TESTBANK FOR PSYCH 8th Edition Rathus

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, Rathus PSYCH 8e — Chapter 1
Total Questions: 148




Question 1 [True False]
Ravi is unable to choose the right career path after completing his college education. He plans to visit a
psychologist who might help him find the right career. In this scenario, Ravi is most likely to visit a
human factors psychologist.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 2 [True False]
Structuralists emphasized the tendency to organize perceptions into wholes and to integrate separate
stimuli into meaningful patterns.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 3 [True False]
Psychoanalysis is the name of the theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 4 [True False]
Erik Erikson focused more on unconscious processes and less on conscious choice and self-direction.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 5 [True False]
John B. Watson developed the social-cognitive perspective, arguing for the influence of social factors
over cognition
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 6 [True False]
Gestalt psychologists claimed that one cannot explain human perceptions, emotions, or thought
processes in terms of basic units.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True

,Question 7 [True False]
Jalen wondered how many blueberries are necessary for the perfect-tasting pancake. In this example,
changing the number of blueberries would be considered the dependent variable.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 8 [True False]
In the 1940s and 1950s, psychodynamic theory dominated the practice of psychotherapy.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 9 [True False]
According to structuralists, maladaptive behavior patterns tend to drop out and only the fittest behavior
patterns survive.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 10 [True False]
According to the ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association, animals cannot be
harmed under any circumstance while conducting research.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 11 [True False]
In the context of psychological research, debriefing is the process of explaining the purposes and
methods of a completed procedure to a participant.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 12 [True False]
Many case studies are clinical; that is, they are descriptions of a person's psychological problems and
how a psychologist treated them.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 13 [True False]
A sample consists of multiple populations.
a) True

, b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 14 [True False]
In a study conducted to test the effect of a medicine, one group of participants is given the medicine
while another group is not. The latter would be considered an experimental group.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 15 [True False]
Psychology seeks to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior and mental processes.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 16 [True False]
Paulina is a kindergarten teacher. Every time one of her students answers correctly during her alphabet
classes, she uses phrases like "Well done" and "Keep it up." Her behavior exemplifies reinforcement.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 17 [True False]
Correlations allow us to determine causality.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 18 [True False]
Structuralists tended to ask, "How do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the
requirements of their lives?"
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 19 [True False]
Sociocultural psychologists study the mind.
a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: False


Question 20 [True False]
As opposed to a dependent variable, an independent variable is manipulated by the experimenters so
that its effects may be determined.

, a) True
b) False
✓ Answer: True


Question 21 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following psychologists might treat offenders with mental illness, consult with attorneys
on matters such as picking a jury, and analyze offenders’ behavior and mental processes?
a) forensic psychologists
b) clinical psychologists
c) personality psychologists
d) experimental psychologists
✓ Answer: forensic psychologists


Question 22 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following statements is true of the experimental method of research?
a) In the experimental method of research, participants in control groups obtain the treatment being tested.
b) The experimental method fails to answer questions about cause and effect.
c) In the experimental method of research, participants in experimental groups do not obtain the treatment
being tested.
d) The experimental method allows psychologists to control the experiences of participants and draw
conclusions about cause and effect.
✓ Answer: The experimental method allows psychologists to control the experiences of participants and draw
conclusions about cause and effect.


Question 23 [Multiple Choice]
A person in which field primarily focuses on the relationships between people and work?
a) industrial psychologist
b) human factors psychologist
c) forensic psychologist
d) consumer psychologist
✓ Answer: industrial psychologist


Question 24 [Multiple Choice]
Since 15 percent of a university is composed of Asian American students, a sample for a study was
chosen in such a way that it, too, consisted of 15 percent Asian Americans. This kind of sample would
be an example of a ________.
a) random sample
b) static sample
c) crowd sample
d) stratified sample
✓ Answer: crowd sample


Question 25 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of biologically-oriented psychologists?

, a) They believe that self-awareness, experience, and choice permit us to invent ourselves and our ways of
relating to the world as we progress through life.
b) They study the influences of race/ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and
mental processes.
c) They investigate the ways we perceive and mentally represent the world, remember the past, plan for
the future, solve problems, form judgments, make decisions, and use language.
d) They study the role of heredity in behavior and mental processes such as psychological disorders,
criminal behavior, and thinking.
✓ Answer: They study the role of heredity in behavior and mental processes such as psychological disorders,
criminal behavior, and thinking.


Question 26 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following statements is true about the different types of psychologists?
a) Counseling psychologists deal exclusively with clients who suffer from serious psychological disorders.
b) Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behavior.
c) School psychologists focus on planning instructional methods for a school system rather than on
individual children.
d) Health psychologists apply psychology to the criminal justice system.
✓ Answer: Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behavior.


Question 27 [Multiple Choice]
Who was a founder of the school of functionalism?
a) B. F. Skinner
b) Wilhelm Wundt
c) William James
d) Kurt Koffka
✓ Answer: William James


Question 28 [Multiple Choice]
In every experiment, what the researcher is trying to determine has changed or not is called the
________.
a) dependent variable
b) confounding variable
c) correlation coefficient
d) stratified sample
✓ Answer: dependent variable


Question 29 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following is a drawback of case studies?
a) Interviewers may influence participants to give responses that suit their expectations.
b) Case studies are not descriptive and hence do not offer substantial information about participants.
c) Interviewers are required to disclose personal information about clients.
d) Case studies do not collect information about small groups.
✓ Answer: Interviewers may influence participants to give responses that suit their expectations.


Question 30 [Multiple Choice]

,Ned is feeling stressed because of his workload at the office. He is also experiencing insomnia with
rapid weight loss. What kind of correlation is there between Ned’s stress and the amount of sleep he
gets?
a) horizontal
b) negative
c) lateral
d) positive
✓ Answer: negative


Question 31 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following is true of Aristotle's contribution to psychology?
a) He held that people's behavior should be analyzed subjectively and not objectively.
b) He suggested that one could think of behavior in terms of a body and a mind.
c) He argued that human behavior is subject to rules and laws.
d) He pointed out that people's behavior is solely influenced by external stimulation.
✓ Answer: He argued that human behavior is subject to rules and laws.


Question 32 [Multiple Choice]
Brandon is a psychologist who is studying the relationship between heredity and mood disorders. He
strongly believes that behavior and mental processes have a connection with the brain, hormones,
heredity, and evolution. Brandon's beliefs are most consistent with which perspective?
a) psychodynamic
b) cognitive
c) biological
d) humanistic–existential
✓ Answer: biological


Question 33 [Multiple Choice]
Identify a true statement about social–cognitive theorists.
a) They believe that people are typically good and are predisposed to exhibit ethical conduct.
b) They note that people engage in intentional learning by observing others.
c) They define psychology as the scientific study of behavior, not of behavior and mental processes.
d) They believe that human social behavior is solely based on hereditary principles.
✓ Answer: They note that people engage in intentional learning by observing others.


Question 34 [Multiple Choice]
Functionalism was influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution, which ________.
a) accepted the belief of random mutations
b) considered humans as another form of animal
c) believed adaptive behavior patterns are learned and maintained
d) stated it takes thousands of years for species to evolve
✓ Answer: considered humans as another form of animal


Question 35 [Multiple Choice]
Wilhelm Wundt used which method to try to discover the basic elements of experience?

, a) introspection
b) reinforcement
c) psychoanalysis
d) existentialism
✓ Answer: introspection


Question 36 [Multiple Choice]
Famous neoanalysts such as Karen Horney and Erik Erikson differ from earlier psychodynamic
practitioners in that they ________.
a) emphasized environmental influences and the learning of habits through repetition
b) focused less on unconscious processes and more on conscious choice and self-direction
c) focused on the evolution of behavior in order to understand the human psyche
d) believed that people perceive separate pieces of information as integrated wholes
✓ Answer: focused less on unconscious processes and more on conscious choice and self-direction


Question 37 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following are different from clinical psychologists in that their clients typically have
adjustment problems, such as trouble making academic or vocational decisions or making friends in
college, but not serious psychological disorders?
a) personality psychologists
b) organizational psychologists
c) developmental psychologists
d) counseling psychologists
✓ Answer: counseling psychologists


Question 38 [Multiple Choice]
Julie's research work requires her to interview a sample of 200 people within 2 months. She needs to
gather data about the sample group's attitude toward certain situations through a questionnaire, but
she has limited time to gather the information. Which of the following methods should Julie use to
gather the required information?
a) the survey method
b) the placebo method
c) naturalistic observation
d) the experimental method
✓ Answer: the survey method


Question 39 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following statements is true of William James's contribution to psychology?
a) He argued that the stream of consciousness was fluid and continuous.
b) He theorized that experience can be broken down into objective sensations and subjective feelings.
c) He pointed out that people were social creatures who influenced one another.
d) He believed that organisms learn to behave only through reinforcement.
✓ Answer: He argued that the stream of consciousness was fluid and continuous.


Question 40 [Multiple Choice]

, In Gestalt psychology, learning, especially problem solving, is accomplished primarily by ________.
a) repetition
b) insight
c) continuous practice
d) mechanical reinforcement
✓ Answer: insight


Question 41 [Multiple Choice]
While industrial psychologists focus on the relationships between people and work, the behavior of
people in workplaces such as businesses is studied by which of these fields?
a) organizational psychologists
b) forensic psychologists
c) developmental psychologists
d) personality psychologists
✓ Answer: organizational psychologists


Question 42 [Multiple Choice]
According to the psychoanalytic approach, a good majority of what influences our behavior is
________.
a) an emphasis on unconscious ideas and impulses that originate in childhood conflicts
b) equally divided up between our objective sensations and subjective feelings
c) how we were reinforced as young adults, and how that affects behavior choices
d) our drive toward self-actualization and how we choose to pursue it
✓ Answer: an emphasis on unconscious ideas and impulses that originate in childhood conflicts


Question 43 [Multiple Choice]
Social-cognitive theorists ________.
a) suggest that people can modify and create their environments
b) primarily emphasize environmental influences and the learning of habits through repetition
c) primarily emphasize environmental influences and the learning of habits through reinforcement
d) suggest that people cannot engage in intentional learning
✓ Answer: suggest that people can modify and create their environments


Question 44 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method?
a) formulating a research question
b) testing a hypothesis
c) calculating correlations
d) modifying theories
✓ Answer: formulating a research question


Question 45 [Multiple Choice]
Which of the following is a complete group of interest to researchers, from which a sample is drawn for
an experiment?
a) random sample