PY 101 Quiz 1
d - correct answer ✔Tim is tries to explain what his Introductory Psychology
class is all about. Tim can best describe psychology as the study of human
behavior and ____________.
a. interaction.
b. motivation.
c. feelings.
d. mental processes.
b - correct answer ✔Edmund wants to study how different areas in our brain
are activated when we learn a new language. Edmund wants to conduct
research in the area of ________.
a. learning psychology
b. biological psychology
c. personality psychology
d. social psychology
b - correct answer ✔Dr. Jamison is conducting a study examining the
emotional and behavioral changes that occur during childhood and puberty.
The subfield of psychology Dr. Jamison seems to be interested in is
__________ psychology.
a. clinical
b. developmental
c. biological
d. social
, a - correct answer ✔The tasks of a(n) __________ psychologist include
improving supervisors' leadership skills, creating maximum-efficiency work
groups, and suggesting other research-based programs designed to increase
efficiency.
a. industrial and organizational
b. clinical
c. experimental
d. developmental
c - correct answer ✔The first psychologist in the world is considered to be
a. Sigmund Freud.
b. B. F. Skinner.
c. Wilhelm Wundt.
d. John Watson.
d - correct answer ✔"Anything that cannot be observed and measured
directly is not worth studying." Which psychologists are most likely to agree
with this statement?
a. Psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson
b. Functionalists John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner
c. Structuralists William James and Wilhelm Wundt
d. Behaviorists John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner
d - correct answer ✔Many studies on mate selection are based on
__________. For example, men prefer younger females due to their greater
reproductive capacity.
a. psychoneuroimmunology.
b. psychobiology.
d - correct answer ✔Tim is tries to explain what his Introductory Psychology
class is all about. Tim can best describe psychology as the study of human
behavior and ____________.
a. interaction.
b. motivation.
c. feelings.
d. mental processes.
b - correct answer ✔Edmund wants to study how different areas in our brain
are activated when we learn a new language. Edmund wants to conduct
research in the area of ________.
a. learning psychology
b. biological psychology
c. personality psychology
d. social psychology
b - correct answer ✔Dr. Jamison is conducting a study examining the
emotional and behavioral changes that occur during childhood and puberty.
The subfield of psychology Dr. Jamison seems to be interested in is
__________ psychology.
a. clinical
b. developmental
c. biological
d. social
, a - correct answer ✔The tasks of a(n) __________ psychologist include
improving supervisors' leadership skills, creating maximum-efficiency work
groups, and suggesting other research-based programs designed to increase
efficiency.
a. industrial and organizational
b. clinical
c. experimental
d. developmental
c - correct answer ✔The first psychologist in the world is considered to be
a. Sigmund Freud.
b. B. F. Skinner.
c. Wilhelm Wundt.
d. John Watson.
d - correct answer ✔"Anything that cannot be observed and measured
directly is not worth studying." Which psychologists are most likely to agree
with this statement?
a. Psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson
b. Functionalists John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner
c. Structuralists William James and Wilhelm Wundt
d. Behaviorists John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner
d - correct answer ✔Many studies on mate selection are based on
__________. For example, men prefer younger females due to their greater
reproductive capacity.
a. psychoneuroimmunology.
b. psychobiology.
