Test Bank for Introducing Psychology 5th Edition by
Schacter – Complete All Chapters (Newest 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
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Chapter 01: True/False
b. False
ANSWER: b
6. Wilhelm Wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component parts. a.
True
b. False
ANSWER: a
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
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,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
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
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.
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Chapter 01: True/False
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
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Schacter – Complete All Chapters (Newest 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
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: True/False
b. False
ANSWER: b
6. Wilhelm Wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component parts. a.
True
b. False
ANSWER: a
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
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,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
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
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.
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: True/False
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
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