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This review question chapter explores key concepts in psychology, including the goals of psychology, theories such as structuralism and functionalism, and the contributions of influential psychologists like Wilhelm Wundt. Topics also include behaviorism, cognitive psychology, and the study of gender differences.
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Question When psychologists tells a client to use mental imagery in an attempt to help the person cope with a problem, she is attempting to reach which goal of psychology?
Options • Describe • Explain • Predict • Control
Correct Answer D) Control
Question A(n) __________ is a related set of statements about events based on scientific assumptions about behavior.
Options • Conclusion • Theory • Concept • hypothesis
Correct Answer B) Theory
Question Structuralism attempted to define experience in terms of …
Options • Habits • Person and situational variable • Sensations, feelings, and mental images • Unconscious ideas and instincts
Correct Answer C) sensations, feelings, and mental images
Question Who argued that the mind, like light or sound, was a natural event?
Options • Carl Rogers • Sigmund Freud • B.F. Skinner • Wilhelm Wundt
Correct Answer D) Wilhelm Wundt
Question _____________ addresses the ways in which experience leads us to show more adaptive behavior.
Options • Functionalism • Structuralism • Psychoanalysis • Humanistic Psychology
Correct Answer A) Functionalism
Question The first modern psychology textbook, The Principles of Psychology, was written by _______________
Options • G. Stanley Hall • B.F. Skinner • William James • Wilhelm Wundt
Correct Answer C) William James
Question Which early psychologist asserted that if psychology were to be a natural science, it must limit itself to observable, measurable events of behavior?
Options • Wilhelm Wundt • Sigmund Freud • William James • John B. Watson
Correct Answer D) John B. Watson
Question Ivan Pavlov’s use of conditioning belongs to the school of…
Options • Behaviorism • Psychoanalysis • Gestalt psychology • structuralism
Correct Answer A) Behaviorism
Question B.F. Skinner introduced which concept to behaviorism?
Options • Conditioning • Reinforcement • Perception • functionalism
Correct Answer B) Reinforcement
Question Jean Piaget is associated with which psychological perspective?
Options • Biological/structural • Humanistic/existential • Cognitive/developmental • Behavioristic/functional
Correct Answer C) cognitive/ developmental
Question Dr. Kim is studying the effects of playing different messages into his research participants’ two ears on their comprehension of the messages’ contents. Dr. Kim is probably a(n) ______ psychologist.
Options A)subliminal B) Developmental C) Cognitive D) environmental
Correct Answer C) Cognitive
Question • Studying human diversity is important to psychologists because…
Options A)differences between ethnic groups are more significant than differences within ethnic groups B) Mental illnesses is more prevalent among minority groups C) By doing so, they are better able to appreciate the history and cultural heritage of various ethnic groups
Correct Answer C) By doing so, they are better able to appreciate the history and cultural heritage of various ethnic groups
Question The study of _______ involves the relationship between social roles, sex, and cultural expectations.
Options A)ethnopyschology B) Behaviorism C) Gender differences D) biopsychology
Correct Answer C) Gender differences
Question _________ psychologists are most directly concerned with the investigation of issues related to gender roles, processes such as repression, and the development of traits.
Options A)personality B) Clinical C) Organizational D) school
Correct Answer A) Personality
Question Dr. Sato is conducting a research project to investigate whether family economic status affects the motivation to learn in children. Dr. Sato is probably a(n) ______psychologist.
Options A)clinical B) Behavioral C) Educational D) Counseling
Correct Answer C) educational