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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA statement of what one believes to be true (subject to furthter testing) is which of the following?hypothesislawperpectivearea
- 2. Multiple ChoiceGenerally, Psychology is the study of which of the following?animals and humanslarge and smallHypnosis and rewardsbehavior and thinking
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis quote is from what area, "“A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment?”BehaviorismCognitiveDevelopmentalClinical
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This graph is associated with what area?BevaviorismPsychoanalysisDevelopmentalClinical - 5. Multiple ChoiceSigmund Freud is associated with which of the following areas?BehaviorismPsychoanalysisCognitiveDevelopmental
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe illustration is descriptive of what area?DevelopmentalClinicalPersonalityPhysiological
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThis cartoon is descriptive of what area?DevelopmentalPersonalityPhysiologicalClinical
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is associated with self actualization, fulfilling all of one's potential?BehaviorismPsychoanalysisHumanisticcognitive
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is associated with hypnosis?BehaviorismPsychoanalysisHumanisticCognitive
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one disadvantage of a survey?Provides information about behavior that can’t be observed directlyYields a lot of informationProvides a good way to generate hypothesesCan provide information about many people since it’s cheap and easy to do
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one advantage of a case study?Sometimes relies only on self-report data, which can be misleadingDoesn’t allow conclusions about cause-and-effect relationshipsProvides a good way to generate hypothesesCan be subjective and thus may yield biased results
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA test does not give information about which of the following characteristics?personality traitsemotional statesaptitudesplacebo
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSuppose a researcher wants to study the effect of drug A on subjects’ alertness. He divides 100 subjects into two groups of 50, an experimental group and a control group. He dissolves drug A in saline solution and injects it into all the subjects in the experimental group. He then gives all the control group subjects an injection of only saline solution.
What is the independent variable?drug Asaline solutionthe subjectsthe needles - 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Placebo Effect?the effect on a subject receiving a fake drug or treatmentoccurs when researchers’ preferences or expectations influence the outcome of their researchthe tendency of some research subjects to describe themselves in socially approved waysJared
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Natural observations only happen in the wild?FalseI DON'T KNOW!BothTrue
- 16. Multiple ChoiceCase studies typically involve collecting a vast amount of data on one particular ________?PersonGroupPerson or GroupAnimal
- 17. Multiple ChoiceSigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device fordecreasing repressionstrengthening the superegodisplacing instinctual forcesgaining insight into unconscious motives
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAfter several trials during which a dog is given a certain kind of food at the same time that a specific tone is sounded, there is evidence of conditioning if the dog salivates whenthe tone only is presentedthe food only is presentedthe food and tone are presented togethera different tone is presented with the food
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following responses was most likely acquired through classical conditioning?The startle response of a baby the first time the baby hears thunderA child's fear of dogs after the child has been bitten by a dogThe uncontrollable blinking of a woman who has just gotten dust in her eyeThe salivation of a dog that is halfway through a bowl of its favorite food
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is true of behaviorism?It was formulated to account for cognitive development.It is rooted in Sigmund Freud's view of the importance of early experiences.It holds that development is largely a product of learning.It emphasizes the dominance of heredity over environment.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe goals of psychology are todevelop effective methods of psychotherapy.describe, predict, understand and change behavior.explain the functioning of the human mind.compare, analyze, and control human behavior.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceFreud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined bythe first year of life.forces in the personality that are often unconscious.needs for love and self-esteem.the drive for self-actualization
- 23. Multiple ChoiceHillary is applying conditioning principles to teach language skills to little children. As a psychologist, her point of view appears to beFreudian.Gestalt.Functionalist.behaviorist.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceOf the following, who was a behaviorist?B. F SkinnerJohn WatsonWilhelm WundtWilliam James
- 25. Multiple Choice__________ psychology is concerned with thinking, language, and problem solving.BehavioristicPsychoanalyticCognitiveHumanistic
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would not be a naturalistic observation?Observing a Grizzly Bear in the forest.Observing Michael Jordan on a basketball court.Observing a lion at the zoo.Observing Tom Hanks on the set of a movie.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich goal of psychology involves developing hypotheses and theories?DescriptionExplanationPredictionInfluence
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhcih of the following is associated with rewards and punishments?BehaviorismPsychoanalysisHumanisticCognitive
- 29. Multiple ChoiceSigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device fordecreasing repressionstrengthening the superegodisplacing instinctual forcesgaining insight into unconscious motives
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following responses was most likely acquired through classical conditioning?The startle response of a baby the first time the baby hears thunderA child's fear of dogs after the child has been bitten by a dogThe uncontrollable blinking of a woman who has just gotten dust in her eyeThe salivation of a dog that is halfway through a bowl of its favorite food
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is true of behaviorism?It was formulated to account for cognitive development.It is rooted in Sigmund Freud's view of the importance of early experiences.It holds that development is largely a product of learning.It emphasizes the dominance of heredity over environment.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThe goals of psychology are todevelop effective methods of psychotherapy.describe, predict, understand and change behavior.explain the functioning of the human mind.compare, analyze, and control human behavior.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceFreud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined bythe first year of life.forces in the personality that are often unconscious.needs for love and self-esteem.the drive for self-actualization
- 34. Multiple ChoiceHillary is applying conditioning principles to teach language skills to little children. As a psychologist, her point of view appears to beFreudian.Gestalt.Functionalist.behaviorist.
- 35. Multiple ChoicePsychology isthe study of human origins, evolution, and cultures.the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of any living creature.a natural science integrating physiology and neurology.the deductive study of forms and functions of human groups.
- 36. Multiple ChoiceOf the following, who was a behaviorist?B. F SkinnerJohn WatsonWilhelm WundtWilliam James
- 37. Multiple ChoicePsychiatrists differ from psychologists in that psychiatristsare physicians with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapyare extensively trained in the theories and techniques of Sigmund Freudare generally more eclectic than psychologistHave a Ph.D. degree with special training and can prescribe medication
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe kind of therapy developed by Freud is calledGestalt therapy.PsychoanalysisBehavior modificationS-R therapy.
- 39. Multiple ChoiceYou see a psychologist and tell her that you are feeling depressed. The psychologist talks to you about your past and attempts to link your present situation with patterns developed in your childhood during your relationship with your parents. The psychologist would probably belong to which school of psychology?humanistic psychologypsychodynamic psychologyBehaviorismGestalt psychology
- 40. Multiple ChoiceYou see a psychologist and tell her that you are feeling depressed. She talks to you about the goals you have for yourself, about your image of yourself, and about the choices you make in your life and that you could be making in your life. This psychologist would probably belong to the __________ school of psychology.HumanisticPsychodynamicBehavioristicGestalt
- 41. Multiple Choice__________ psychology is concerned with thinking, language, and problem solving.BehavioristicPsychoanalyticCognitiveHumanistic
- 42. Multiple ChoiceJohnny is part of a study designed to test the ability of a pill to cure the migraines of people who experience chronic migraines. After a few days, Johnny finds that the pill has alleviated his migraines and he experiences far fewer than usual. However, unbeknownst to Johnny, the pill he has been taking is nothing more than a sugar pill. What effect is Johnny most likely under the influence of?The Stratified EffectThe Self-Bias EffectThe Placebo EffectThe Psychoanalytic Effect
- 43. Multiple ChoiceAn experiment where neither the participants nor the experimenter know who has received the treatment, until the experiment has concluded, is known as what?Random ExperimentSingle-blind ExperimentStratified ExperimentDouble-blind Experiment
- 44. Multiple ChoiceBehavior is:Talking, facial expressions, and movementschanging the way you actan out of body experience
- 45. Multiple Choice_______ is most famous for his work in classical conditioning.PavlovSkinnerMaslowWatson
- 46. Multiple ChoiceI put a flower in front of you and then ask how the flower makes you feel. I am using ___.group therapyintrospectionpsychoanalysishypnosis
- 47. Multiple ChoicePsychodynamic psychologists emphasizeintenitional rather than unintentional actions.mental processes of which the person is aware.observable behavior rather than mental processes.unconscious rather than conscious causes of behavior
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe study of ____ is the primary focus of psychology.the organization of social institutionsunusual and deviant patterns of behaviorbehavior & mental processesparanormal experiences
- 49. Multiple ChoiceBased on Psychological Experimental Research and Ethics, when should the experimenter inform the subject(s) of the experiment the true nature of the experiment.Always at the very beginning.As soon as is possible.Only at the very end of the experiment, during the debriefing.Never.
- 50. Multiple ChoiceFreud was the founder of this psychological perspective.CognitiveBehavioralHumanisticPsychodynamic
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