Schools of Psychology

1 / 20

"Experience cannot be analyzed successfully into its elements" would likely be said by a

functionalist.

structuralist.

behaviorist.

Gestalt psychology.

2 / 20

Which of the following represents an empirical statement?

Grandmothers know best.

The temperature today is higher than it was a year ago today.

Government experts agree that a future downturn in the economy is likely.

IQ is defined as mental age, divided by age in years, times 100.

3 / 20

The term cognition refers to

introspection.

predicting the future.

thinking or knowing.

analysis and synthesis.

4 / 20

Which of the following behaviors can best be described as overt behavior?

thinking about the answer to a contestant's question

wondering if there are any frozen waffles left in the freezer

watching a TV game show

being sad that the contestant answered incorrectly

5 / 20

The APA professional code stresses

use of the scientific method in testing hypotheses.

high levels of competence, integrity, and responsibility.

deception as a technique to engage the psyche.

cooperation with authorities when a client is suspected of a crime.

6 / 20

Which of the following is the best example of covert behavior?

blinking in response to a light

rapid eye movements while sleeping

imitating a friend's gesture

remembering a pleasant experience

7 / 20

If you were to walk into a laboratory where the effects of intense punishment on a rat's ability to form a discrimination was being studied, you would be in the lab of a __________ psychologist.

learning

developmental

social

physiological

8 / 20

Overt behavior is

anything a person does.

only those things which a person can see with his/her senses.

only those things which can be recorded by a camera.

only those things a person does which you can see.

9 / 20

Like Carl Rogers, I believe people choose to live more creative and meaningful lives. My name is

Skinner.

Maslow.

Wertheimer.

Washburn.

10 / 20

A psychologist whose viewpoint is psychodynamic

is usually eclectic in his practice

believes behavior is directed by forces within one's personality which are often unconscious.

focuses on self-image and self-actualization to explain behavior.

emphasizes the study of observable behavior.

11 / 20

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is represented by which of the following?

the behaviorists.

the structuralists.

the Gestalt psychologists.

the functionalists.

12 / 20

Of the following, who was a structuralist?

John Watson

Wilhelm Wundt

B. F. Skinner

William James

13 / 20

Which view of human nature is considered to be the most philosophical and the least scientific?

cognitive psychology

behaviorism

psychoanalysis

humanism

14 / 20

A social scientist who characterizes his/her work as the study of the relationship between environmental events and the behavior they produce without regard for experience or consciousness is a

structuralist.

Gestalt psychologist.

behaviorist.

functionalist.

15 / 20

Biopsychologists

stress the unconscious aspect of behavior.

attempt to explain behavior in terms of biological or physical mechanisms.

are concerned with self-actualization and free will.

limit the scope of their study to animals.

16 / 20

According to the __________ view, the need for love, self-esteem, belonging, self expression, and creativity are as important as biological needs.

psychodynamic

humanistic

cognitive

behavioristic

17 / 20

Brain mechanisms involved in hunger and thirst would most likely be studied by a

sensory psychologist.

personality theorist.

biopsychologist.

learning theorist.

18 / 20

The psychodynamic view emphasizes the role of __________ in development.

physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and evolution

internal impulses, desires, and conflicts

external rewards and punishments

subjective experiences, potentials, and ideals

19 / 20

Psychologists use animals in experiments in order to

avoid using unreliable human subjects.

eliminate the effect of the anthropomorphic fallacy.

comply with government prohibitions against any unpleasant experiments using human subjects.

investigate problems that cannot be studied with human subjects in order to discover principles that apply to humans.

20 / 20

The humanistic viewpoint emphasizes

free will, self-image, and self-actualization.

determinism, the unconscious, and biological drives.

the idea that "the environment is the key causal matrix."

natural selection and practical skills.

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