Unit 1

Question 1

Who established the first psych lab (atoms of the mind)

Answer 1

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 2

Which philosopher proposed that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes

Answer 2

René Descartes

Question 3

Who coined the term “tabula rasa” to help explain the impact experience of an individual

Answer 3

John Locke

Question 4

What describes Wilhelm Wundts lab

Answer 4

Measuring the reaction time of sound and pressing a button

Question 5

With which of the following would John B Watson agree with

Answer 5

Psych should focus on observational behavior

Question 6

Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts

Answer 6

Cognitive

Question 7

Who among the following would most likely study the interaction of people, machines, and physical environments

Answer 7

Human factors psychs

Question 8

Psychatrists differ from psychs in the fact that they

Answer 8

are medical doctors licensed to give medication

Question 9

a humanistic psych working with some poets might ask what

Answer 9

How can we get them to reach their highest potential

Question 10

Betsy works in a human resources department. She plans training sessions, recruit people to work for the company, and implements techniques to boost morale around the office. What type of psych is she

Answer 10

industrial-organizational

Question 11

Which of the following psychs most likely emphasize that human behavior is powerfully influenced by the interaction between people and their physical, social, and political, economic environments

Answer 11

Community

Question 12

Who would most likely investigate biological, physiological, cognative, and social changes over time

Answer 12

developmental

Question 13

A psych investigates the methods of a teacher use to enhance student learning. With which of the following subfields is the psychs most likely alligned

Answer 13

Educational psych

Question 14

A psych works with children whos parents are divorcing. She helps them develop skills they need to cope with the situation. Of the following, what kind of psych is most likely helping these children

Answer 14

counseling

Question 15

Dwayne is intrested in helping people make good decisions regarding their physical well-being. Dwayne should consider a career as a

Answer 15

Health psych

Question 16

Which perspective would be helpful in explaining how people from different countries express anger

Answer 16

social-cultural

Question 17

to debate the relative contributions of biology to human development is most often referred to as

Answer 17

nature-nurture issue

Question 18

Which of the following professionals are required to have a medical degree

Answer 18

psychatrist

Question 19

which psychological principle best explains why studying an hour a day for a week is more effective than a full 7 hour study session

Answer 19

disturbed practice

Question 20

What type of psych would see how we retain and develop information

Answer 20

cognative

Question 21

According to the behvaiorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what

Answer 21

Observation

Question 22

Which of the following psychologists would most likely conduct psychotherepy

Answer 22

clinical

Question 23

Which field of psychology is most intrested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity

Answer 23

cognative neruscience

Question 24

What was the main difference between the psychological thinking of Wilhelm Wundt and the philosophers before him

Answer 24

Wundt and his students gathered data about human thinking and behavior in a lab setting

Question 25

which school of psych focused on adaptive nature of thinking and how our consciousness evolves to meet our needs

Answer 25

functionalist

Question 26

the study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptence best desribes which school of psych

Answer 26

humanistic

Question 27

which of the following statements is the best example of applied research

Answer 27

using psych to boost worker productivity

Question 28

self reflective introspection about the elements of the experience best describes a technique used by which school of psych

Answer 28

structualists

Question 29

which psych perspective is most likely to focus on how our interpretation of a situation affects how we react to it

Answer 29

cognative

Question 30

the science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study

Answer 30

psych