PSY Ch. 1 Test Review

Question 1

a basic truth or law

Accepted Answer

principle

Question 2

What is the very first step in the process of conducting any type of psychological research?

Accepted Answer

ask a research question

Question 3

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

free will

Question 4

Lisa has been sleeping more than usual and isn't interested in things she used to be, what psychologist could help her?

Accepted Answer

counseling psychologist

Question 5

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor that is able to prescribe medicine to patients.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Cross-cultural psychology focuses on behavior under different cultural conditions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Socioculturalists are concerned with studying mental processes of different animals

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

any action that one can measure or observe

Accepted Answer

behavior

Question 9

What are the main goals of psychology?

Accepted Answer

to observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

Question 10

Which of the following research methods are widely used by psychologists?

Accepted Answer

surveys and experiments

Question 11

Cognitive activities are mental processes, such as dreams, thoughts, and perceptions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Aristotle is given credit for popularizing associationism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

socioculturalism

Question 14

William James rejected Wundt’s ideas. What did he focus on instead?

Accepted Answer

how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment

Question 15

In the early days of psychoanalysis, what did its practitioners believe to be the cause of behavior?

Accepted Answer

unconscious motives and conflicts

Question 16

statements that attempt to explain why things occur

Accepted Answer

theory

Question 17

Who would most likely have said this? "Hormones, cognition, and social norms all have a role to play in behavior.

Accepted Answer

a biopsychosocialist

Question 18

How did Wilhelm Wundt break down consciousness?

Accepted Answer

objective sensations and subjective feelings

Question 19

In what field do most psychologists practice?

Accepted Answer

clinical psychology

Question 20

During which time period did the idea of psychology revert to archaic beliefs of witch craft and demon possession?

Accepted Answer

the Middle Ages

Question 21

an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

Accepted Answer

introspection

Question 22

Most psychologists are only interested in animal behavior.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Research that has no immediate application and is done for its own sake.

Accepted Answer

basic research

Question 24

Which of the following is a step involved in psychological research?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 25

Which psychological perspective is concerned primarily with human consciousness,experience, and self-awareness?

Accepted Answer

humanistic perspective

Question 26

Clinical psychology and counseling psychology are the same field.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

technology psychology

Question 28

Who would be the most likely to work on the creation and administration of a standardized test like the ACT or SAT?

Accepted Answer

educational psychologist

Question 29

Before a test, you think about how your study habits will affect your score. What psychological method is being used?

Accepted Answer

introspection

Question 30

Which of the following might help a patient cope with the life changes caused by a traumatic spinal cord injury.

Accepted Answer

health psychologists

Question 31

What is the primary concern of developmental psychologists?

Accepted Answer

changes that occur throughout the lifespan

Question 32

In what way is the practice of psychology closely related to the practice of the natural sciences?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 33

When was modern psychology born?

Accepted Answer

late 1800s, after the birth of modern science

Question 34

The social sciences, like biology, are concerned with the nature of the physical world.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

What belief did the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates have in common with present-day psychologists?

Accepted Answer

Confusion and bizarre behavior are caused by abnormalities in the brain.

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