Question 1

Which Greek philosopher is correctly matched with a key idea?

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A)   Hippocrates - suggested that we could use reasoning to discover the truth
B)   Socrates - proposed that well-being and personality is influenced by humours
C)   Plato - one of the first to promote empirical study of the natural world
D)   Aristotle - concluded that humans are closely related to animalsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

How is psychological science of today like primitive myths?

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Both approaches are ...

Question 3

Negative reinforcement is often confused with punishment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

According to the definition in your textbook,what do psychologists study?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Theoretically speaking,undesirable behaviours are less likely to be repeated if the technique of ___ is used.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which statement best captures Freud's view of the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious minds?

Accepted Answer

A)   The conscious and unconscious minds operate in isolation from one another.
B)   The conscious and unconscious minds cooperate harmoniously.
C)   The conscious and unconscious minds are often in conflict.
D)   The conscious and unconscious minds are essentially the same.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following women psychologists is correctly matched with her area of study?

Accepted Answer

A)   Brenda Milner - the role of the hippocampus in memory
B)   Leta Hollingsworth - mother-infant attachment
C)   Magda Arnold - gender differences in mental functioning
D)   Mary Whilton Calkins - history of Canadian psychologyE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following alternatives correctly identifies and describes one of the three key branches of contemporary psychology described in your text?

Accepted Answer

A)   clinical and counselling psychology -- involves the use of psychological principles to solve practical problems
B)   general psychology -- entails research and instruction on a variety of psychological topics
C)   applied psychology - involves using psychological principles to help people cope effectively
D)   academic psychology - entails research and instruction on a variety of psychological topicsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Superstar goalie Sergei Ivanovski is trying a new type of therapy to help him maintain a positive mental state throughout the game.In this therapy,he is to focus on memories that he has chosen that give him good feelings of confidence and pride,as well as making a point to feel the good feelings after a great save.With what field of psychology would this form of therapy best fit?

Accepted Answer

A)   developmental
B)   positive
C)   social
D)   appliedE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which philosopher believed that we can use logical or rational thinking to discover "core ideas" buried within the human soul?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hippocrates
B)   Socrates
C)   Plato
D)   AristotleE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

The first psychologists to examine socially relevant topics were the

Accepted Answer

A)   structuralists.
B)   functionalists.
C)   behaviourists.
D)   Gestalt psychologists.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Even though many psychologists focus on one level of analysis when conducting their research,it is also true that

Accepted Answer

A)   the group level of analysis is the least applicable to the field of psychology, and more accurately fits with sociology.
B)   the brain level of analysis is the most popular and most likely to produce research that is funded and published.
C)   psychology as a field is really about the person level of analysis, and the other two levels of analysis add little to our understanding of human nature.
D)   in our daily lives, all three levels of analysis are operating and interacting.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Xiomara is a new psychology student who is bragging to all the other students that her great grandfather studied psychology in the first experimental psychology laboratory in Canada.If this is true,with whom did her grandfather work?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wilhelm Wundt
B)   William James
C)   James Mark Baldwin
D)   G. Stanley HallE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

In what way is Gestalt psychology the opposite of structuralism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gestalt psychology attempts to explain consciousness, while structuralism only describes it.
B)   Gestalt psychology uses humans as participants, while structuralism uses humans and animals.
C)   Gestalt psychology focuses on our perceptual experiences, while structuralism focuses on our mental processes.
D)   Gestalt psychology argues that we tend to perceive the whole stimulus, while structuralism focuses on the parts of a stimulus.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

What is Francis Bacon credited with,as far as his contribution to the field of psychology is concerned?

Accepted Answer

A)   He was one of the first to promote empirical investigations of the natural world and he formed idea about how living things are hierarchically categorized.
B)   He was the creator of empiricism and was also an influential promoter of the scientific method.
C)   He was the first to measure the speed of the neural impulse, which contributed to the foundation of modern neuroscience.
D)   He was one of the founders of experimental psychology and reported evidence for the relationship between physical and mental events.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Oliver is not happy with his current therapist.Specifically,he feels like his therapist doesn't treat him like an equal,nor does his therapist make any effort to understand his problems from his point of view.What type of therapy would better suit Oliver,based on his complaints with his current therapist?

Accepted Answer

A)   client-centered therapy
B)   psychoanalysis
C)   conditioning therapy
D)   behaviour therapyE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Which behaviourist below is correctly matched with a description or contribution?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bandura - demonstrated the conditioning of fear in children.
B)   Pavlov - demonstrated learning through social observation.
C)   Watson - credited with the discovery of conditioning.
D)   Skinner - was the leading behaviourist after World War II.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

After watching her father suffer and die from a serious illness,Maria mysteriously loses her sight even she experienced no eye or brain injury.Which of the following would claim would Freud most likely have made to explain Maria's problem?

Accepted Answer

A)   negative childhood experience
B)   unconscious urges that Maria could not freely express
C)   hysteria
D)   problems with psychological adjustmentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

A cultural psychologist would describe Canadian culture as ___.She would describe Chinese culture as ___.

Accepted Answer

A)   individualistic; collectivist
B)   individualistic; communal
C)   collectivist; collectivist as well
D)   individualistic; individualistic as wellE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Which approach viewed the goal of psychology as the study of the purpose of the conscious mind,much as one would study what the engine of a car is used for?

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalism
B)   structuralism
C)   Gestalt psychology
D)   psychoanalysisE) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Negative reinforcement is often confused with punishment.

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Which of the following women psychologists is correctly matched with her area of study?

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Which of the following alternatives correctly identifies and describes one of the three key branches of contemporary psychology described in your text?

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Theoretically speaking,undesirable behaviours are less likely to be repeated if the technique of ___ is used.

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In what way is Gestalt psychology the opposite of structuralism?

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