PSYC1010 exam 1 - practice questions
(eclass and textbook) 100% Correct
humanistic psychologists focus attention on the importance of people's:
a) childhood memories
b) genetic predispositions
c) unconscious thought processes
d) potential for healthy growth
e) none of the above ✔✔ - d
the scientific study of mental activity associated with perceiving, processing, and remembering
information is most central to:
a) clinical psychology
b) humanistic psychology
c) evolutionary psychology
d) cognitive psychology ✔✔ - d
efforts to discover whether the intelligence of children is more heavily influenced by their biology or by
their home environments are most directly relevant to the debate regarding
a) structuralism/functionalism
b) conscious/unconscious thought
c) observation/introspection
d) nature/nurture ✔✔ - d
which perspective would help us understand the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?
a) evolutionary
b) behavioural
c) psychodynamic
d) neuroscience ✔✔ - d
, ms jones believes that her husbands angry outbursts are a result of his unconscious hatred of his own
mother. ms jones is looking at her husbands behaviour from what type of perspective?
a) evolutionary
b) behavioural
c) psychodynamic
d) behaviour genetics ✔✔ - c
akira believes that her son has become a good student because she frequently praises his learning
efforts. her belief best illustrates:
a) behaviour genetics
b) neuroscience
c) psychodynamic
d) behavioural ✔✔ - d
a specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a:
a) clinical psychologist
b) personality psychologist
c) developmental psychologist
d) psychiatrist ✔✔ - d
at which step of the research process do researchers create operational definitions for their variables?
a) when they formulate a testable hypothesis
b) when they select the research design
c) when they collect the data
d) when they analyze data and draw conclusions ✔✔ - a
a researcher found that clients who were randomly assigned to same-sex groups participated more in
group therapy sessions than clients who were randomly assigned to coed groups. In this experiment, the
independent variable was
(eclass and textbook) 100% Correct
humanistic psychologists focus attention on the importance of people's:
a) childhood memories
b) genetic predispositions
c) unconscious thought processes
d) potential for healthy growth
e) none of the above ✔✔ - d
the scientific study of mental activity associated with perceiving, processing, and remembering
information is most central to:
a) clinical psychology
b) humanistic psychology
c) evolutionary psychology
d) cognitive psychology ✔✔ - d
efforts to discover whether the intelligence of children is more heavily influenced by their biology or by
their home environments are most directly relevant to the debate regarding
a) structuralism/functionalism
b) conscious/unconscious thought
c) observation/introspection
d) nature/nurture ✔✔ - d
which perspective would help us understand the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?
a) evolutionary
b) behavioural
c) psychodynamic
d) neuroscience ✔✔ - d
, ms jones believes that her husbands angry outbursts are a result of his unconscious hatred of his own
mother. ms jones is looking at her husbands behaviour from what type of perspective?
a) evolutionary
b) behavioural
c) psychodynamic
d) behaviour genetics ✔✔ - c
akira believes that her son has become a good student because she frequently praises his learning
efforts. her belief best illustrates:
a) behaviour genetics
b) neuroscience
c) psychodynamic
d) behavioural ✔✔ - d
a specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a:
a) clinical psychologist
b) personality psychologist
c) developmental psychologist
d) psychiatrist ✔✔ - d
at which step of the research process do researchers create operational definitions for their variables?
a) when they formulate a testable hypothesis
b) when they select the research design
c) when they collect the data
d) when they analyze data and draw conclusions ✔✔ - a
a researcher found that clients who were randomly assigned to same-sex groups participated more in
group therapy sessions than clients who were randomly assigned to coed groups. In this experiment, the
independent variable was
