Psychology Chapter Outlines Quiz
Psych 100 exam
- 1.In your text, psychology is defined as the
- A.
Scientific study of the mind
- B.
Empirical study of conscious and unconscious forces
- C.
Study of mind and behavior
- D.
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 2.Dr. Lucille offers quick, on-the-spot advice to problems presented by her call-in radio listeners, using mostly her own common sense beliefs and values rather than scientific research. This practive is more like _____ than _________.
- A.
Critical thinking; psychology
- B.
Social psychology; clinical psychology
- C.
Pseudopsychology; psychology
- D.
None of these options
- 3.Which of the following are the goals of psychology?
- A.
Describe, manipulate, control, and examine behavior
- B.
Describe, explain, predict, and change behavior
- C.
Predict, control, examine, and change behavior
- D.
Manipulate, control, explain, and change behavior
- 4.________ is acknowledged as the "father of psychology."
- A.
Freud
- B.
Skinner
- C.
Wundt
- D.
Maslow
- 5.Who developed psychoanalytic theory?
- A.
Freud
- B.
James
- C.
Wundt
- D.
Watson
- 6._______ emphasized objective, observable behaviors.
- A.
Functionalism
- B.
Gestalt psychology
- C.
Freud
- D.
Behavior perspective
- 7.The _______ views biological processes, psychological factors, and social forces as interrelated influences, and it is one of the most widely accepted themes of modern psychology.
- A.
Eclectic perspective
- B.
Nature-nurture model
- C.
Interactionist position
- D.
Biopsychosocial model
- 8.Applied research is conducted to study _______.
- A.
How people apply knowledge in an educational setting
- B.
Theoretical questions that may or may not have real-world applications
- C.
The goals of psychology
- D.
Real-world, practical problems
- 9.Research conducted to advance scientific knowledge rather than practical application is ______.
- A.
Applied
- B.
Descriptive
- C.
Basic
- D.
Correlation
- 10.Most scientific investigations begin with ____ and sometimes end with _______.
- A.
A testable hypothesis; replication
- B.
Designing a study; collecting data
- C.
Identifying questions of interest; building a theory
- D.
Reviewing the literature; theory
- 11.A precise description of how the variables in a study will be observed and measured is known as _______.
- A.
A hypothesis
- B.
An operational definition
- C.
A theory
- D.
The scientific method
- 12.What are the four major types of psychological research?
- A.
Correlation, case study, naturalistic observation, survey
- B.
Experiment, nonexperiment, pseudopsychology, correlational
- C.
Structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, psychoanalytic
- D.
Experimental, descriptive, correlational, biological
- 13.Only the experiment allows researchers to determine _______.
- A.
Relationships
- B.
Correlations
- C.
Cause and effect
- D.
The goals of psychology
- 14.An experimenter wishes to see if there is a difference between two types of memory techniques. She teacher one group of participants Technique A and another group Technique B. Then she gives each group a list of words to memorize. Two weeks later she tests the participants to measure how many words they have remembered. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
- A.
Number of words in the list
- B.
Memory techniques
- C.
Sex of the experimenter
- D.
Number of words remembered
- 15.What is the independent variable in the experiment described in the previous question?
- A.
Number of words in the list
- B.
Memory Technique A or B
- C.
Sex of the experimenter
- D.
Number of words remembered
- 16.When participants are not exposed to any amount or level of the independent variable, they are members of the _______.
- A.
Control condition
- B.
Experimental condition
- C.
Observation group
- D.
None of these options
- 17.The tendency of experimenters to influence the results of their experiment in an expected direction is called _____.
- A.
Experimenter bias
- B.
Control bias
- C.
Observational bias
- D.
Experimental bias
- 18.When both the researcher and the participants are unaware of who is in the experimental or control group, the research design can be called _______.
- A.
Reliable
- B.
A double-blind
- C.
Valid
- D.
Deceptive
- 19.A number that indicated the degree and direction of the relationship between two variables is known as ________.
- A.
Statistics
- B.
A correlation coefficient
- C.
Statistical significance
- D.
None of these options
- 20.The _______ indicated which areas of the brain are active or inactive during ordinary activities or responses.
- A.
Computed tomography (CT)
- B.
Positron emission tomography (PET)
- C.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- D.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- 21.When you objectively evaluate, compare, analyze, and synthesize information about a ballot proposition or political candidate, you are using _______.
- A.
Psychological processing
- B.
Critical thinking
- C.
Behaviorism
- D.
The scientific method
- 22.One of the most enduring debates in science is the _________ controversy, which asks whether we're controlled by biological and genetic factors or by the environment and learning.
- A.
Mind-body
- B.
Nature-nurture
- C.
Biopsychosocial
- D.
None of these options
- 23.Hsao-Wei was sent to the school psychologist to be tested, and based on her IQ score, she was placed in a program for gifted children. This illustrates psychology's goal of ________ behavior.
- A.
Describing
- B.
Explaining
- C.
Predicting
- D.
Changing
- 24.The goal of _____ is to tell "what" occurred, whereas the goal of _______ is to tell "why."
- A.
Health psychologists; biological psychologists
- B.
Description; explanation
- C.
Psychologists; psychiatrists
- D.
Pseudopsychologists; clinical psychologists
- 25.Observable behaviors are the primary focus in which of the following approaches to psychology?
- A.
Humanistic
- B.
Psychodynamic
- C.
Behaviorism
- D.
Cognitive
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