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1 Which of the following best describes the view of the mind held
by Plato and Socrates?
 The mind should be studied through careful, empirical
observations. Incorrect
 The mind is an illusion produced by the brain. Incorrect
 The mind is separate from the body and continues after the
body dies. (True Answer )Correct
 The mind is made up of knowledge that is a result of our
experiences. Incorrect
 The mind results from biological processes produced by
neural transmissions. Incorrect

2 Which philosopher was the first to conclude that knowledge

results from our memories of our experiences?
 Plato Incorrect
 Socrates Incorrect
 Kant Incorrect
 Descartes Incorrect
 Aristotle (True Answer )Correct

3 Descartes theory of how our brain controlled our reflexes

involved which of the following?
 structuralism and functionalism Incorrect
 brain fluid and “animal spirits” (True Answer )Correct
 blank slate and empiricism Incorrect
  astrology and tabula rasa Incorrect
 innate knowledge and experimental data Incorrect

4 Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the

mind at birth is tabula rasa or a “blank slate”?
 Plato Incorrect
 John Locke (True Answer )Correct
 Immanuel Kant Incorrect
 René Descartes Incorrect
 Aristotle Incorrect

5 The ideas that most directly helped form modern empiricism

were proposed by
 Plato and Socrates. Incorrect
 John Locke and Francis Bacon. (True Answer )Correct
 Plato and René Descartes. Incorrect
 Socrates and Confucius. Incorrect
 Aristotle and Socrates. Incorrect

6 Which philosopher would have been most enthusiastic about

modern empiricism?
 Plato Incorrect
 Socrates Incorrect
 Aristotle (True Answer )Correct
 René Descartes Incorrect
 Immanuel Kant Incorrect

7 The first psychological laboratory was established by

 William James. Incorrect

 John Watson. Incorrect
 Wilhelm Wundt. (True Answer )Correct
 Sigmund Freud. Incorrect
 Jean Piaget. Incorrect

8 Wilhelm Wundt's laboratory work involved experimental

studies of
 animal intelligence. Incorrect
 personality development. Incorrect
  learning and memory. Incorrect
 reactions to sensory stimulation. (True Answer )Correct
 association and generalization. Incorrect

9 Which of the following innovations differentiated Wilhelm

Wundt's research the most from any psychologist before him?
 empiricism Incorrect
 structuralism Incorrect
 tabula rasa Incorrect
 laboratory research (True Answer )Correct
 separation of mind and body Incorrect

10 Wilhelm Wundt's early experiments were attempts to

investigate which area of psychology?
 the causes of mental illnesses Incorrect
 social conformity Incorrect
 the simplest mental processes (True Answer )Correct
 childhood development Incorrect
 causes of aggression Incorrect

11 Why is Wilhelm Wundt often considered the first scientific

psychological researcher?
 His scientific philosophy was carefully built on Descartes'
idea about mind-body dualism. Incorrect
 He gathered data through experiments in his lab. (True
Answer )Correct
 He treated patients with mental illnesses using a medical
model for the first time. Incorrect
 His attention to genetic causes was ahead of his time.
Incorrect
 He analyzed data from his studies using inferential statistics.
Incorrect

12 In Wilhelm Wundt's experiments, participants were asked to

press a key as soon as they were consciously aware of perceiving
a sound. By asking participants to examine and report their
conscious experiences, Wundt was making use of which of the
following?
 structuralism Incorrect
 empiricism Incorrect
  tabula rasa Incorrect
 introspection (True Answer )Correct
 functionalism Incorrect

13 Who used the method of introspection to scientifically identify

basic elements of mind?
 Aristotle Incorrect
 John Locke Incorrect
 Edward Titchener (True Answer )Correct
 John Watson Incorrect
 Socrates Incorrect

14 The self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and

feelings is called
 clinical psychology. Incorrect
 introspection. (True Answer )Correct
 spaced practice. Incorrect
 humanism. Incorrect
 Gestalt psychology. Incorrect

15 Introspection was the basic research tool used by ________ in

order to study people's inner sensations and mental images.
 John Watson Incorrect
 Charles Darwin Incorrect
 Edward Titchener (True Answer )Correct
 B. F. Skinner Incorrect
 Mary Calkins Incorrect

16 Research participants were asked to monitor and report their

own immediate sensory reactions to differently colored objects.
This research involved a technique known as
 empiricism. Incorrect
 structuralism. Incorrect
 introspection. (True Answer )Correct
 functionalism. Incorrect
 psychometrics. Incorrect

17 The method of introspection was used by Titchener to identify

  inherited traits. Incorrect
 learned responses. Incorrect
 maladaptive behaviors. Incorrect
 unconscious motives. Incorrect
 elements of sensory experience. (True Answer )Correct

18 Research participants who carefully observe and report their

immediate reactions and feelings in response to different
musical sounds are using the method known as
 spaced practice. Incorrect
 psychoanalysis. Incorrect
 introspection. (True Answer )Correct
 natural selection. Incorrect
 SQ3R. Incorrect

19 The unreliability of introspection contributed to the waning

popularity of
 structuralism. (True Answer )Correct
 psychiatry. Incorrect
 empiricism. Incorrect
 behaviorism. Incorrect
 functionalism. Incorrect

20 Contemporary psychologists are most likely to reject which of

the following as appropriate for the study of psychology?
 empiricism Incorrect
 observation Incorrect
 introspection (True Answer )Correct
 experimentation Incorrect
 mental activity Incorrect

21 The early school of psychology known as functionalism was

developed by
 Wilhelm Wundt. Incorrect
 William James. (True Answer )Correct
 René Descartes. Incorrect
 John B. Watson. Incorrect
 Sigmund Freud. Incorrect
22 William James was a prominent American

 psychoanalyst. Incorrect
 behaviorist. Incorrect
 functionalist. (True Answer )Correct
 structuralist. Incorrect
 gestaltist. Incorrect

23 Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention

on the
 adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions. (True
Answer )Correct
 component elements of sensory experience. Incorrect
 disruptive effects of unconscious motives. Incorrect
 treatment of psychological disorders. Incorrect
 inward immediate sensations, feelings, and impulses.
Incorrect

24 Who was a student of William James and the first female

president of the American Psychological Association?
 Jean Piaget Incorrect
 Francis Bacon Incorrect
 Rosalie Rayner Incorrect
 Mary Calkins (True Answer )Correct
 Margaret Washburn Incorrect

25 Which psychologist was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in

psychology after Harvard University declined to give Mary
Calkins the Ph.D.?
 Jean Piaget Incorrect
 Francis Bacon Incorrect
 Rosalie Rayner Incorrect
 Mary Calkins Incorrect
 Margaret Washburn (True Answer )Correct

26 Who was the American philosopher who authored a textbook in

1890 for the emerging discipline of psychology?
 Wilhelm Wundt Incorrect
 John B. Watson Incorrect
  Sigmund Freud Incorrect
 William James (True Answer )Correct
 Mary Calkins Incorrect

27 The personality theorist, Sigmund Freud, was an Austrian

 chemist. Incorrect
 physician. (True Answer )Correct
 theologian. Incorrect
 politician. Incorrect
 philanthropist. Incorrect

28 In its early years, psychology focused on the study of ________,

but from the 1920s into the 1960s, American psychologists
emphasized the study of ________.
 environmental influences; hereditary influences Incorrect
 maladaptive behavior; adaptive behavior Incorrect
 unconscious motives; conscious thoughts and feelings
Incorrect
 mental life; observable behavior (True Answer )Correct
 biology; culture Incorrect

29 Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes

and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable
behavior”?
 John B. Watson (True Answer )Correct
 Edward Titchener Incorrect
 Wilhelm Wundt Incorrect
 Jean Piaget Incorrect
 William James Incorrect

30 Who would be most likely to emphasize the role of the

unconscious in affecting behavior?
 Ivan Pavlov Incorrect
 Carl Rogers Incorrect
 William James Incorrect
 John B. Watson Incorrect
 Sigmund Freud (True Answer )Correct
31 In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus
on ________, whereas humanistic psychologists concentrate on
________.
 evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings; self-reports of
immediate physical sensations Incorrect
 observable behavior; the way we perceive, process, and
remember information Incorrect
 childhood experiences and unconscious thought processes;
current environmental influences on potential (True Answer )
Correct
 introspective reports of immediate sensations; empirical
research relying on observation and experimentation Incorrect
 the study of brain activity linked with mental activity; the
examination of the stream of consciousness and emotion
Incorrect

32 Behaviorists dismissed the value of

 science. Incorrect
 introspection. (True Answer )Correct
 spaced practice. Incorrect
 neuroscience. Incorrect
 reinforcement. Incorrect

33 Which of the following psychologists most clearly rejected the

value of introspection?
 Wilhelm Wundt Incorrect
 Edward Titchener Incorrect
 John B. Watson (True Answer )Correct
 William James Incorrect
 Sigmund Freud Incorrect

34 Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of

 childhood memories. Incorrect

 genetic predispositions. Incorrect
 unconscious thoughts. Incorrect
 healthy growth potential. (True Answer )Correct
 punishment and reinforcement. Incorrect
35 In the 1960s, humanistic psychologists considered the approach
advanced by behaviorists to be excessively
 illogical. Incorrect
 biological. Incorrect
 introspective. Incorrect
 mechanistic. (True Answer )Correct
 cognitive. Incorrect

36 In the early 1960s, the cognitive revolution in psychology

involved a renewal of interest in the scientific study of
 mental processes. (True Answer )Correct
 hereditary influences. Incorrect
 unconscious motives. Incorrect
 learned behaviors. Incorrect
 evolutionary influences. Incorrect

37 Which area of psychology might be best suited to investigate the

following research question: what happens in our brain when we
forget details about stressful life events, and how does this
process affect behavior?
 structuralism Incorrect
 behaviorism Incorrect
 humanistic psychology Incorrect
 cognitive neuroscience (True Answer )Correct
 functionalist experimental psychology Incorrect

38 Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study

of
 conscious and unconscious mental activity. Incorrect
 observable responses to the environment. Incorrect
 behavior and mental processes. (True Answer )Correct
 thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. Incorrect
 maladaptive and adaptive behaviors. Incorrect

39 Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men

and women result from biological or social influences most
clearly involve a debate over the issue of
 evolution versus natural selection. Incorrect
 stage development versus continuous development.
Incorrect
  structuralism versus functionalism. Incorrect
 behavior versus mental processes. Incorrect
 nature versus nurture. (True Answer )Correct

40 Efforts to discover whether the intelligence of children is more

heavily influenced by their biology or by their home
environments are most directly relevant to the debate regarding
 structuralism versus functionalism. Incorrect
 evolution versus natural selection. Incorrect
 observation versus introspection. Incorrect
 nature versus nurture. (True Answer )Correct
 humanism versus behaviorism. Incorrect

41 Lissette wonders whether personality differences between her

African-American and Asian-American friends result from
biological or cultural influences. In this instance, Lissette is
primarily concerned with the relative contributions of
 biology and cognition. Incorrect
 nature and nurture. (True Answer )Correct
 behavior and mental processes. Incorrect
 conscious and unconscious thoughts. Incorrect
 introspection versus structuralism. Incorrect

42 In the context of debates regarding the origins of knowledge,

Aristotle is to ________ as Plato is to ________.
 soul; body Incorrect
 structuralism; functionalism Incorrect
 stability; change Incorrect
 introspection; observation Incorrect
 nurture; nature (True Answer )Correct

43 The inheritance of behavioral characteristics was emphasized by

 John Locke. Incorrect

 John Watson. Incorrect
 Wilhelm Wundt. Incorrect
 Charles Darwin. (True Answer )Correct
 B. F. Skinner. Incorrect
44 The survival of organisms best suited to a particular
environment is known as
 functionalism. Incorrect
 natural selection. (True Answer )Correct
 humanism. Incorrect
 structuralism. Incorrect
 introspection. Incorrect

45 Who highlighted the reproductive advantages of

environmentally adaptive traits?
 Plato Incorrect
 Aristotle Incorrect
 John Locke Incorrect
 Charles Darwin (True Answer )Correct
 William James Incorrect

46 Charles Darwin believed that behaviors, such as the emotional

expressions associated with human rage, could be explained by
natural selection. Which early psychologist would be most likely
to agree with Darwin's assessment?
 William James (True Answer )Correct
 Edward B. Titchener Incorrect
 Wilhelm Wundt Incorrect
 John B. Watson Incorrect
 Ivan Pavlov Incorrect

47 Which statement best exemplifies contemporary psychology's

understanding of the nature and nurture issue?
 Children learn grammar mostly from experience. Incorrect
 Sexual behaviors are more “pushed” by inner biology.
Incorrect
 Depression is a disorder of the brain and of thought. (True
Answer )Correct
 Humans are alike because of our evolutionary history.
Incorrect
 Intelligence is purely an inborn trait. Incorrect

48 The biopsychosocial approach provides an understanding of

social-cultural influences integrated within the larger
framework of
  functionalism. Incorrect
 introspection. Incorrect
 humanistic psychology. Incorrect
 multiple levels of analysis. (True Answer )Correct
 structuralism. Incorrect

49 Janna has low self-esteem because she is often teased for being
overweight. Appreciating the complexity of Janna's difficulties
requires
 introspection. Incorrect
 psychoanalysis. Incorrect
 massed practice. Incorrect
 a biopsychosocial approach. (True Answer )Correct
 structuralism. Incorrect

50 Which approach is most directly concerned with assessing the

relative impact of both nature and nurture on our psychological
traits?
 biopsychosocial (True Answer )Correct
 cognitive Incorrect
 humanistic Incorrect
 social-cultural Incorrect
 psychodynamic Incorrect

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