TEST 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
Wilhelm Wundt's laboratory work involved experimental studies of reactions to
ANSWER
sensory stimulation.
Question 2.
Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the
ANSWER
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
Question 3.
The young science of psychology developed from the more established fields of ____________ and
________________.
ANSWER
Philosophy and biology
Question 4.
In its early years, psychology focused on the study of ________, but from the 1920s into the 1960s,
American psychologists emphasized the study of ________.
ANSWER
mental life; observable behavior
Question 5.
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity
without reference to mental processes
ANSWER
, behaviorism
Question 6.
William James was a prominent American
ANSWER
functionalist
Question 7.
Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of people's
ANSWER
potential for healthy growth.
Question 8.
What is hindsight bias?
ANSWER
Tendency to perceive, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
Question 9.
By testing their predictions by observing human behavior, psychologists are using a(n) _____________
approach
ANSWER
an empirical approach
Question 10.
What is culture?
ANSWER
The enduring traditions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group
Question 11.
ANSWERS
Question 1.
Wilhelm Wundt's laboratory work involved experimental studies of reactions to
ANSWER
sensory stimulation.
Question 2.
Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the
ANSWER
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
Question 3.
The young science of psychology developed from the more established fields of ____________ and
________________.
ANSWER
Philosophy and biology
Question 4.
In its early years, psychology focused on the study of ________, but from the 1920s into the 1960s,
American psychologists emphasized the study of ________.
ANSWER
mental life; observable behavior
Question 5.
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity
without reference to mental processes
ANSWER
, behaviorism
Question 6.
William James was a prominent American
ANSWER
functionalist
Question 7.
Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of people's
ANSWER
potential for healthy growth.
Question 8.
What is hindsight bias?
ANSWER
Tendency to perceive, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
Question 9.
By testing their predictions by observing human behavior, psychologists are using a(n) _____________
approach
ANSWER
an empirical approach
Question 10.
What is culture?
ANSWER
The enduring traditions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group
Question 11.