PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals - (ANSWER)C
The followers of ____________ argue that there is a close relationship between animal behavior and
human behavior.
a.) Jean Jacques Rousseau
b.) Charles Darwin
c.) John Locke
d.) Rene Descartes - (ANSWER)B
The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year:
a.) Margaret Floy Washburn wrote "The Animal Mind"
b.) G. Stanley Hall established the first clinic for handicapped children
c.) Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory
d.) Sigmund Freud discovered the role of the unconscious mind in determining behavior - (ANSWER)C
______________ wanted to know how specific behaviors and mental processes help a person or animal
adapt to the environment, so they looked for underlying causes and practical consequences of these
behaviors and processes.
a.) Rationalists
b.) Structuralists
c.) Fundamentalists
d.) Functionalists - (ANSWER)D
John Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner would have agreed that psychology is the study of:
, PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
a.) behavior
b.) the mind
c.) conscious experience
d.) mental processes - (ANSWER)A
Which modern psychological perspective focuses on how people reason, remember, understand
language, and solve problems?
a.) the cognitive perspective
b.) the learning perspective
c.) the sociocultural perspective
d.) the psychodynamic perspective - (ANSWER)A
One of the main areas of focus for psychologists from the psychodynamic perspective is the importance
of:
a.) free will
b.) early childhood conflicts and trauma
c.) the proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain
d.) appropriate role models during childhood - (ANSWER)B
In a psychology experiment, subjects listen to a variety of tones presented at different frequencies and
then reflect on the experience, describing what they heard as precisely as possible. These individuals
would have been using the process called
a.) behaviorism
b.) introspection
c.) hypnosis
d.) Gestalt Therapy - (ANSWER)B
Psychologists are referred to as scientists because:
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Psychology is the study of
a.) mental illness
b.) the brain
c.) behavior and mental processes
d.) observable behavior in humans and animals - (ANSWER)C
The followers of ____________ argue that there is a close relationship between animal behavior and
human behavior.
a.) Jean Jacques Rousseau
b.) Charles Darwin
c.) John Locke
d.) Rene Descartes - (ANSWER)B
The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year:
a.) Margaret Floy Washburn wrote "The Animal Mind"
b.) G. Stanley Hall established the first clinic for handicapped children
c.) Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory
d.) Sigmund Freud discovered the role of the unconscious mind in determining behavior - (ANSWER)C
______________ wanted to know how specific behaviors and mental processes help a person or animal
adapt to the environment, so they looked for underlying causes and practical consequences of these
behaviors and processes.
a.) Rationalists
b.) Structuralists
c.) Fundamentalists
d.) Functionalists - (ANSWER)D
John Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner would have agreed that psychology is the study of:
, PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+.
a.) behavior
b.) the mind
c.) conscious experience
d.) mental processes - (ANSWER)A
Which modern psychological perspective focuses on how people reason, remember, understand
language, and solve problems?
a.) the cognitive perspective
b.) the learning perspective
c.) the sociocultural perspective
d.) the psychodynamic perspective - (ANSWER)A
One of the main areas of focus for psychologists from the psychodynamic perspective is the importance
of:
a.) free will
b.) early childhood conflicts and trauma
c.) the proper balance of neurotransmitters in the brain
d.) appropriate role models during childhood - (ANSWER)B
In a psychology experiment, subjects listen to a variety of tones presented at different frequencies and
then reflect on the experience, describing what they heard as precisely as possible. These individuals
would have been using the process called
a.) behaviorism
b.) introspection
c.) hypnosis
d.) Gestalt Therapy - (ANSWER)B
Psychologists are referred to as scientists because:
