Chp1: Intro to Psych
Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?
a. Critical thinking
b. Use of the scientific method
c. Critical evaluation of sources of information
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
A person's participation in a research project must be ______.
a. Random
b. Rewarded
c. Voluntary
d. Public
c. Voluntary
The central nervous system is comprised of ______.
a. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
b. Organs and glands
c. Somatic and autonomic nervous systems
d. Brain and spinal cord
d. Brain and spinal cord
Who is credited as the founder of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
An individual's consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) _____.
a. Psychosexual stage
b. Object permanence
c. Personality
d. Perception
c. Personality
Scientific knowledge is ______.
a. Intuitive
b. Empirical
c. Permanent
d. Subjective
b. Empirical
A(n) ______ facilitates or mimics the activity of a given neurotransmitter system.
a. Axon
b. SSRI
c. Agonist
d. Antagonist
c. Agonist
Name one of the three behaviorist that was mentioned in class and what they are known for.
John B. Watson (father of Behaviorism); Ivan Pavlov (Classical conditioning using dogs); B.F. Skinner (Operant conditioning using rodents)
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) _____.
a. Observation
b. Measurement
c. Test
d. Proposed explanation
d. Proposed explanation
Scientific hypotheses are ______.
a. Observable
b. Original
c. Provable
d. Testable
d. Testable
_____ refers to a person's genetic makeup, while _____ refers to a person's physical characteristics.
a. Phenotype; genotype
b. Genotype; phenotype
c. DNA; gene
d. Gene; DNA
b. Genotype; phenotype
What does the perspective Humanism emphasize?
The potential for good is innate to all humans.
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ____.
a. Biology.
b. Chemistry
c. Philosophy
d. Physics
c. Philosophy
The benefit of naturalistic observation studies is _____.
a. The honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting
b. How quick and easy these studies are to perform
c. The researcher's capacity to make sure that data is collected as efficiently as possible
d. The ability to determine cause and effect in this particular approach
a. The honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting.
Sympathetic activation is associated with _____.
a. Pupil dilation
b. Storage of glucose in the liver
c. Increased heart rate
d. Both A and C
d. Both A and C.
What is the focus of Gestalt Psychology?
Viewing human perceptions as a "whole" sensory experience and is not typically broken down into the individual parts.
______ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.
a. Noam Chomsky
b. Carl Rogers
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Sigmund Freud
c. Abraham Maslow
Longitudinal research is complicated by high rates of _____.
a. Deception
b. Observation
c. Attrition
d. Generalization
c. Attrition
Damage to the ______ disrupts one's ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one's ability to produce words intact.
a. Amygdala
b. Broca's Area
c. Wernicke's Area
d. Occipital lobe
c. Wernicke's Area
What perspective did Sigmund Freud focus on?
Psychoanalytic: The impact of a person's unconscious and early childhood experiences on their behavior and mental well-being.