Deck 1: The Science of Psychology

Question 1

Case studies, naturalistic observation, and surveys are best suited for ________ behaviors, beliefs, opinions, and attitudes.

A) explaining
B) describing
C) predicting
D) determining the causes

Answer 1

describing

Question 2

The two schools of thought that paved the way for the cognitive revolution in psychology in the 1960s were ________.

A) Gestalt theory and humanistic psychology
B) psychodynamic theory and Gestalt theory
C) humanistic psychology and behaviorism
D) behaviorism and psychodynamic theory

Answer 2

Gestalt theory and humanistic psychology

Question 3

According to Wundt, the mind should be studied ________.

A) scientifically
B) according to philosophical traditions
C) as a spiritual entity
D) subjectively and introspectively

Answer 3

scientifically

Question 4

B. F. Skinner is associated with ________.

A) psychodynamic psychology
B) Gestalt psychology
C) existentialism
D) behaviorism

Question 5

Research involving the exploration of the extent to which people differ from one culture to another is called ________ research.

A) cross-sectional
B) strain
C) cross-cultural
D) longitudinal

Question 6

When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you are engaging in a form of ________.

A) case study research
B) survey research
C) psychometric study
D) naturalistic observation

Question 7

A group of psychologists are interested in how hormones, psychoactive medications, and "social drugs" affect us. They are most likely to be ________.

A) neuropsychologists
B) biological psychologists
C) experimental psychologists
D) behavioral geneticists

Question 8

Personality theories contending that personality results from various psychological forces that interact within the individual, often outside the conscious awareness of the individual, are ________ theories.

A) behavioral
B) existential
C) psychodynamic
D) structural-functional

Question 9

Wilhelm runs an experiment and finds that males with high levels of testosterone tend to be more physically aggressive than males with lower levels of testosterone. This leads him to believe that testosterone has a direct effect on physical aggression in males. Wilhelm's belief is best described as a ________.

A) thesis
B) prognosis
C) theory
D) hypothesis

Question 10

________ psychologists tend to see the mind as having "psychological circuits" so that human beings are predisposed to act in certain ways.

A) Evolutionary
B) Humanistic
C) Behavioral
D) Cognitive