Question 1

​The history of psychology differs from the history of other scientific fields in what way?

Accepted Answer

A) Other fields began gradually over centuries from the work of amateurs. 
B) ​Other fields received government grant money from the start. 
C) ​Other fields use the experimental method. 
D) ​Other fields made less use of mathematical models. 
A) Other fields began gradually over centuries from the work of amateurs. 
B) ​Other fields received government grant money from the start. 
C) ​Other fields use the experimental method. 
D) ​Other fields made less use of mathematical models.

Question 2

Which of these was a major research goal for Wilhelm Wundt's early psychological laboratory?​​

Accepted Answer

A) To find elements of experience, similar to the elements of chemistry 
B) ​To find causes and treatments for common types of mental illness 
C) ​​To isolate the genes that influence behavior, especially intellectual development 
D) To find ways to understand people's unconscious thought processes 
A) To find elements of experience, similar to the elements of chemistry 
B) ​To find causes and treatments for common types of mental illness 
C) ​​To isolate the genes that influence behavior, especially intellectual development 
D) To find ways to understand people's unconscious thought processes

Question 3

Wilhelm Wundt is famous for what contribution to the history of psychology?​

Accepted Answer

A) He established the world's first psychology laboratory. 
B) ​He established the first mental health clinic in the United States. 
C) ​He wrote the first English-language textbook of psychology. 
D) ​He translated the works of Sigmund Freud into English. 
A) He established the world's first psychology laboratory. 
B) ​He established the first mental health clinic in the United States. 
C) ​He wrote the first English-language textbook of psychology. 
D) ​He translated the works of Sigmund Freud into English.

Question 4

​A psychiatrist has which educational degree(s)?

Accepted Answer

A) Bachelor's degree only 
B) ​Bachelor's degree only 
C) ​MD 
D) ​Both a PhD and a PsyD 
A) Bachelor's degree only 
B) ​Bachelor's degree only 
C) ​MD 
D) ​Both a PhD and a PsyD

Question 5

​What do comparative psychologists compare?

Accepted Answer

A) Brain areas 
B) ​Animal species 
C) ​Teaching methods 
D) ​Personalities 
A) Brain areas 
B) ​Animal species 
C) ​Teaching methods 
D) ​Personalities

Question 6

​Sigmund Freud analyzed people's behavior partly by attention to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) People's brain activity, as measured by EEG 
B) ​People's answers to questions on standardized tests of personality 
C) ​People's answers on the Rorschach Inkblots 
D) ​People's reports of their dreams 
A) People's brain activity, as measured by EEG 
B) ​People's answers to questions on standardized tests of personality 
C) ​People's answers on the Rorschach Inkblots 
D) ​People's reports of their dreams

Question 7

What does introspection mean?​

Accepted Answer

A) Looking within yourself 
B) Analyzing data 
C) ​Presenting carefully measured stimuli 
D) ​Working together as a group 
A) Looking within yourself 
B) Analyzing data 
C) ​Presenting carefully measured stimuli 
D) ​Working together as a group

Question 8

Which of the following is most likely to lead to an increased preference for salty tastes?​

Accepted Answer

A) Dehydration (lack of water) 
B) ​Increased body temperature 
C) ​Lack of exposure to sunlight 
D) ​Damage to the adrenal glands 
A) Dehydration (lack of water) 
B) ​Increased body temperature 
C) ​Lack of exposure to sunlight 
D) ​Damage to the adrenal glands

Question 9

​People tend to eat more when they are in a group than when they eat alone.Which type of psychologist studies processes like this?

Accepted Answer

A) Developmental psychologist 
B) ​Organizational psychologist 
C) ​Cognitive psychologist 
D) ​Social psychologist 
A) Developmental psychologist 
B) ​Organizational psychologist 
C) ​Cognitive psychologist 
D) ​Social psychologist

Question 10

​For someone with a bachelor's degree in psychology,what jobs are available relevant to psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) The person can set up an independent practice to provide psychotherapy. 
B) The person can provide psychotherapy in a hospital under a physician's supervision. 
C) ​The person can get a job in personnel work or social services. 
D) ​The person can teach psychology at a college or university. 
A) The person can set up an independent practice to provide psychotherapy. 
B) The person can provide psychotherapy in a hospital under a physician's supervision. 
C) ​The person can get a job in personnel work or social services. 
D) ​The person can teach psychology at a college or university.

Question 11

​What does a cognitive psychologist study?

Accepted Answer

A) Hunger and thirst 
B) ​Thought and knowledge 
C) ​Brain mechanisms of behavior 
D) ​Emotional conflicts 
A) Hunger and thirst 
B) ​Thought and knowledge 
C) ​Brain mechanisms of behavior 
D) ​Emotional conflicts

Question 12

Decades ago,two laboratories consistently got different results in studies about human learning.What did the researchers discover was responsible for the different results?​

Accepted Answer

A) The room temperature was higher in one laboratory than in the other. 
B) ​Participants at one college were better educated than those at the other college. 
C) ​Participants in the two laboratories sat in different types of chairs. 
D) ​One laboratory did studies in the morning and the other did them in the evening. 
A) The room temperature was higher in one laboratory than in the other. 
B) ​Participants at one college were better educated than those at the other college. 
C) ​Participants in the two laboratories sat in different types of chairs. 
D) ​One laboratory did studies in the morning and the other did them in the evening.

Question 13

​The first psychological research laboratory was founded by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Wilhelm Wundt in Germany 
B) ​Sigmund Freud in Austria 
C) ​William James in the United States 
D) ​Aristotle in ancient Greece 
A) Wilhelm Wundt in Germany 
B) ​Sigmund Freud in Austria 
C) ​William James in the United States 
D) ​Aristotle in ancient Greece

Question 14

​Who compared his own insights and theories to those of Copernicus and Darwin?

Accepted Answer

A) John Watson 
B) ​Sigmund Freud 
C) ​Alfred Binet 
D) ​William James 
A) John Watson 
B) ​Sigmund Freud 
C) ​Alfred Binet 
D) ​William James

Question 15

Why did behaviorists of the mid-1900s concentrate on studying rats in a maze?​

Accepted Answer

A) They needed to conduct the least expensive research. 
B) ​They were trying to identify genes that control behavior. 
C) ​They were trying to understand the evolution of behavior. 
D) ​They expected to discover general laws of behavior. 
A) They needed to conduct the least expensive research. 
B) ​They were trying to identify genes that control behavior. 
C) ​They were trying to understand the evolution of behavior. 
D) ​They expected to discover general laws of behavior.

Question 16

​Behaviorists avoid research on thought and knowledge.Why?

Accepted Answer

A) They believe that unconscious thought is more important than conscious thought. 
B) ​They believe we already understand thought and knowledge well enough. 
C) ​They believe questions about unobservable processes are unanswerable. 
D) ​They believe that all psychological research should rely on brain measurements. 
A) They believe that unconscious thought is more important than conscious thought. 
B) ​They believe we already understand thought and knowledge well enough. 
C) ​They believe questions about unobservable processes are unanswerable. 
D) ​They believe that all psychological research should rely on brain measurements.

Question 17

The term monism refers to which belief?​

Accepted Answer

A) All animal life on Earth evolved from a single ancestor. 
B) ​Every behavior has a cause. 
C) ​Mental activity is the same thing as brain activity. 
D) ​Heredity and environment are equally important for behavioral development. 
A) All animal life on Earth evolved from a single ancestor. 
B) ​Every behavior has a cause. 
C) ​Mental activity is the same thing as brain activity. 
D) ​Heredity and environment are equally important for behavioral development.

Question 18

​According to one study,Japanese exchange students felt homesick under which circumstance?

Accepted Answer

A) They felt homesick if they could not practice Japanese religion. 
B) ​They felt homesick if they could not eat Japanese food. 
C) ​They felt homesick if they did not hear Japanese music. 
D) ​They felt homesick if they could not watch Japanese movies. 
A) They felt homesick if they could not practice Japanese religion. 
B) ​They felt homesick if they could not eat Japanese food. 
C) ​They felt homesick if they did not hear Japanese music. 
D) ​They felt homesick if they could not watch Japanese movies.

Question 19

​What did Wilhelm Wundt demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A) Dreams have deep symbolic meanings. 
B) ​Antidepressant drugs can help relieve psychological disorders. 
C) ​Different brain areas control different psychological functions. 
D) ​Scientific research can answer psychological questions. 
A) Dreams have deep symbolic meanings. 
B) ​Antidepressant drugs can help relieve psychological disorders. 
C) ​Different brain areas control different psychological functions. 
D) ​Scientific research can answer psychological questions.

Question 20

Early psychologists,eager to develop a scientific psychology,concentrated mainly on what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sensation 
B) ​Mental illness 
C) ​Personality 
D) ​Emotion 
A) Sensation 
B) ​Mental illness 
C) ​Personality 
D) ​Emotion

Exam 1: What Is Psychology

​The history of psychology differs from the history of other scientific fields in what way?

Which of these was a major research goal for Wilhelm Wundt's early psychological laboratory?​​

Wilhelm Wundt is famous for what contribution to the history of psychology?​

​A psychiatrist has which educational degree(s)?

​What do comparative psychologists compare?

​Sigmund Freud analyzed people's behavior partly by attention to which of the following?

What does introspection mean?​

Which of the following is most likely to lead to an increased preference for salty tastes?​

​People tend to eat more when they are in a group than when they eat alone.Which type of psychologist studies processes like this?

​For someone with a bachelor's degree in psychology,what jobs are available relevant to psychology?

​What does a cognitive psychologist study?

Decades ago,two laboratories consistently got different results in studies about human learning.What did the researchers discover was responsible for the different results?​

​The first psychological research laboratory was founded by which of the following?

​Who compared his own insights and theories to those of Copernicus and Darwin?

Why did behaviorists of the mid-1900s concentrate on studying rats in a maze?​

​Behaviorists avoid research on thought and knowledge.Why?

The term monism refers to which belief?​

​According to one study,Japanese exchange students felt homesick under which circumstance?

​What did Wilhelm Wundt demonstrate?

Early psychologists,eager to develop a scientific psychology,concentrated mainly on what?​

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A: Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A: Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A: Sensation and Perception

Development

A: Development

Learning

A: Learning

Memory

A: Memory

Cognition and Language

A: Cognition and Language

Intelligenceintelligence

A: Intelligence Intelligence

Consciousnessconsciousness

A: Consciousnessconsciousness

Motivated Behaviorsmotivated Behaviors

A: Motivated Behaviorsmotivated Behaviors

Part 1 Emotions,stress,and Healthemotions,stress,and Health

A: Emotional,stress,and Healthemotional,stress,and Health

Social Psychologysocial Psychology

A: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

Personalitypersonality

A: Personalitypersonality

Part 1 Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatmentabnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment

A: Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatmentabnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment

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The history of psychology differs from the history of other scientific fields in what way?

Which of these was a major research goal for Wilhelm Wundt's early psychological laboratory?

Wilhelm Wundt is famous for what contribution to the history of psychology?

A psychiatrist has which educational degree(s)?

What do comparative psychologists compare?

Sigmund Freud analyzed people's behavior partly by attention to which of the following?

What does introspection mean?

Which of the following is most likely to lead to an increased preference for salty tastes?

People tend to eat more when they are in a group than when they eat alone.Which type of psychologist studies processes like this?

For someone with a bachelor's degree in psychology,what jobs are available relevant to psychology?

What does a cognitive psychologist study?

Decades ago,two laboratories consistently got different results in studies about human learning.What did the researchers discover was responsible for the different results?

The first psychological research laboratory was founded by which of the following?

Who compared his own insights and theories to those of Copernicus and Darwin?

Why did behaviorists of the mid-1900s concentrate on studying rats in a maze?

Behaviorists avoid research on thought and knowledge.Why?

The term monism refers to which belief?

According to one study,Japanese exchange students felt homesick under which circumstance?

What did Wilhelm Wundt demonstrate?

Early psychologists,eager to develop a scientific psychology,concentrated mainly on what?