Question 1

What is likely to be of most interest to a developmental psychologist

Accepted Answer

A)  effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home 
B)  dynamics of small-group decision making 
C)  use of physical exercise as a means of combating depression 
D)  effect of anxiety on problem-solving behaviour 
A)  effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home 
B)  dynamics of small-group decision making 
C)  use of physical exercise as a means of combating depression 
D)  effect of anxiety on problem-solving behaviour

Question 2

Darnell is working on a computer system that will have full language-recognition capabilities.Which type of psychologist could probably give Darnell the most help in developing this computer system

Accepted Answer

A)  clinical 
B)  cognitive 
C)  humanistic 
D)  behavioural 
A)  clinical 
B)  cognitive 
C)  humanistic 
D)  behavioural

Question 3

What was one of the first areas of clinical psychology to develop

Accepted Answer

A)  personnel psychology 
B)  counselling psychology 
C)  psychological testing 
D)  sports psychology 
A)  personnel psychology 
B)  counselling psychology 
C)  psychological testing 
D)  sports psychology

Question 4

With which individual is B.F.Skinner most in agreement on the issue of internal mental events

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Maslow 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John Watson 
D)  Wilhelm Wundt 
A)  Abraham Maslow 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  John Watson 
D)  Wilhelm Wundt

Question 5

Who stated that people do not have free will,because behaviour is fully controlled by external stimuli

Accepted Answer

A)  B.F. Skinner 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Wilhelm Wundt 
D)  Carl Rogers 
A)  B.F. Skinner 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Wilhelm Wundt 
D)  Carl Rogers

Question 6

What type of psychologist studies information processing and decision making

Accepted Answer

A)  social 
B)  psychometric 
C)  cognitive 
D)  educational 
A)  social 
B)  psychometric 
C)  cognitive 
D)  educational

Question 7

You are interviewing a new member of the psychology department for the university newspaper.The faculty member states,"Sure,people have emotions and thoughts and dreams,but you don't have to study those things in order to predict behaviour." Which theorist's views are most similar to the views held by this faculty member

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud?b. 
B)  F. Skinner 
C)  William James 
D)  Carl Rogers 
A)  Sigmund Freud?b. 
B)  F. Skinner 
C)  William James 
D)  Carl Rogers

Question 8

Which of the following qualifies as empirically based knowledge

Accepted Answer

A)  logically consistent knowledge 
B)  intuitive knowledge 
C)  knowledge acquired through observation 
D)  knowledge acquired through insight 
A)  logically consistent knowledge 
B)  intuitive knowledge 
C)  knowledge acquired through observation 
D)  knowledge acquired through insight

Exam 1: A: The Evolution of Psychology

What is likely to be of most interest to a developmental psychologist

Darnell is working on a computer system that will have full language-recognition capabilities.Which type of psychologist could probably give Darnell the most help in developing this computer system

What was one of the first areas of clinical psychology to develop

With which individual is B.F.Skinner most in agreement on the issue of internal mental events

Who stated that people do not have free will,because behaviour is fully controlled by external stimuli

What type of psychologist studies information processing and decision making

Which of the following qualifies as empirically based knowledge

B: The Evolution of Psychology

C: The Evolution of Psychology

A: The Research Enterprise in Psychology

B: The Research Enterprise in Psychology

A: The Biological Bases of Behaviour

B: The Biological Bases of Behaviour

C: The Biological Basis of Behaviour

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

A: Variations in Consciousness

B: Variations in Consciousness

A: Learning

B: Learning

C: Learning

A: Human Memory

B: Human Memory

A: Language and Thought

B: Language and Thought

A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing

B: Intelligence and Psychological Testing

C: Intelligence Psychological Testing

A: Motivation and Emotion

B: Motivation and Emotion

A: Human Development Across the Life Span

B: Human Development Across the Life Span

C: Human Development Across the Lifespan

A: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment

B: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment

A: Social Behaviour

B: Social Behaviour

A: Stress, Coping, and Health

B: Stress, Coping, and Health

C: Stress, Coping Health

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

A: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

B: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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