2017SP Intro to Psychology (PSY-101-151,
PSY-101-151DC)
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• CHAPTER 01
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 1:46 PM
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 5:16 PM
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3 hours 30 mins
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Behaviors refer to actions that are _____, and mental processes refer to events that are _____.
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a. public; private
b. legal; illegal
c. private; public
d. illegal; legal
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The first intelligence test was developed to
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a. provide France with a college entrance examination.
b. determine educational pathways for children.
c. test the memory abilities of U.S. workers.
d. diagnose mentally retarded criminals.
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Which theorist would most likely accuse you of accidentally wrecking your dad’s car because
(though you were not aware of this) you wanted to hurt your dad?
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a. B. F. Skinner
b. Sigmund Freud
c. William James
d. Mary Whiton Calkins
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Which person is most closely associated with the study of human behavior as it pertains to the
unconscious mind?
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a. Albert Bandura
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Margaret Floy Washburn
d. Ivan Pavlov
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Persons born into different cultures
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a. have very similar values as children.
b. are taught very different values from birth.
c. are quite different from other persons in their own culture in terms of habits and beliefs.
d. cannot and should not be thought of as having different worldviews.
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Which of the following is a basic belief of social learning theory?
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a. We learn the most important aspects of our behavior from each other.
b. At birth, our behavioral patterns and preferences are established by genetics.
c. Our experiences from ages 0-5 continually shape the decisions we make as adults.
d. It is more important to understand the function of the mind rather than its structure.
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Followers of Albert Bandura’s viewpoint would best be described as
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a. contemporary psychoanalysts.
b. social learning theorists.
c. Gestalt psychologists.
d. neofunctionalists.
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To say that a theory is tentative means that it
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a. has the support of animal research but not human research.
b. has been proven in study after study.
c. is what we believe right now, but it could change.
d. has the support of human research but not animal research.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding Sigmund Freud’s theory of behavior?
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a. Environmental factors influence our behavior much more than hereditary factors.
b. Unconscious sexual and aggressive motives greatly influence our behavior.
c. The best way to raise our children is to treat them like little adults.
d. Behavior can best be analyzed by breaking the mind into its structural elements.
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Which of the following is a goal of psychology?
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a. Translate
b. Manipulate
c. Interpolate
d. Understand
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What is the major difference between psychologists and psychiatrists?
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a. Psychologists treat more severe mental problems.
b. Psychiatrists are medical doctors.
c. Psychologists have a terminal degree.
d. Psychiatrists do not use drug treatments.
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Who won a Nobel Prize for his work on digestion?
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a. Ivan Pavlov
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Albert Bandura
d. William James
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What was the goal of introspection?
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a. To predict which individuals would develop either normal or abnormal personality traits
b. To understand the interplay between the components of the id, ego, and superego
c. To observe the contents of the mind as accurately and unemotionally as possible
d. To determine the fundamental differences between classical conditioning and operant
conditioning
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What does psychology have in common with all other sciences?
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a. It is based on Plato’s methods.
b. It offers proof of theoretical truths.
c. It uses rigorous methods of observation.
d. It directly measures thought processes.
