UTD psych 2301 exam 1 review:
practice quizzes with complete
solutions
Some early philosophers believed that certain kinds of knowledge were innate or inborn, a
theory known as: - correct answer ✔✔nativism
A spiritual leader believes that the soul and the body are fundamentally different from each
other, and are linked via a special structure in the brain. His beliefs are similar to those of: -
correct answer ✔✔Descartes
Dr. Quack touches specific bumps on a patient's skull and then indicates specific character traits
for the patient, for example, "This patient is cautious." Dr. Quack is engaging in: - correct answer
✔✔phrenology
Wundt believed that scientific psychology should focus on analyzing the basic elements
comprising consciousness, an approach he called: - correct answer ✔✔structuralism
Which school of psychology was most concerned with the adaptive importance of mental
processes? - correct answer ✔✔functionalism
The term "patient" is to psychoanalysis as the term "client" is to: - correct answer
✔✔humanism
Leslie thinks that we learn to act in certain ways because of the consequences of our behavior.
Her belief is probably influenced by the findings of: - correct answer ✔✔B.F. Skinner
, When you go to a movie theater that uses film projection, you might see the fast movement of
a superhero flying through the air. What you are really seeing is a series of still photographs
flashed quickly onto the screen. What area of psychology studied this phenomenon? - correct
answer ✔✔gestalt
Jamie suffered a stroke and damaged her Broca's area. Jamie will have problems: - correct
answer ✔✔reading out loud
Jeff thinks it would be beneficial for his employees to attend a seminar on how to become more
productive at work. Which type of psychologist would conduct this seminar? - correct answer
✔✔industrial/organizational psychologist
Which mental health professionals assist people in dealing with work/career issues, life
changes, and common crises? - correct answer ✔✔counseling psychologists
Cliff's therapist prescribes Xanax to treat his anxiety. Cliff's therapist is probably a: - correct
answer ✔✔psychiatrist
Dan believes that happiness has little to do with material possessions. He makes a specific
prediction that people who win the lottery will not be any happier than they were before
winning. This testable prediction is termed a(n): - correct answer ✔✔hypothesis
Drugs of abuse activate the reward pathway in the brain. This pathway consists of multiple brain
structures, many neurotransmitters, and millions of interconnected neurons. Determining the
brain changes that underlie the transition from casual drug use to addiction is a difficult process
due to the _____ of the system. - correct answer ✔✔complexity
Describing length as "change in the location of light over time" is an example of a(n): - correct
answer ✔✔operational definition
practice quizzes with complete
solutions
Some early philosophers believed that certain kinds of knowledge were innate or inborn, a
theory known as: - correct answer ✔✔nativism
A spiritual leader believes that the soul and the body are fundamentally different from each
other, and are linked via a special structure in the brain. His beliefs are similar to those of: -
correct answer ✔✔Descartes
Dr. Quack touches specific bumps on a patient's skull and then indicates specific character traits
for the patient, for example, "This patient is cautious." Dr. Quack is engaging in: - correct answer
✔✔phrenology
Wundt believed that scientific psychology should focus on analyzing the basic elements
comprising consciousness, an approach he called: - correct answer ✔✔structuralism
Which school of psychology was most concerned with the adaptive importance of mental
processes? - correct answer ✔✔functionalism
The term "patient" is to psychoanalysis as the term "client" is to: - correct answer
✔✔humanism
Leslie thinks that we learn to act in certain ways because of the consequences of our behavior.
Her belief is probably influenced by the findings of: - correct answer ✔✔B.F. Skinner
, When you go to a movie theater that uses film projection, you might see the fast movement of
a superhero flying through the air. What you are really seeing is a series of still photographs
flashed quickly onto the screen. What area of psychology studied this phenomenon? - correct
answer ✔✔gestalt
Jamie suffered a stroke and damaged her Broca's area. Jamie will have problems: - correct
answer ✔✔reading out loud
Jeff thinks it would be beneficial for his employees to attend a seminar on how to become more
productive at work. Which type of psychologist would conduct this seminar? - correct answer
✔✔industrial/organizational psychologist
Which mental health professionals assist people in dealing with work/career issues, life
changes, and common crises? - correct answer ✔✔counseling psychologists
Cliff's therapist prescribes Xanax to treat his anxiety. Cliff's therapist is probably a: - correct
answer ✔✔psychiatrist
Dan believes that happiness has little to do with material possessions. He makes a specific
prediction that people who win the lottery will not be any happier than they were before
winning. This testable prediction is termed a(n): - correct answer ✔✔hypothesis
Drugs of abuse activate the reward pathway in the brain. This pathway consists of multiple brain
structures, many neurotransmitters, and millions of interconnected neurons. Determining the
brain changes that underlie the transition from casual drug use to addiction is a difficult process
due to the _____ of the system. - correct answer ✔✔complexity
Describing length as "change in the location of light over time" is an example of a(n): - correct
answer ✔✔operational definition
