Quiz Bank 1

Question 1

What does psychology refer to?

Answer 1

The scientific study of the mind

Question 2

Which of the following refers to a broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistently supported by evidence over time

Answer 2

scientific Theory

Question 3

Psychology is a social science discipline. Psychologists scientifically study??

Answer 3

Mind and behavior

Question 4

The empirical method of study is based on???

Answer 4

Observation rather than a methods based only on forms of logical argument or previous activities.

Question 5

Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist?

Answer 5

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 6

Psychoanalytic Theory focuses on the__________and early childhood experiences

Answer 6

role of a person’s unconscience mind

Question 7

Behaviorists study????

Answer 7

Learned behavior and its interaction with inborn qualities of the organism.

Question 8

According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to???

Answer 8

Study the function of behavior in the world (functionalism)

Question 9

Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines_______as objectively as possible

Answer 9

their own conscience experience

Question 10

_______is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans

Answer 10

Hummanism

Question 11

What is Abraham Maslow best known for?

Answer 11

Proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs)

Question 12

Who was the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States?

Answer 12

Francis Cecil Sunmer

Question 13

Which aspect of the scientific method occurs first?

Answer 13

Hypothesis

Question 14

For a scientific explanation to be testable, it must also be ______

Answer 14

perceivable and measurable

Question 15

Functionalist psychologists focus on the function of behavior

Answer 15

The operation of the whole mind rather than individual parts

Question 16

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principles of???

Answer 16

Gestalt psychology

Question 17

I provide ralph with the positive reinforcement of a candy bar when he does something I like. I punish him by squirting him with a squirt gun when he does something I don’t like. I am applying the principles of ____ in an attempt to modify Ralph’s behavior.

Answer 17

Operant Conditioning

Question 18

Which of the following exemplifies the unconditional positive regard of component of client centered therapy?

Answer 18

Abby tells the therapist that she tripped a small child, her therapist accepts this without judgement.

Question 19

Penelope studies the how the structure and function of the nervous system is related to behavior she is?

Answer 19

a biosychologist

Question 20

The cognitive revolution created an impetus for psychologists to focus their attention on better understand ______

Answer 20

The mind and and mental process that underlie behavior.