Question 1

The psychoanalytic approach to understanding behavior focuses on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud's theories of behavior. 
B)  one's conscious understanding of one's environment. 
C)  cognitive science. 
D)  the actions one demonstrates. 
A)  Freud's theories of behavior. 
B)  one's conscious understanding of one's environment. 
C)  cognitive science. 
D)  the actions one demonstrates. A

Question 2

The pop psychology of the early 2000s has a common theme-the gradual long-term solution to problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

To Freud, personality consisted of how many major systems or "structures"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Two. 
B)  Three. 
C)  Four. 
D)  One. 
A)  Two. 
B)  Three. 
C)  Four. 
D)  One. B

Question 4

Culture is external to the individual and not a part of personality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Self-actualization, the level of human achievement in which one is well adjusted to one's reality, is the highest level, according to Maslow.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Judith Martin suggested that if the child acts perfect, the child:

Accepted Answer

A)  is being deceptive. 
B)  is manipulative and dangerous. 
C)  is perfect. 
D)  is really not perfect. 
A)  is being deceptive. 
B)  is manipulative and dangerous. 
C)  is perfect. 
D)  is really not perfect.

Question 7

Which approach to the explanation of behavior did Sigmund Freud pioneer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive approach. 
B)  Psychoanalytic approach. 
C)  Behavioralist approach. 
D)  Humanist approach. 
A)  Cognitive approach. 
B)  Psychoanalytic approach. 
C)  Behavioralist approach. 
D)  Humanist approach.

Question 8

Name the third stage of Piaget's developmental stages.

Accepted Answer

A)  Concerns with symbolism and fantasy. 
B)  Concerns with logical thought and irony. 
C)  Concerns with abstract concepts. 
D)  Concerns with physical objects. 
A)  Concerns with symbolism and fantasy. 
B)  Concerns with logical thought and irony. 
C)  Concerns with abstract concepts. 
D)  Concerns with physical objects.

Question 9

Recent discussions of the nature/nurture debate have tended to emphasize the:

Accepted Answer

A)  enormous importance of nurture and the environment. 
B)  complex interaction between the two. 
C)  inheritability of most intellectual behaviors. 
D)  importance of socialization reversals. 
A)  enormous importance of nurture and the environment. 
B)  complex interaction between the two. 
C)  inheritability of most intellectual behaviors. 
D)  importance of socialization reversals.

Question 10

The human baby is a helpless creature at birth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The humanist approach emphasizes actions in shaping behavior rather than the mind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Answer and explain why the following question is important: What is the greater determinant of human behavior: nature or nurture?

Accepted Answer

While some researchers make arguments fo

Question 13

Abraham Maslow developed the Oedipus complex to explain personality development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Piaget finds it useful to consider a child's life as one undivided period in personality development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is intelligence? How have psychologists tested for intelligence? Why did the book titled The Bell Curve cause a controversy among social scientists?

Accepted Answer

Intelligence is the ability of a person

Question 16

Freud originated a system of:

Accepted Answer

A)  environmental categories. 
B)  personality testing called IQ. 
C)  psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. 
D)  pop psychology. 
A)  environmental categories. 
B)  personality testing called IQ. 
C)  psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. 
D)  pop psychology.

Question 17

Abraham Maslow's hierarchy states that each level:

Accepted Answer

A)  must be satisfied before the next is attempted. 
B)  is independent of the others. 
C)  alone is enough to make an individual self-actualized. 
D)  will require no further effort once attained. 
A)  must be satisfied before the next is attempted. 
B)  is independent of the others. 
C)  alone is enough to make an individual self-actualized. 
D)  will require no further effort once attained.

Question 18

Personality may be defined as the total organization of the inherited and acquired characteristics of an individual as evidenced by the group's behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

It is possible to find children who have been completely isolated from other human beings from the time of birth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How and why are the cognitive, psychoanalytic, behavioralist, and humanist explanations of human behavior different? Give specific examples of a famous researcher for all of these approaches except cognitive.

Accepted Answer

The cognitive, psychoanalytic, behaviora

Exam 7: Psychology, Society, and Culture

The psychoanalytic approach to understanding behavior focuses on:

The pop psychology of the early 2000s has a common theme-the gradual long-term solution to problems.

To Freud, personality consisted of how many major systems or "structures"?

Culture is external to the individual and not a part of personality.

Self-actualization, the level of human achievement in which one is well adjusted to one's reality, is the highest level, according to Maslow.

Judith Martin suggested that if the child acts perfect, the child:

Which approach to the explanation of behavior did Sigmund Freud pioneer?

Name the third stage of Piaget's developmental stages.

Recent discussions of the nature/nurture debate have tended to emphasize the:

The human baby is a helpless creature at birth.

The humanist approach emphasizes actions in shaping behavior rather than the mind.

Answer and explain why the following question is important: What is the greater determinant of human behavior: nature or nurture?

Abraham Maslow developed the Oedipus complex to explain personality development.

Piaget finds it useful to consider a child's life as one undivided period in personality development.

What is intelligence? How have psychologists tested for intelligence? Why did the book titled The Bell Curve cause a controversy among social scientists?

Freud originated a system of:

Abraham Maslow's hierarchy states that each level:

Personality may be defined as the total organization of the inherited and acquired characteristics of an individual as evidenced by the group's behavior.

It is possible to find children who have been completely isolated from other human beings from the time of birth.

How and why are the cognitive, psychoanalytic, behavioralist, and humanist explanations of human behavior different? Give specific examples of a famous researcher for all of these approaches except cognitive.

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