Chapter 1
Exercise 1 (Page 22 – 23)
Multiple choice questions.
1) To become a psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council of
South Africa, you have to have:
a) An Honours degree
b) A Master’s degree
c) A Master’s degree and you must have a completed a recognized internship.
d) An Honours degree and must have completed a recognized internship.
2) Which of the following in a standard process for journal article publication?
a) The article must be peer reviewed.
b) The article must be popular.
c) The journal must be accredited.
d) The author must be well known.
3) Evidence that identical twins raised in separate homes will tend to develop in
similar ways has been used to highlight the importance of ____________ for
human behavior.
a) Behavioral explanations
b) Cognitive explanations
c) Humanistic explanations
d) Genetic explanations
4) An objection to use of the term ‘subjects’ in psychological research is that:
a) It implies that the people involved in research are passive.
b) It implies that the people involved in research are not very interesting.
c) It implies some form of coercion by psychologists.
d) a and c are correct.
5) The father of psychology and founder of the first psychological laboratory was:
a) B.F Skinner
b) Wilhelm Wundt
c) Sigmund Freud
d) John B. Watson.
Exercise 1 (Page 22 – 23)
Multiple choice questions.
1) To become a psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council of
South Africa, you have to have:
a) An Honours degree
b) A Master’s degree
c) A Master’s degree and you must have a completed a recognized internship.
d) An Honours degree and must have completed a recognized internship.
2) Which of the following in a standard process for journal article publication?
a) The article must be peer reviewed.
b) The article must be popular.
c) The journal must be accredited.
d) The author must be well known.
3) Evidence that identical twins raised in separate homes will tend to develop in
similar ways has been used to highlight the importance of ____________ for
human behavior.
a) Behavioral explanations
b) Cognitive explanations
c) Humanistic explanations
d) Genetic explanations
4) An objection to use of the term ‘subjects’ in psychological research is that:
a) It implies that the people involved in research are passive.
b) It implies that the people involved in research are not very interesting.
c) It implies some form of coercion by psychologists.
d) a and c are correct.
5) The father of psychology and founder of the first psychological laboratory was:
a) B.F Skinner
b) Wilhelm Wundt
c) Sigmund Freud
d) John B. Watson.
