(Test Bank) Real World Psychology

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Real World Psychology Test Bank (Chapter 1 -16) Package Title: Testbank Course Title: Real World Psychology Chapter Number: Chapter 01 Question Type: Multiple Choice 1) Psychology is defined as the . a) science of conscious and unconscious forces on behavior b) empirical study of the mind c) scientific study of the mind d) scientific study of behavior and mental processes Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 2) According to your textbook, which of the following is a mental process? a) memories b) crying c) reading d) sleeping Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 1.3 Describe applications of psychology APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 3) is information that can be objectively tested and evaluated. a) Psychological science b) Empirical evidence c) Critical thinking d) Scientology Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 4) A scientist watching jackals feed on seals measures the frequency of feeding, competitive behavior, and duration of feeding. He is gathering . a) anecdotal data b) empirical evidence c) experimental data d) critical evidence Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 1.3 Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 5) What is the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing information? a) empiricism b) science c) critical thinking d) mental processing Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 6) Dr. Krostom responds to radio listeners who call in with relationship problems by using mostly her own common sense, beliefs, and values rather than scientific research. This practice is like . a) fraud b) pseudopsychology c) critical thinking d) personality assessment Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 1.3 Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 7) Jill believes that she can predict an individual's personality simply by referring back to the position of the stars on the day the individual was born; her beliefs capture the essence of . a) critical thinking b) psychology c) pseudopsychology d) astronomy Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 1.3 Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 8) In what year was the first psychological laboratory founded? a) 1659 b) 1879 c) 1950 d) 1760 Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 9) The father of psychology is . a) Sigmund Freud b) B. F. Skinner c) Wilhelm Wundt d) William James Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains . 10) If you were keeping an in -depth record of your conscious awareness including sensation, images, feelings, and thoughts that you are aware of experiencing, then you would be practicing what Wundt would call . a) structuralism b) empiricism c) functionalism d) introspection Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 11) Which of the following psychological theorists is most associated with the school of thought called structuralism? a) Sigmund Freud b) John Watson c) Harry Sullivan d) Edward Titchener Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 12) Structuralism made an important contribution to the science of psychology because it . a) established a model for studying mental processes scientifically b) showed how separate thoughts combined to form an idea c) explained why individuals experience stimuli differently d) highlighted why different scientific methods are needed to study children versus adults Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 13) investigates how mental processes help people adapt to their environment. a) Structuralism b) Gestalt c) Cognitive processing d) Functionalism Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 14) Functionalism made an important contribution to the science of psychology because it . a) explained why different individuals experience stimuli differently b) drew the line between branches of psychology so that each had its own function c) expanded the scope of psychology to consider emotion and observable behavior d) specified precisely the scope of psychology as dealing with mental processes Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 15) The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior is part of what theory of personality? a) psychobiological b) psychosocial c) psychoanalytic d) psychobehavioral Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 16) The physician who was fascinated by the ability of the unconscious mind to influence the body was . a) Edward Titchener b) Sigmund Freud c) William James d) B. F. Skinner Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 17) Which of the following is an important reason why many o f Freud's followers moved away from his school of thought? a) He put too much emphasis on sex and aggression as motives for behavior. b) He believed too strongly that the mind influences the body in diseases such as cancer. . c) He put too much emphasis on social relationships and social motives in explaining behavior. d) He believed too strongly that defense mechanisms such as transference were a factor in behavior. Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 18) Which one of the following parts of Freudian theory is still accepted by many psychotherapists today? a) the influence of sexual drives on behavior b) the influence of aggressive drives on behavior c) the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior d) the influence of the environment on behavior Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 19) The psychological perspective that emphasizes objective, observable environmental influences of overt behavior is called the . a) psychodynamic perspective b) functionalist perspective c) cognitive perspective d) behavioral perspective Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 20) Behaviorists were different conceptually from earlier psychologists and . a) accepted the practice of introspection b) rejected the influence of unconscious forces c) believed classical conditioning only applied to animals such as Pavlov's dogs d) relied heavily on subjective measures of behavior Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 21) The founder of behaviorism is . a) Sigmund Freud b) B. F. Skinner c) John B. Watson d) Ivan Pavlov Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 22) Dr. Watson, from the school of psychology, focused on objective, observable behavior rather than on the unconscious. a) behaviorist b) cognitive c) developmentalist d) conditionalist Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 23) Jenna is training her dog to sit, and she shows her dog Riley a treat and verbally commands him to sit, which he does. Which of the following training concepts is Jenna using? a) introspection b) conditioning c) functionalism d) shaping Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 24) The behaviorist that was convinced that behavior could be ―shaped‖ was . a) Sigmund Freud b) B. F. Skinner c) Wilhelm Wundt d) William James Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 25) Behaviorists have been most successful in treating people with problems such as . a) depression b) anxiety c) alcoholism d) schizophrenia Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 26) Which of the following is a research question that a behaviorist would investigate? a) How can we help people increase their personal development? b) How do we learn the bad habit of smoking? c) How does brain functioning cause psychological problems? d) How does early childhood trauma affect adult personality? Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 27) The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will and self- actualization was the perspective. a) behavioral b) cognitive c) humanistic d) psychodynamic Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 28) Which of the following best describes the humanistic perspective? a) I am working on becoming a better person and to develop positively. b) I believe that the economy and outside forces are the reason I am depressed. c) The neurotransmitters in my brain are imbalanced and changing that will solve my problems.d) If I go to therapy three times a week for several years and explore childhood trauma, I can resolve my problems. Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 29) A state of self -fulfillment that all individuals naturally strive to develop and move toward, according to Abraham Maslow, is called . a) self-satisfaction b) joy c) self-actualization d) accomplishment Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 30) The fact that humans can voluntarily choose to engage in behavior is known as . a) self-actualization b) free will c) conditioning d) introspection Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 31) The humanistic perspective was responsible for influencing the development of what area of psychology? a) cognitive b) sociocultural c) positive d) evolutionary Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains Describe applications of psychology Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking 2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving 32) The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is the perspective. a) cognitive b) gestalt c) concept formation d) information -processing Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Introducing Psychology Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals. APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology Develop a working knowledge of psychology‘s content domains 33) The model that likens the mind to a computer that sequentially takes in data, processes it, and then produces a response is called the .