Deck 1: Web Quiz 2

Question 1

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:

A)societal development.
B)criminal rehabilitation.
C)neural diseases.
D)mind and behavior.

Answer 1

mind and behavior.

Question 2

_____ holds that culture makes little or no difference for most psychological phenomena.

A)Absolutism
B)Structuralism
C)Relativism
D)Functionalism

Answer 2

Absolutism

Question 3

_____ believed that the child's mind was a tabula rasa,or a blank slate,on which experiences were written.

A)Plato
B)Aristotle
C)William James
D)Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

William James was influenced by the work of:

A)Edward Titchener.
B)Sigmund Freud.
C)Ivan Pavlov.
D)Wilhelm Wundt.

Question 5

Although the overall theory was later discredited,_____ was one of the first theories to propose that some human traits and abilities are localized in specific regions of the brain.

A)stimulus-response theory
B)phrenology
C)dualism
D)nativism

Question 6

The work of _____ had the greatest influence on the early development of clinical psychology.

A)G)Stanley Hall
B)John Watson
C)Sigmund Freud
D)Jean Piaget

Question 7

Fred and Yvonne notice that their 10-year-old daughter is beginning to use sexually explicit swearwords.They think that their daughter's friends might be encouraging her swearing with attention and laughter.Such a reinforcement of behavior was a concept formulated by:

A)Watson.
B)Freud.
C)Pavlov.
D)Skinner.

Question 8

_____ makes up over half of the doctorates awarded in psychology.

A)Social psychology
B)Counseling psychology
C)Clinical psychology
D)Neuroscience

Question 9

_____ believed that private experience was too vague to be an object of scientific inquiry.

A)Watson
B)Freud
C)Pavlov
D)Skinner

Question 10

In the 19th century,the physician _____ observed a patient who,after damage to a localized area in the _____ brain hemisphere,could not produce words,even though he could comprehend them.

A)Franz Joseph Gall;right
B)Paul Broca;left
C)Karl Lashley;right
D)Pierre Janet;left

Question 11

Why was the advent of the computer so important for the development of cognitive psychology?

A)Psychologists could use computers to interpret large amounts of data.
B)The processing of information by computers through complex circuits helped understand several processes of the human mind.
C)Computer technology allowed psychologists to develop useful tools and software programs for various purposes.
D)The computer supported the views of behaviorists that people were essentially like robots programmed by their environment.

Question 12

Social psychology examines issues such as conformity,racism,and stereotyping by:

A)focusing on features that were passed on to people hereditarily.
B)accounting for people's cultural background and personal beliefs.
C)localizing regions of the brain responsible for these issues.
D)considering the effects of other people on our thoughts,feelings,and behaviors.

Question 13

_____ assist people in dealing with work or career issues and changes or help people deal with common crises such as divorce,the loss of a job,or the death of a loved one.

A)Counseling psychologists
B)Social psychologists
C)School psychologists
D)Neuropsychologists

Question 14

Scientists such as Max Wertheimer,Sir Frederic Bartlett,Jean Piaget,and Kurt Lewin paved the way for _____ by researching processes such as perception,memory,and subjective experiences.

A)behaviorism
B)clinical psychology
C)cognitive psychology
D)behavioral neuroscience

Question 15

Edward Titchener used _____ as a technique to determine the _____ of consciousness.

A)introspection;basic elements
B)hypnosis;adaptability
C)psychonautics;basic functions
D)neuroimaging;evolution