioral
10. Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the links between hormone levels
and sexual motivation?
A) behavioral
B) cognitive
C) psychodynamic
D) neuroscience
11. Focusing on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside our own
awareness is most relevant to the perspective.
A) neuroscience
B) behavioral
C) psychodynamic
D) social-cultural
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, 12. The marriage rituals of different ethnic groups are of most relevance to the
perspective.
A) evolutionary
B) social-cultural
C) psychodynamic
D) cognitive
13. Professor Helms conducts basic research on the progressive changes in infants'
perceptual skills during the first year of life. Professor Helms is most likely a
psychologist.
A) social
B) clinical
C) personality
D) developmental
14. Dr. Stevens provides psychotherapy to people who suffer from excessive anxiety. Dr.
Stevens is most likely a _ psychologist.
A) social
B) developmental
C) clinical
D) cognitive
15. SQ3R is an acronym for an effective
A) neuroscience perspective.
B) study method.
C) biopsychosocial approach.
D) form of psychotherapy.
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PSYCHOLOGY 10TH
EDITION IN MODULES
DAVID G. MYERS
,1. To study inner sensations, images, and feelings, Edward Titchener engaged people in
self-reflective
A) psychoanalysis.
B) introspection.
C) positive psychology.
D) spaced practice.
2. Which school of psychology was most clearly concerned with the adaptive value of
complex mental processes?
A) structuralism
B) behaviorism
C) psychoanalysis
D) functionalism
3. Wilhelm Wundt was both a
A) psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.
B) physiologist and philosopher.
C) sociologist and psychiatrist.
D) theologian and philosopher.
4. The growth potential of healthy people was emphasized by
A) Freudian psychology.
B) cognitive neuroscience.
C) structuralism.
D) humanistic psychology.
5. A study of the relationship between reasoning capacities and brain functions would be
of most direct interest to
A) behaviorism.
B) humanistic psychology.
C) cognitive neuroscience.
D) the psychodynamic perspective.
6. The suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas
best highlights the character of psychology.
A) naturalistic
B) humanistic
C) scientific
D) introspective
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, 7. In debating the origins of human traits, Plato and Aristotle disagreed about the relative
importance of
A) basic and applied research.
B) nature and nurture.
C) behavior and mental processes.
D) structuralism and functionalism.
8. The importance of inherited behavioral traits was most clearly highlighted by
A) John Locke.
B) Charles Darwin.
C) John B. Watson.
D) B. F. Skinner.
9. Professor Reed attempts to assess the relative contributions of heredity and home
environment on children's susceptibility to depression. Her research best illustrates the
concerns of the _ perspective.
A) psychodynamic
B) behavior genetics
C) cognitive
D) behavioral
10. Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the links between hormone levels
and sexual motivation?
A) behavioral
B) cognitive
C) psychodynamic
D) neuroscience
11. Focusing on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside our own
awareness is most relevant to the perspective.
A) neuroscience
B) behavioral
C) psychodynamic
D) social-cultural
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, 12. The marriage rituals of different ethnic groups are of most relevance to the
perspective.
A) evolutionary
B) social-cultural
C) psychodynamic
D) cognitive
13. Professor Helms conducts basic research on the progressive changes in infants'
perceptual skills during the first year of life. Professor Helms is most likely a
psychologist.
A) social
B) clinical
C) personality
D) developmental
14. Dr. Stevens provides psychotherapy to people who suffer from excessive anxiety. Dr.
Stevens is most likely a _ psychologist.
A) social
B) developmental
C) clinical
D) cognitive
15. SQ3R is an acronym for an effective
A) neuroscience perspective.
B) study method.
C) biopsychosocial approach.
D) form of psychotherapy.
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