Test bank Psychology in Action, 12th Edition by Karen Huffman

,Test Bank For Psychology in Action, 12th Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction and Research Methods


Multiple Choice

1. Modern-day psychology emphasizes ________, which involves objectively evaluating, comparing,
analyzing, and synthesizing information.
a) common sense
b) pseudoscience
c) controlling behavior
d) critical thinking

Ans: d
Section ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge


2. In your text, psychology is defined as the _____.
a) science of conscious and unconscious forces on behavior
b) scientific study of behavior
c) scientific study of the mind
d) scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Ans: d
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge


3. In your textbook, the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing
information is called _____.
a) empiricism
b) science
c) critical thinking
d) mental processing

Ans: c
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Medium
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Objective: 1.1
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge


4. A newspaper website recently posted an article analyzing the handwriting of the President of the
United States. “Experts” were cited who discussed conclusions about the President’s personality based on




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,Test Bank For Psychology in Action, 12th Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction and Research Methods


the way he signs his name. This area of study, called graphology, is an example of ________, because it
is based more on unfounded beliefs than genuine, research-supported data.
a) parapsychology
b) psychology
c) philosophy
d) pseudopsychology

Ans: d
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Medium
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Application

5. Dr. Kaplan makes up her responses to radio listeners, using mostly her own ‘common sense’, personal
beliefs, and values instead of information based on scientific research. This practice is more like _____
than _____.
a) psychology; pseudopsychology
b) pseudopsychology; psychology
c) philosophy, parapsychology
d) parapsychology; psychology

Ans: b
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Hard
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Application


6. Which of the following is an example of a mental process?
a) Remembering
b) Speaking
c) Reading
d) Crying

Ans: a
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Medium
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Application


7. If you were assigned a term paper examining the life of the “father of psychology,” which name should
you begin researching?
a) Wilhelm Wundt
b) Charles Darwin




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Chapter 1. Introduction and Research Methods


c) Edward Titchener
d) Sigmund Freud

Ans: a
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Hard
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge


8. The science of psychology began in 1879 in Germany with ___________.
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Wilhelm Wundt
c) William James
d) Sigmund Freud

Ans: b
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Medium
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge

9. Diane is keeping an in-depth record of her conscious awareness, including the basic sensations, images,
feelings, and thoughts that she is aware of experiencing. Diane is practicing what Wundt would call
_________.
a) psychoanalysis
b) empiricism
c) functionalism
d) introspection

Ans: d
Section Ref: Introducing Psychology
Difficulty: Hard
Objective: 1.1
Objective Text: Summarize psychology’s past, modern perspectives, and what psychologists do.
Bloom’s Level: Application


10. The psychological school of thought called structuralism is associated with _____ and engages in the
method of studying experience called _____.
a) Wundt and James; introspection
b) Titchener and James; Gestalting
c) Freud and Jung; introspection
d) Wundt and Titchener; Gestalting

Ans: d




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