Deck 2: A: The Science of Psychology

Question 1

The class is playing a game of Jeopardy! and it is your turn."I'll take Specialties in Psychology for $300." The revealed answer is,"These psychological professionals work with situations in which
Environmental conditions may have an impact on mental health." Just before the buzzer sounds,what will
You say?

A)"What is a neuropsychologist?"
B)"What is a forensic psychologist?"
C)"What is a psychiatric social worker?"
D)"What is a developmental psychologist?"

Answer 1

"What is a psychiatric social worker?"

Question 2

Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?

A)psychoanalysis
B)humanism
C)cognitive perspective
D)behaviorism

Answer 2

humanism

Question 3

The goals of psychology are to _______.

A)explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the human mind
B)understand,compare,and analyze human behavior
C)improve psychological well-being in all individuals from birth until death
D)describe,explain,predict,and control behavior

Answer 3

describe,explain,predict,and control behavior

Question 4

Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

A)Ivan Pavlov
B)William James
C)Wilhelm Wundt
D)Max Wertheimer

Question 5

Freud said phobias were ________ whereas Watson said phobias were ________.

A)learned;inherited
B)repressed conflicts;learned
C)sexual;unconscious
D)conditioned;unconditioned

Question 6

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called ________.

A)a representative sample
B)a case study
C)a single-blind study
D)a naturalistic observation

Question 7

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)naturalistic observation
C)survey research
D)psychometric study

Question 8

A negative correlation means that ________.

A)high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other
B)high values of one variable are associated with high values of the other
C)low values of one variable are associated with low values of the other
D)there is no relationship between the two variables

Question 9

________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.

A)The double-blind study
B)Field research
C)The single-blind study
D)Correlational research

Question 10

Experimenters can justify the use of deception because ________.

A)there is informed consent
B)research is more important than people
C)it may be necessary for the experiment to work
D)it is not that harmful