Question 1

Which of the following psychologists are most closely associated with humanistic psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Watson and Skinner
B)   Allport and Lewin
C)   Freud and Jung
D)   Rogers and Maslow

Question 2

Which of the following statements best summarizes the role of culture in shaping behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A)   Culture has a minor role that is far secondary to biology.
B)   Culture plays a foundational role in shaping our behaviors.
C)   Cultural experiences allow us to break down complex ideas.
D)   Culture affects only social behaviors and not the way we think.

Question 3

Psychology developed into a discipline in:

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A)   ancient China
B)   nineteenth-century Europe
C)   classical Greece
D)   colonial America, in the eighteenth century

Question 4

Which cultural group is most likely to focus on single elements of the foreground in an image rather than on the entire image?

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A)   Eastern cultures
B)   Western cultures
C)   both Western and Eastern cultures
D)   neither Western nor Eastern cultures

Question 5

Psychologist Wolfgang Köhler's problem solving experiment with the chimpanzee,the banana,and the box was important because it:

Accepted Answer

A)   showed the extreme effectiveness of shaping behavior using reward and punishment
B)   showed that chimpanzees have an unconscious mind
C)   suggested that animals such as chimpanzees think and use cognition
D)   demonstrated how animals were unable to think; that this was a purely human behavior

Question 6

Allanah has declared psychology as her major.Which of the following alternatives best identifies what Allanah will study?

Accepted Answer

A)   the structure and function of the brain
B)   mental disorders and their treatment
C)   feelings and other subjective states
D)   mind, brain, and behavior

Question 7

This area of psychology studies how shared ideas and behaviors are passed from one generation to the next:

Accepted Answer

A)   biological
B)   individual
C)   cultural
D)   none of the above

Question 8

Recall your text's discussion of the cognitive approach in psychology.During which decade did cognitive neuroscience become an influential field in cognitive psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   the 1960s
B)   the 1970s
C)   the 1990s
D)   the 2000s

Question 9

The first woman officially granted a Ph.D.in psychology was:

Accepted Answer

A)   Mary Whiton Calkins
B)   Margaret Floy Washburn
C)   Shelley Taylor
D)   Eleanor Maccoby

Question 10

Which of the following is the best definition of psychological science?

Accepted Answer

A)   the study of the brain and its inner function
B)   the study of the mind and how it processes thoughts, social interactions, and emotions
C)   the study of the mind, brain, and behavior
D)   the study of the mind, the psyche, and behavior

Question 11

Your text describes a study by Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998) in which participants rated a confederate of the experimenter as warmer when they held a cup of hot coffee than when they held a cup of iced coffee.How does your text interpret this result?

Accepted Answer

A)   This finding supports the role of unconscious determinants of thought and behavior.
B)   This finding refutes the role of unconscious determinants of thought and behavior.
C)   This finding supports a dualistic position on the mind/body problem.
D)   This finding affirms the importance of "nature" in thought and behavior.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Most psychological research is conducted in colleges and universities.
B)   The best reason for studying psychology is its personal relevance.
C)   The majority of psychological research is conducted on patients with psychological disorders.
D)   In general, the results of psychological research apply only to Western cultures.

Question 13

Dr.Scott investigates potential associations between,on the one hand,cultural norms regarding the expression of emotion and,on the other hand,neural responses to insincere or deceptive emotional expressions.Dr.Scott's work reflects the multidisciplinary field of:

Accepted Answer

A)   evolutionary psychology
B)   sociobiology
C)   bicultural psychology
D)   cultural neuroscience

Question 14

Which of the following phenomena would likely be studied by social psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)   the rise of Hitler prior to World War II and his ability to influence other people's behavior
B)   how animals and people differ in terms of their sensitivity to reward and punishment
C)   which category of perceptual images is most likely to be identified quickly
D)   which neurons are activated when men look at sports pictures versus when women look at the same pictures

Question 15

Dualism is the idea that:

Accepted Answer

A)   the mind and the brain are separate entities
B)   the mind and the brain are the same entity
C)   the mind and the brain are opposing forces
D)   there is no mind, just the brain

Question 16

Which of the following developments was most important in the rise of the cognitive approach in psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   the identification of the unconscious
B)   the understanding of the effects of reward and punishment on behavior and thinking
C)   the emergence of computers
D)   the ability to identify different kinds of neurons

Question 17

Which of the following characteristics is a hallmark of a good scientist?

Accepted Answer

A)   open to new ideas
B)   weighs the facts
C)   wary of scientific findings
D)   all of the above

Question 18

Dr.Leleux asserts that psychologists should attempt to isolate the fundamental attributes of mental experience.Dr.Leleux appears most sympathetic to the _____ school of thought in psychology.

Accepted Answer

A)   structuralist
B)   behaviorist
C)   functionalist
D)   Gestalt

Question 19

Psychological science is the study of:

Accepted Answer

A)   the mind
B)   the brain
C)   behavior
D)   all of the above

Question 20

The fact that a variety of thoughts come to mind even as you are engaged in the activity of taking this exam exemplifies psychologist William James's concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)   sea of ideas
B)   ports of call
C)   river of thoughts
D)   stream of consciousness

Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Psychologist Wolfgang Köhler's problem solving experiment with the chimpanzee,the banana,and the box was important because it:

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Dualism is the idea that:

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The fact that a variety of thoughts come to mind even as you are engaged in the activity of taking this exam exemplifies psychologist William James's concept of:

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Which of the following characteristics is a hallmark of a good scientist?

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Dr.Leleux asserts that psychologists should attempt to isolate the fundamental attributes of mental experience.Dr.Leleux appears most sympathetic to the _____ school of thought in psychology.

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Which of the following phenomena would likely be studied by social psychologists?

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Which of the following psychologists are most closely associated with humanistic psychology?

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Which of the following is the best definition of psychological science?

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Your text describes a study by Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998) in which participants rated a confederate of the experimenter as warmer when they held a cup of hot coffee than when they held a cup of iced coffee.How does your text interpret this result?

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This area of psychology studies how shared ideas and behaviors are passed from one generation to the next:

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Which of the following developments was most important in the rise of the cognitive approach in psychology?

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Psychological science is the study of:

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Which cultural group is most likely to focus on single elements of the foreground in an image rather than on the entire image?

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Psychology developed into a discipline in:

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Allanah has declared psychology as her major.Which of the following alternatives best identifies what Allanah will study?

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Which of the following statements is true?

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The first woman officially granted a Ph.D.in psychology was:

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Recall your text's discussion of the cognitive approach in psychology.During which decade did cognitive neuroscience become an influential field in cognitive psychology?

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the role of culture in shaping behaviors?

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Dr.Scott investigates potential associations between,on the one hand,cultural norms regarding the expression of emotion and,on the other hand,neural responses to insincere or deceptive emotional expressions.Dr.Scott's work reflects the multidisciplinary field of:

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