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Assignment Name: Coon/Mitterer, Introduction to Psychology - Gateways to Mind and Behavior, 11e, Chapter 1

1.

Psychology is:

a. the study of human origins, evolution, and cultures.

b. the deductive study of forms and functions of human groups.

c. a natural science integrating physiology and neurology.

d. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of any living creature.

2.

The domestication of various species of animals would be of primary importance to which area of specialization in psychology?

a. comparative

b. sensation and perception

c. developmental

d. biopsychology

3.

The psychologist seeking to discover why sociopaths repeat destructive behavior is pursuing the scientific goal of:

a. control.

b. description.

c. prediction.

d. understanding.

4.

Of the following, who used introspection as a scientific technique for investigating consciousness?

a. John Watson

b. Wilhelm Wundt

c. B.F. Skinner

d. Ivan Pavlov

5.

When parents explain that their children behave "properly" because they praised their children for "acting good," the parents' reasoning reflects the views of which theorist?

a. B.F. Skinner

b. Wilhelm Wundt

c. Abraham Maslow

d. Ivan Pavlov

6. The psychoanalytic school of thought emphasizes the role of ________ in development.

a. unconscious impulses, desires, and conflicts

b. physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and evolution

c. external rewards and punishments

d. subjective experiences, potentials, and ideals

7.

Eclectic psychologists are known for:

a. prescribing drugs to treat emotional disorders.

b. drawing on a variety of theoretical views.

c. studying the brain and nervous system.

d. stressing the role of the unconscious.

8.

Rosetta's family has a history of emotional problems related to hormonal disturbances. For some time now, Rosetta has been deeply depressed. She should probably seek the aid of a:

a. psychiatrist.

b. psychoanalyst.

c. clinical psychologist.

d. counseling psychologist.

9.

Basic research is BEST defined as research done:

a. to find solutions to specific problems.

b. to seek knowledge for its own sake.

c. with lower animals to avoid ethical issues.

d. to improve the students'abilities in reading and math.

10.

"My cat knows when I am upset and comes and comforts me." In psychology this is an example of:

a. personification.

b. the observer effect.

c. the anthropomorphic error.

d. the biopsychology effect.

11. As gas prices increase we see a decline in the number of travelers on the highway. This is an example of a ________ correlation.

a. perfect

b. negative

c. positive

d. zero

12.

In an experiment to study the effects of fertilizer on plants, the amount of fertilizer used on each plant would be:

a. an extraneous variable.

b. an irrelevant variable.

c. the dependent variable.

d. the independent variable.

13.

In an experiment on the effects of hunger on the reading scores of elementary school children, the intelligence of the students in this study would be the:

a. dependent variable.

b. control variable.

c. independent variable.

d. extraneous variable.

14.

To investigate the effects of a new drug for depression, one group is given the new drug, while the other group is given a placebo. The experimenter observing the subjects in this experiment knows which group is receiving the new drug and which group is receiving the placebo, but none of the subjects in the study know this information. This procedure would be referred to as a:

a. correlational study.

b. double-blind study.

c. single-blind study.

d. clinical method study.

15.

To assess clients' abilities, a phrenologist would want to:

a. record their EEGs.

b. examine their skulls.

c. read their handwriting.

d. study their palms.