EDITION
SENIOR CONTRIBUTING
AUTHORS
ROSE M. SPIELMAN, FORMERLY
OF QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM J. JENKINS, MERCER
UNIVERSITY
MARILYN D. LOVETT, SPELMAN
COLLEGE
TEST BANK
,TEST BANK
, Introduction to Psychology
1.
Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?
a. critical thinking
b. use of the scientific method
c. critical evaluation of sources of information
d. all of the above
2.
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken
by those in ________.
a. biology
b. chemistry
c. philosophy
d. physics
3.
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) ________.
a. observation
b. measurement
c. test
d. proposed explanation
4.
Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement:
Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.
a. William James
b. Max Wertheimer
c. Carl Rogers
d. Noam Chomsky
5.
________ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.
a. Noam Chomsky
b. Carl Rogers
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Sigmund Freud
6.
Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic environment
for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems.
a. structuralism
, b. functionalism
c. Gestalt
d. unconditional positive regard
7.
The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of
operant conditioning.
a. Skinner
b. Watson
c. James
d. Koffka
8.
A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain
related to learning and memory) are related to memory formation would be most likely to identify as
a(n) ________ psychologist.
a. biological
b. health
c. clinical
d. social
9.
An individual’s consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) ________.
a. psychosexual stage
b. object permanence
c. personality
d. perception
10.
In Milgram’s controversial study on obedience, nearly ________ of the participants were willing to
administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to
do so by an authority figure.
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 4/5
11.
A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most
likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.
a. personality
b. clinical
c. social
d. I-O