Psychology Chapter 1 Quiz 2
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Nurture is to nature as experience is to:
- A.
Nativism.
- B.
Adaptation.
- C.
Behaviorism.
- D.
Phrenology.
- 2.The first laboratory devoted exclusively to psychology as an independent field of study opened in:
- A.
Berlin in 1879.
- B.
Berlin in 1889.
- C.
Leipzig in 1889.
- D.
Leipzig in 1879.
- 3.Which school of psychology was most concerned with the adaptive importance of mental processes?
- A.
Structuralism
- B.
Behaviorism
- C.
Functionalism
- D.
Empiricism.
- 4.Edward Titchener is to Sigmund Freud as _______________ is to ______________
- A.
Inner sensations; the unconscious
- B.
Psychoanalysis; functionalism
- C.
Empiricism; structuralism
- D.
Structuralism; functionalism
- 5.The branch of psychology that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings is called:
- A.
Humanistic psychology.
- B.
Gestalt psychology.
- C.
Cognitive psychology.
- D.
Idealistic psychology.
- 6.Which psychologists insisted that psychology focus entirely on the study of behavior-what people do-rather than what people experience?
- A.
Functionalists
- B.
Behaviorists
- C.
Structuralists
- D.
Gestalt psychologists
- 7.B. F. Skinner used a "conditioning chamber" in his research with:
- A.
Rats.
- B.
Sea slugs.
- C.
Cats
- D.
Dogs
- 8.The advent of ______________ in the 1950s had an enormous conceptual impact on the development of cognitive psychology.
- A.
Statistical programming
- B.
Stimulus-response
- C.
Conditioning
- D.
Computers
- 9.The study of the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior is called
- A.
Interpersonal psychology.
- B.
Cause and effect.
- C.
Behavioral psychology.
- D.
Social psychology.
- 10.Some psychologists believe that newborn babies turn away from noxious odors because this behavior increases their chance of survival. This perspective would be typical of ___________psychologists.
- A.
Cultural
- B.
Psychoanalytic
- C.
Evolutionary
- D.
Social
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