Question 1

Which of the following states the principle of monism?​

Accepted Answer

A) Brain activity comes first, then mental activity. 
B) ​Brain activity is the same thing as mental activity. 
C) ​Mental activity causes brain activity. 
D) ​Mental activity controls thinking, and brain activity controls behavior. 
A) Brain activity comes first, then mental activity. 
B) ​Brain activity is the same thing as mental activity. 
C) ​Mental activity causes brain activity. 
D) ​Mental activity controls thinking, and brain activity controls behavior.

Question 2

Of the following,which type of psychologist is most likely to study how people behave in groups?​

Accepted Answer

A) Developmental psychologistsc 
B) ​Cognitive psychologists 
C) ​Forensic psychologists 
D) ​Social psychologists 
A) Developmental psychologistsc 
B) ​Cognitive psychologists 
C) ​Forensic psychologists 
D) ​Social psychologists

Question 3

Many menstruating women crave potato chips because of their need for what?

Accepted Answer

A) Sugar 
B) ​Vitamin C 
C) ​Fats 
D) ​Salt 
A) Sugar 
B) ​Vitamin C 
C) ​Fats 
D) ​Salt

Question 4

​What event led to a great expansion of clinical psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) The abolition of slavery in the mid 1800s 
B) ​Soldiers' traumatic experiences during World War II 
C) ​The industrial revolution 
D) ​The development of effective antidepressant drugs 
A) The abolition of slavery in the mid 1800s 
B) ​Soldiers' traumatic experiences during World War II 
C) ​The industrial revolution 
D) ​The development of effective antidepressant drugs

Question 5

What kind of psychologist helps a company increase workers' productivity and satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A) Developmental psychologist 
B) ​Industrial/organizational psychologist 
C) ​Human factors specialist 
D) ​Forensic psychologist 
A) Developmental psychologist 
B) ​Industrial/organizational psychologist 
C) ​Human factors specialist 
D) ​Forensic psychologist

Question 6

Which of the following (if true)would most seriously contradict the assumptions of determinism?​

Accepted Answer

A) Some people with high motivation and effort nevertheless fail. 
B) ​Certain types of brain damage have no effect on behavior. 
C) ​Certain types of behavior are totally unpredictable. 
D) ​Heredity controls some behaviors and the environment controls others. 
A) Some people with high motivation and effort nevertheless fail. 
B) ​Certain types of brain damage have no effect on behavior. 
C) ​Certain types of behavior are totally unpredictable. 
D) ​Heredity controls some behaviors and the environment controls others.

Question 7

Health psychologists would be MOST interested in which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) Development of language abilities in young children 
B) ​Role of genetics in the development of behavior 
C) ​Changes in dreams when someone develops emotional problems 
D) ​Effects of exercise, diet, and smoking 
A) Development of language abilities in young children 
B) ​Role of genetics in the development of behavior 
C) ​Changes in dreams when someone develops emotional problems 
D) ​Effects of exercise, diet, and smoking

Question 8

Someone who believes that all behaviors have a cause follows which philosophical position?​

Accepted Answer

A) Determinism 
B) ​Monism 
C) ​Dualism 
D) ​Hereditarianism 
A) Determinism 
B) ​Monism 
C) ​Dualism 
D) ​Hereditarianism

Question 9

From around 1920 to around 1970,which of these approaches dominated psychological research?​

Accepted Answer

A) Positive psychology 
B) ​Health psychology 
C) ​Structuralism 
D) Behaviorism 
A) Positive psychology 
B) ​Health psychology 
C) ​Structuralism 
D) Behaviorism

Question 10

​What does the philosophical position of determinism imply?

Accepted Answer

A) We live in a world governed by cause and effect. 
B) ​A complete understanding of your genetics could predict and explain everything you do. 
C) ​Someone with a dominant personality can strongly influence other people. 
D) ​People have a free will to control their own destiny. 
A) We live in a world governed by cause and effect. 
B) ​A complete understanding of your genetics could predict and explain everything you do. 
C) ​Someone with a dominant personality can strongly influence other people. 
D) ​People have a free will to control their own destiny.

Question 11

​Why did the earliest psychological researchers concentrate largely on sensation?

Accepted Answer

A) Sensation is easier to study than many other psychological processes. 
B) ​At the time, government grants were available only for the study of sensation. 
C) ​Theories at the time said that differences in sensation produced personality changes. 
D) ​They believed that other types of psychological research were unethical. 
A) Sensation is easier to study than many other psychological processes. 
B) ​At the time, government grants were available only for the study of sensation. 
C) ​Theories at the time said that differences in sensation produced personality changes. 
D) ​They believed that other types of psychological research were unethical.

Question 12

​How does a counseling psychologist differ from a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A) A counseling psychologist less often treats psychological disorders. 
B) ​A counseling psychologist more often conducts laboratory research. 
C) ​A counseling psychologist more often prescribes medications. 
D) ​A counseling psychologist has no formal education. 
A) A counseling psychologist less often treats psychological disorders. 
B) ​A counseling psychologist more often conducts laboratory research. 
C) ​A counseling psychologist more often prescribes medications. 
D) ​A counseling psychologist has no formal education.

Question 13

​Why have later psychologists abandoned Titchener's search for the structures that compose the mind?

Accepted Answer

A) They consider the questions impossible to answer. 
B) ​The research is too expensive. 
C) ​The research requires methods that now seem unethical. 
D) ​The questions pertain to biology, not psychology. 
A) They consider the questions impossible to answer. 
B) ​The research is too expensive. 
C) ​The research requires methods that now seem unethical. 
D) ​The questions pertain to biology, not psychology.

Question 14

​What distinguishes a psychoanalyst from other kinds of therapists?

Accepted Answer

A) Absence of any formal education 
B) ​Greater interest in psychological research than in treating patients 
C) ​Reliance on theories and methods pioneered by Sigmund Freud 
D) ​Use of devices that measure brain activity 
A) Absence of any formal education 
B) ​Greater interest in psychological research than in treating patients 
C) ​Reliance on theories and methods pioneered by Sigmund Freud 
D) ​Use of devices that measure brain activity

Question 15

Someone interested in the nature-nurture issue would probably explore how behavioral development depends on which factors?

Accepted Answer

A) Heredity and environment 
B) ​Mind and brain 
C) ​Thoughts and ideas 
D) ​Diet and exercise 
A) Heredity and environment 
B) ​Mind and brain 
C) ​Thoughts and ideas 
D) ​Diet and exercise

Question 16

The mind-brain (or mind-body)problem refers to which question?​

Accepted Answer

A) What happens to the brain during an out-of-body experience? 
B) ​Which part of the brain does the mind control? 
C) ​What is the relationship between mind and brain? 
D) ​Which is more important, the mind or the brain? 
A) What happens to the brain during an out-of-body experience? 
B) ​Which part of the brain does the mind control? 
C) ​What is the relationship between mind and brain? 
D) ​Which is more important, the mind or the brain?

Question 17

​What is meant by "basic research" as opposed to applied research?

Accepted Answer

A) Basic research relies on simpler methods or observations. 
B) ​Basic research studies laboratory animals instead of people. 
C) ​Basic research attempts to answer theoretical questions. 
D) ​Basic research attempts to solve practical problems. 
A) Basic research relies on simpler methods or observations. 
B) ​Basic research studies laboratory animals instead of people. 
C) ​Basic research attempts to answer theoretical questions. 
D) ​Basic research attempts to solve practical problems.

Question 18

Someone who accepts the ides of "determinism" believes which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) With enough persistence and effort, a person can accomplish great things. 
B) ​Everything you do has a cause. 
C) ​Mind and brain are inseparable. 
D) ​Heredity is more important than environment in influencing behavior. 
A) With enough persistence and effort, a person can accomplish great things. 
B) ​Everything you do has a cause. 
C) ​Mind and brain are inseparable. 
D) ​Heredity is more important than environment in influencing behavior.

Question 19

What does someone who supports the position of determinism believe?​

Accepted Answer

A) With strong effort, anyone can overcome early handicaps. 
B) ​Scientific research can discover explanations of behavior. 
C) ​The best way to know why people act as they do is simply to ask them. 
D) ​Behavioral development depends mainly on genetic influences. 
A) With strong effort, anyone can overcome early handicaps. 
B) ​Scientific research can discover explanations of behavior. 
C) ​The best way to know why people act as they do is simply to ask them. 
D) ​Behavioral development depends mainly on genetic influences.

Question 20

What is meant by "applied research" as opposed to basic research?​

Accepted Answer

A) Applied research relies on simpler methods or observations. 
B) ​Applied research studies people instead of laboratory animals. 
C) ​Applied research attempts to answer theoretical questions. 
D) ​Applied research attempts to solve practical problems. 
A) Applied research relies on simpler methods or observations. 
B) ​Applied research studies people instead of laboratory animals. 
C) ​Applied research attempts to answer theoretical questions. 
D) ​Applied research attempts to solve practical problems.

Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Which of the following states the principle of monism?​

Of the following,which type of psychologist is most likely to study how people behave in groups?​

Many menstruating women crave potato chips because of their need for what?

​What event led to a great expansion of clinical psychology?

What kind of psychologist helps a company increase workers' productivity and satisfaction?

Which of the following (if true)would most seriously contradict the assumptions of determinism?​

Health psychologists would be MOST interested in which of these?​

Someone who believes that all behaviors have a cause follows which philosophical position?​

From around 1920 to around 1970,which of these approaches dominated psychological research?​

​What does the philosophical position of determinism imply?

​Why did the earliest psychological researchers concentrate largely on sensation?

​How does a counseling psychologist differ from a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist?

​Why have later psychologists abandoned Titchener's search for the structures that compose the mind?

​What distinguishes a psychoanalyst from other kinds of therapists?

Someone interested in the nature-nurture issue would probably explore how behavioral development depends on which factors?

The mind-brain (or mind-body)problem refers to which question?​

​What is meant by "basic research" as opposed to applied research?

Someone who accepts the ides of "determinism" believes which of the following?​

What does someone who supports the position of determinism believe?​

What is meant by "applied research" as opposed to basic research?​

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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Which of the following states the principle of monism?

Of the following,which type of psychologist is most likely to study how people behave in groups?

What event led to a great expansion of clinical psychology?

Which of the following (if true)would most seriously contradict the assumptions of determinism?

Health psychologists would be MOST interested in which of these?

Someone who believes that all behaviors have a cause follows which philosophical position?

From around 1920 to around 1970,which of these approaches dominated psychological research?

What does the philosophical position of determinism imply?

Why did the earliest psychological researchers concentrate largely on sensation?

How does a counseling psychologist differ from a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist?

Why have later psychologists abandoned Titchener's search for the structures that compose the mind?

What distinguishes a psychoanalyst from other kinds of therapists?

The mind-brain (or mind-body)problem refers to which question?

What is meant by "basic research" as opposed to applied research?

Someone who accepts the ides of "determinism" believes which of the following?

What does someone who supports the position of determinism believe?

What is meant by "applied research" as opposed to basic research?