Psychology Test Chapters 1–4 | Hope & Campbell Study Guide

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1. Dr. Amani is interested in investigating why women are more able to correctly interpret emotional
expressions than men. He is most interested in the scientific goal of _____.

A. explaining

B. predicting

C. describing

D. deciding

A. explaining




2. Behavior is _____; mental processes are _____.

A. private/personal

B. personal/observable

C. personal/private

D. observable/private

D. observable/private




3. Which of the following is an example of behavior?

A. Thinking of a family vacation.

B. Two people holding hands.


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C. A student's memory of a motorcycle trip.

D. A baby's feelings when its mother leaves the room.

B. Two people holding hands.




4. According to the text, which of the following attitudes are central to the scientific approach to
psychology?

A. Critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and objectivity

B. Critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and subjectivity

C. Critical thinking, curiosity, political correctness, and objectivity

D. Critical thinking, curiosity, political correctness, and subjectivity

A. Critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and objectivity




5. The core of the scientific method is based on critical thinking, curiosity, objectivity, and _____.

A. skepticism

B. anachronistic thinking

C. political correctness

D. subjectivity

A. skepticism




6. Which of the following statements about critical thinking is false?

A. Critical thinking is the process of thinking deeply and actively, asking questions, and evaluating the
evidence.

B. Critical thinking comes into play when scientists consider the conclusions they draw from research.




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C. Critical thinking increases the likelihood that conclusions will be based on unreliable personal beliefs,
opinions, and emotions.

D. Critical thinkers question and test what some people say are facts.

C. Critical thinking increases the likelihood that conclusions will be based on unreliable personal beliefs,
opinions, and emotions.




7. The empirical method best fulfills which of the following goals of science?

A. Expectations

B. Objectivity

C. Subjectivity

D. Political correctness

B. Objectivity




8. Psychology began as a science in the discipline of _____.

A. philosophy

B. physics

C. chemistry

D. sociology

A. philosophy




9. Which of the following theorists used the structuralism approach to studying human behavior?

A. William James

B. Wilhelm Wundt




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C. Charles Darwin

D. Sigmund Freud

B. Wilhelm Wundt




10. With which school of psychology is Wilhelm Wundt associated?

A. Functionalism

B. Structuralism

C. Humanism

D. Behaviorism

B. Structuralism




11. If you were a psychologist who adopted the structuralism approach, you would be interested in the
_____ of the mind, using _____ as your primary research method.

A. function/ experimentation

B. structures/ externalization

C. function/ retrospection

D. structures/ introspection

D. structures/ introspection




12. Wilhelm Wundt was the founder of _____, whereas William James was the founder of _____.

A. structuralism/ behaviorism

B. behaviorism/ functionalism

C. functionalism/ behaviorism



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