TEST BANK
PSYCHOLOGY AROUND US
4TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: PSYCHOLOGY: YESTERDAY AND TODAY
TRUE / FALSE
1. Mental processes describe the activity of our brains when we are engaged in thinking.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Define psychology and describe the goals and levels of analysis
psychologists use.
Section Reference: What Is Psychology?
2. The person level of analysis may include how intelligence or motivation influences behaviour.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Define psychology and describe the goals and levels of analysis
psychologists use.
Section Reference: What Is Psychology?
3. The history of psychology (and most other sciences) drew heavily on philosophy.
Answer: True
,Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Describe the influences of early myths and ancient Greek philosophies on
psychology.
Section Reference: Psychology’s Roots in Philosophy
4. Socrates believed that “truth” is an objective concept that is NOT dependent on perception.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Describe the influences of early myths and ancient Greek philosophies on
psychology.
Section Reference: Psychology’s Roots in Philosophy
5. Darwin argued that dihybrid crossing was responsible for the characteristics that survive in a
population.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
6. Voluntarism focused on the belief that a person’s free will ultimately determines human
behaviour.
,Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
7. Functionalists viewed the mind as an ever-changing stream of mental events that respond to
changing environments.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
8. Gestalt psychology is named after the German psychologist, Ernst Gestalt, who coined the
term.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
, 9. Wundt believed that the unconscious mind, rather than the conscious mind, was instrumental
in predicting behaviour.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
10. Jasmine is a psychiatrist specializing in childhood trauma. She believes that childhood events
form the basis of the adult personality. Jasmine is most likely a psychoanalyst.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Bloomcode: Application
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
11. Behaviourists argue that researchers should only study what they can observe.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
PSYCHOLOGY AROUND US
4TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: PSYCHOLOGY: YESTERDAY AND TODAY
TRUE / FALSE
1. Mental processes describe the activity of our brains when we are engaged in thinking.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Define psychology and describe the goals and levels of analysis
psychologists use.
Section Reference: What Is Psychology?
2. The person level of analysis may include how intelligence or motivation influences behaviour.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Define psychology and describe the goals and levels of analysis
psychologists use.
Section Reference: What Is Psychology?
3. The history of psychology (and most other sciences) drew heavily on philosophy.
Answer: True
,Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Describe the influences of early myths and ancient Greek philosophies on
psychology.
Section Reference: Psychology’s Roots in Philosophy
4. Socrates believed that “truth” is an objective concept that is NOT dependent on perception.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Describe the influences of early myths and ancient Greek philosophies on
psychology.
Section Reference: Psychology’s Roots in Philosophy
5. Darwin argued that dihybrid crossing was responsible for the characteristics that survive in a
population.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
6. Voluntarism focused on the belief that a person’s free will ultimately determines human
behaviour.
,Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
7. Functionalists viewed the mind as an ever-changing stream of mental events that respond to
changing environments.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
8. Gestalt psychology is named after the German psychologist, Ernst Gestalt, who coined the
term.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Name important early psychologists and describe their major theories and
research methods.
Section Reference: The Early Days of Psychology
, 9. Wundt believed that the unconscious mind, rather than the conscious mind, was instrumental
in predicting behaviour.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
10. Jasmine is a psychiatrist specializing in childhood trauma. She believes that childhood events
form the basis of the adult personality. Jasmine is most likely a psychoanalyst.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
Bloomcode: Application
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
11. Behaviourists argue that researchers should only study what they can observe.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Summarize the major principles of the psychoanalytical, behaviourist,
humanistic, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches to psychology.
Section Reference: Twentieth-Century Approaches
