1-The word “psychology’ comes from:
a. Latin
b. Spanish
c. Greek
d. Italian
2-Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
a. people and things
b. emotions and beliefs
c. perception and religion
d. mind and behaviour
3-The scientific approach is more useful at answering
questions about ______ than questions about ______.
a. facts, values
b. ideas, emotions
c. values, facts
d. emotions, facts
4-According to the text, the lower level of explanation corresponds to
______ processes.
a. social
b. cultural
c. biological
d. interpersonal
5-A psychologist exploring the impact of a new drug on activity in the brain is working on the ______
level of
explanation.
a. lower
b. middle
c. upper
d. all of the above
6-A psychologist studying what makes people laugh in different countries around the world is working
on the ______ level of explanation.
a. lower
b. middle
c. higher
d. none of the above
7-Different people react differently to the same situation. This is referred to as:
a. multiple determinants
b. nativism
c. the Simpson effect
d. individual differences
8- ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
a. environment, genes
b. conscious, unconscious
c. inaccuracy, accuracy
d. biology, experience
9-The term “tabula rasa” highlights the importance of ______ in shaping behaviour.
a. genes
b. experience
c. nature
d. predestination
10-The Greek philosopher ______ believed that knowledge is acquired through experience and learning.
a. Archimedes
b. Rousseau
c. Plato
d. Aristotle
11- ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
a. Plato, Aristotle
b. Aristotle, Plato
c. Pliny, Archimedes
d. Stavros, Pliny
12- ______ is the belief that the mind is fundamentally different from the body.
a. mindism
b. dualism
c. centralism
d. specialism
13-The school of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements of experience was called:
a. experientialism
b. dualism
c. functionalism
d. structuralism
14-Which of the following was most closely associated with the structuralist school of psychology?
a. Titchener
b. James
c. Descartes
d. Watson
15-Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that physiological characteristics evolve because they are useful to
the
organism.
a. extreme usefulness
b. natural endowment
c. natural selection
d. natural wellbeing
16-______ was to structuralism as ______ was to functionalism.
a. Wundt, Titchener
b. Wundt, James
c. James, Titchener
d. Milner, Thompson
17-Freud championed ______ psychology.
a. psychodynamic
b. cultural
c. conscious
d. biodynamic
18-Which school of psychology believes that it is impossible to objectively study the mind?
a. functionalism
b. behaviorism
c. humanism
d. socialism
19-Receiving an electric shock would be an example of a ______ whereas being frightened would be an
example of a ______.
a. stimulus, response
b. punishment, reward
c. reaction, emotion
d. reinforcement, stimulus
20-Dr Pula wants to explore differences in child-rearing practices between British and Chinese parents.
She is most likely a:
a. cognitive psychologist
b. physiological psychologist
c. cognitive-ergonomic psychologist
d. social-cultural psychologist
21-Nature is to ________ as nurture is to ________.
a. environment/genes
b. conscious/unconscious
c. genes/environment
d. unconscious/conscious
22-Freud emphasized the role of ________ in shaping people’s personality.
a. free will
b. unconscious desires
c. hormones
d. group influence
23-Evolutionary psychology has its roots in:
a. behaviourism
b. collectivism
c. functionalism
d. structuralism
24-Most human behaviour:
a. can be easily explained
b. has multiple causes
c. stems from unconscious desires
d. depends on social influence
25-A forensic psychologist would be most likely to study:
a. the accuracy of eyewitness memory
b. the impact of advertising on shopping behaviour
c. the effect of hormones on decision making
d. gender differences in learning styles
26-The behaviourists rejected introspection because:
a. it was too slow
b. it invaded people’s privacy
c. it yielded too much data
d. it was too subjective
27-Another term for reinforcement is:
a. stimulus
b. reward
c. response
d. condition
28-East Asian cultures tend to be more oriented toward ________ while Western cultures
tend to be more oriented toward ________.
a. individualism/collectivism
b. collectivism/individualism
c. cultural norms/social norms
d. social norms/cultural norms
29-Watson and Skinner both contributed to which school of psychology?
a. functionalism
b. cognitive
c. social-cultural
d. behaviourism
30-Which field of psychology would be most likely to study the influence of
over-crowding on conformity?
a. personality
b. cognitive
c. clinical
d. social
