Question 1

The psychology that you study in the textbook closely resembles the popular psychology found in self-help books.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why is Wilhelm Wundt especially revered by psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 3

Clinical psychologists do psychotherapy and sometimes conduct research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Behaviorism is a part of which modern psychological perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive 
B) learning 
C) sociocultural 
D) psychodynamic 
A) cognitive 
B) learning 
C) sociocultural 
D) psychodynamic

Question 5

Where the structuralists asked what happens when an organism does something,the functionalists asked how and why an organism does something.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

An obscure neurologist in Vienna,Austria,came to the conclusion that his patient's symptoms had mental rather than physical causes.From this insight,his broad theory of personality evolved.The neurologist was:

Accepted Answer

A) Wilhelm Wundt. 
B) William James. 
C) Sigmund Freud. 
D) Joseph Gall. 
A) Wilhelm Wundt. 
B) William James. 
C) Sigmund Freud. 
D) Joseph Gall.

Question 7

Psychologists from the cognitive perspective would be likely to agree that anxiety is due to forbidden,unconscious desires.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The humanist psychologists:

Accepted Answer

A) believed that people were not capable of free will. 
B) regarded the psychoanalytic approach as too pessimistic. 
C) overlooked human resilience and creativity. 
D) believed that our behavior is determined by other people. 
A) believed that people were not capable of free will. 
B) regarded the psychoanalytic approach as too pessimistic. 
C) overlooked human resilience and creativity. 
D) believed that our behavior is determined by other people.

Question 9

In America,Wilhelm Wundt's ideas were popularized by one of his students,E.B.Titchener,who gave Wundt's approach the name:

Accepted Answer

A) structuralism. 
B) psychoanalysis. 
C) functionalism. 
D) behaviorism. 
A) structuralism. 
B) psychoanalysis. 
C) functionalism. 
D) behaviorism.

Question 10

Psychologists from the behavioral perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety may be caused by a chemical imbalance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The cognitive perspective is the thumb on the hand of psychology -connected to the other fingers,but also set apart from them because it differs radically in its language,methods,and standards of acceptable evidence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Beliefs that are taken for granted are called:

Accepted Answer

A) assumptions. 
B) traits. 
C) reinforcers. 
D) archetypes. 
A) assumptions. 
B) traits. 
C) reinforcers. 
D) archetypes.

Question 13

Psychologists from the biological perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety may be caused by a chemical imbalance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Psychologists from the behavioral perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety often bring hidden rewards,such as being excused from exams.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

If you are a critical thinker,reading a psychology textbook should be approached as:

Accepted Answer

A) receiving wisdom from expert researchers. 
B) an opportunity to generate questions. 
C) a tool for self-analysis. 
D) a way to reduce your uncertainties. 
A) receiving wisdom from expert researchers. 
B) an opportunity to generate questions. 
C) a tool for self-analysis. 
D) a way to reduce your uncertainties.

Question 16

One of Wilhelm Wundt's favorite research methods was reading personality traits from the bumps on a person's skull.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

One of E.B.Titchener's favorite research methods was reading personality traits from the bumps on a person's skull.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Critical thinkers realize that everybody's beliefs are as good as everybody else's.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Ralph seeks a psychiatrist and begins to realize that:

Accepted Answer

A) the therapist has a Psy.D. 
B) the therapist has been trained in psychoanalysis. 
C) the therapist is likely to take a biological approach to therapy. 
D) the therapist may not have a degree at all. 
A) the therapist has a Psy.D. 
B) the therapist has been trained in psychoanalysis. 
C) the therapist is likely to take a biological approach to therapy. 
D) the therapist may not have a degree at all.

Question 20

Mark has a strong desire to quit smoking.A psychologist from the biological perspective would try to help by:

Accepted Answer

A) delivering a shock to Mark's wrist just as he inhales. 
B) probing Mark's unconscious need for oral fulfillment. 
C) finding a drug that reduces Mark's craving for nicotine. 
D) emphasizing that smoking is a decision that Mark can control. 
A) delivering a shock to Mark's wrist just as he inhales. 
B) probing Mark's unconscious need for oral fulfillment. 
C) finding a drug that reduces Mark's craving for nicotine. 
D) emphasizing that smoking is a decision that Mark can control.

Exam 1: Exstintion: What Is Psychology

The psychology that you study in the textbook closely resembles the popular psychology found in self-help books.

Why is Wilhelm Wundt especially revered by psychologists?

Clinical psychologists do psychotherapy and sometimes conduct research.

Behaviorism is a part of which modern psychological perspective?

Where the structuralists asked what happens when an organism does something,the functionalists asked how and why an organism does something.

An obscure neurologist in Vienna,Austria,came to the conclusion that his patient's symptoms had mental rather than physical causes.From this insight,his broad theory of personality evolved.The neurologist was:

Psychologists from the cognitive perspective would be likely to agree that anxiety is due to forbidden,unconscious desires.

The humanist psychologists:

In America,Wilhelm Wundt's ideas were popularized by one of his students,E.B.Titchener,who gave Wundt's approach the name:

Psychologists from the behavioral perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety may be caused by a chemical imbalance.

The cognitive perspective is the thumb on the hand of psychology -connected to the other fingers,but also set apart from them because it differs radically in its language,methods,and standards of acceptable evidence.

Beliefs that are taken for granted are called:

Psychologists from the biological perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety may be caused by a chemical imbalance.

Psychologists from the behavioral perspective would be likely to agree that the symptoms of anxiety often bring hidden rewards,such as being excused from exams.

If you are a critical thinker,reading a psychology textbook should be approached as:

One of Wilhelm Wundt's favorite research methods was reading personality traits from the bumps on a person's skull.

One of E.B.Titchener's favorite research methods was reading personality traits from the bumps on a person's skull.

Critical thinkers realize that everybody's beliefs are as good as everybody else's.

Ralph seeks a psychiatrist and begins to realize that:

Mark has a strong desire to quit smoking.A psychologist from the biological perspective would try to help by:

What Is Psychology

How Psychologists Do Research

Exstintion: How Psychologists Do Research

Genes,evolution,and Environment

Exstintion: Genes,evolution,and Environment

The Brain: Source of Mind and the Self

Exstintion: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Exstintion: Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Exstintion: Sensation and Perception

Learning and Conditioning

Exstintion: Learning and Conditioning

Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Exstintion: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Thinking and Intelligence

Memory

Emotion,stress and Health

Motivation

Development Over the Life Span

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

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