Exam 1: What Is Psychology

A person is asked to break down all the different components of taste when biting into an orange. Which of the following schools of psychology is this research most likely a part of?

Assumptions are beliefs that are taken for granted.

Compared to "pop psychology," psychology:

_______________ involved the analysis of the basic elements or building blocks of the mind.

One common form of oversimplification is "argument by anecdote." Explain the meaning of this statement and provide an example.

_______________ is a research method popularized by Wilhelm Wundt in which trained volunteers take as long as 20 minutes to report their inner experiences during a 1.5-second experiment.

Which of the following best describes the academic field of psychology?

Professor King approaches questions about human behavior from a perspective that emphasizes the rewards and punishments that maintain certain specific behaviors. He does not invoke the mind to explain behavior but sticks to what he can observe and measure directly. It is most likely that he accepts which of the following psychological approaches?

Your textbook discusses a famous laboratory set up in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. The goal of this laboratory was the study of:

Juanita is studying in her dorm room when her roommate says, "Why did you sign up for a psychology class? Everyone knows that psychology is the same as plain, old common sense." How should Juanita explain the differences between psychology and common sense?

Psychology is defined as the discipline concerned with:

The _______________ was the forerunner of modern cognitive therapies and made efforts to correct the false ideas that were said to make people anxious, depressed, and unhappy.

A major point of difference between basic research and applied research is that:

_______________ psychologists design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and personality.

Sigmund Freud argued that many of his patients' symptoms had undiagnosed physical causes rather than mental causes.

Which of the following modern psychological perspectives has strongly encouraged precision and objectivity in psychology by focusing on observable and measurable events?

The professional activities of psychologists fall into three broad categories. Describe and give examples of each of these three types of professional activities.

Real psychology differs from popular psychology and its pseudoscientific relatives in that it is based on:

A person who has received specialized training from a psychoanalytic institute is called a psychiatrist.

Dr. Braun has been treating a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr. Braun is a: