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Who founded Behaviorism and rejected the study of consciousness in
favor of observable behavior?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) John B. Watson
C) Carl Rogers
D) Max Wertheimer – Correct Answer - B) John B. Watson
Who developed Gestalt Psychology and emphasized that the whole is
greater than the sum of its parts in perception?
A) Kurt Koffka
B) B.F. Skinner
C) Abraham Maslow
D) John B. Watson – Correct Answer - A) Kurt Koffka
Natasha is conducting a survey and is growing tired of completing it.
She decides to barely read the questions before answering so that she
can hurry. What behavior is she taking part in?
A) Texturing
B) Exhibiting behavior of social desirability
C) Skimming
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,D) Haloing – Correct Answer - C) Skimming
Who is often considered the founder of psychology and developed
Structuralism?
A) William James
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Abraham Maslow
D) Wilhelm Wundt – Correct Answer - D) Wilhelm Wundt
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the role of the unconscious
mind and the influence of early childhood experiences on an individual's
personality?
A) Functionalism
B) Gestalt Psychology
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Humanistic Psychology – Correct Answer - C) Psychoanalysis
What type of assessment would be administered to determine if a person
meets the criteria for a psychological disorder?
A) Neuropsychology
B) Personality
C) Behavioral
D) Clinical – Correct Answer - D) Clinical
Aiden is conducting a drug trial. He is required to provide a fake pill
(sugar pill) to the control group that has no real medicine in it
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,whatsoever. What issue is Aiden accounting for by providing the fake
pill to this group?
A) Participant bias
B) The placebo effect
C) Experimenter bias
D) The Dunning-Kreuger Effect – Correct Answer - B) The placebo
effect
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the study of the purpose
and function of mental processes in adapting to the environment?
A) Structuralism
B) Functionalism
C) Behaviorism
D) Psychoanalysis – Correct Answer - B) Functionalism
Prahlad has experienced mild, ongoing sadness and loss of interest for
the past few years. Prahlad is most likely to be diagnosed with
__________.
A) dysthymia
B) catatonia
C) mania
D) depression
E) somatoform disorder - Correct Answer – A) dysthymia
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, Butch alternates between periods of dark despair and times of elation,
great energy, recklessness, and creativity. Butch suffers from
__________.
A) dysthymia
B) bipolar disorder
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) somatoform disorder
E) catatonia - Correct Answer – B) bipolar disorder
Which alternative correctly identifies a personality disorder cluster?
A) Cluster C - anxious/inhibited
B) Cluster B - odd/eccentric
C) Cluster C - odd/eccentric
D) Cluster A - dramatic/erratic
E) Cluster B - anxious/inhibited - Correct Answer – A) Cluster C -
anxious/inhibited
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by a(n):
A) exaggerated sense of self-importance
B) extreme perfectionism and need to do everything 'right'
C) disregard for the rule of society or the rights of others
D) inability to develop a stable sense of identity
E) distrust in and suspicion of other people - Correct Answer – A)
exaggerated sense of self-importance
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Who founded Behaviorism and rejected the study of consciousness in
favor of observable behavior?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) John B. Watson
C) Carl Rogers
D) Max Wertheimer – Correct Answer - B) John B. Watson
Who developed Gestalt Psychology and emphasized that the whole is
greater than the sum of its parts in perception?
A) Kurt Koffka
B) B.F. Skinner
C) Abraham Maslow
D) John B. Watson – Correct Answer - A) Kurt Koffka
Natasha is conducting a survey and is growing tired of completing it.
She decides to barely read the questions before answering so that she
can hurry. What behavior is she taking part in?
A) Texturing
B) Exhibiting behavior of social desirability
C) Skimming
pg. 1
,D) Haloing – Correct Answer - C) Skimming
Who is often considered the founder of psychology and developed
Structuralism?
A) William James
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Abraham Maslow
D) Wilhelm Wundt – Correct Answer - D) Wilhelm Wundt
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the role of the unconscious
mind and the influence of early childhood experiences on an individual's
personality?
A) Functionalism
B) Gestalt Psychology
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Humanistic Psychology – Correct Answer - C) Psychoanalysis
What type of assessment would be administered to determine if a person
meets the criteria for a psychological disorder?
A) Neuropsychology
B) Personality
C) Behavioral
D) Clinical – Correct Answer - D) Clinical
Aiden is conducting a drug trial. He is required to provide a fake pill
(sugar pill) to the control group that has no real medicine in it
pg. 2
,whatsoever. What issue is Aiden accounting for by providing the fake
pill to this group?
A) Participant bias
B) The placebo effect
C) Experimenter bias
D) The Dunning-Kreuger Effect – Correct Answer - B) The placebo
effect
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the study of the purpose
and function of mental processes in adapting to the environment?
A) Structuralism
B) Functionalism
C) Behaviorism
D) Psychoanalysis – Correct Answer - B) Functionalism
Prahlad has experienced mild, ongoing sadness and loss of interest for
the past few years. Prahlad is most likely to be diagnosed with
__________.
A) dysthymia
B) catatonia
C) mania
D) depression
E) somatoform disorder - Correct Answer – A) dysthymia
pg. 3
, Butch alternates between periods of dark despair and times of elation,
great energy, recklessness, and creativity. Butch suffers from
__________.
A) dysthymia
B) bipolar disorder
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) somatoform disorder
E) catatonia - Correct Answer – B) bipolar disorder
Which alternative correctly identifies a personality disorder cluster?
A) Cluster C - anxious/inhibited
B) Cluster B - odd/eccentric
C) Cluster C - odd/eccentric
D) Cluster A - dramatic/erratic
E) Cluster B - anxious/inhibited - Correct Answer – A) Cluster C -
anxious/inhibited
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by a(n):
A) exaggerated sense of self-importance
B) extreme perfectionism and need to do everything 'right'
C) disregard for the rule of society or the rights of others
D) inability to develop a stable sense of identity
E) distrust in and suspicion of other people - Correct Answer – A)
exaggerated sense of self-importance
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