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Chapter 1
Introducing Psychology
SECTION 1
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. 1Your textbook defines psychology as which of the following?
a. The science of behavior
b. The study of mental processes
c. The study of mental disorders and their treatment
d. The science of mind and behavior
Answer: d; Moderate
2. 23Allanah has declared psychology as her major. Which of the following alternatives
best identifies what Allanah will study?
a. Mental processes
b. Mind and behavior
c. Psychological disorders and their treatment
d. The development of the individual
Answer: b; Moderate
3. 4Barry states that psychology is the study of the mind. Candace states that psychology is
the science of behavior. How might you evaluate these two statements?
a. Barrys definition is correct. Candaces definition is incorrect.
b. Barrys definition is incorrect. Candaces definition is correct.
c. Barrys definition is too broad. Candaces definition is correct.
d. Both statements are partially correct.
Answer: d; Moderate
4. 5What, if anything, unites psychology?
a. All psychologists are committed to the scientific method.
b. All psychologists conduct research.
c. All psychologists focus on measuring behavior.
d. All psychologists use the same theoretical approach in studying mind and behavior.
Answer: a; Moderate
5. 6Creating knowledge is to using knowledge as _____ is to _____.
a. psychologist-practitioner; research psychologist
b. psychologist-practitioner; experimental psychologist
c. research psychologist; psychologist-practitioner
d. research psychologist; experimental psychologist
Answer: c; Moderate
6. 7Dr. Estevez is a cognitive psychologist. Dr. Francis is a school psychologist. Dr.
Gigliotti is a counseling psychologist. Which of these individuals is most likely a
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a. Both Dr. Francis and Dr. Gigliotti are likely research psychologists.
b. None of these individuals is likely a research psychologist.
c. Dr. Gigliotti is most likely a research psychologist.
d. Dr. Estevez is most likely a research psychologist.
Answer: d; Difficult
7.
a.
b.
c.
d.

8Which of the following is the best definition of the hindsight bias?

The ability to remember the past.
The ability to remember the past more than the present.
The ability to understand the causes of complex events.
The tendency to think that we could have predicted things that we probably would not
have been able to predict.
Answer: d; Moderate
8. 9Which of the following best describes the everyday research that we all perform when
we try to understand thoughts and behavior?
a. It is usually accurate.
b. It is never accurate
c. It can lead us to believe that we know the causes of things when we really do not
d. It is performed very rarely
Answer: c; Moderate
9. 10One morning, Alan wakes to the news that a powerful earthquake occurred in
California. I told you the big one would hit this year! he exclaims. Alan appears
subject to the _____ bias.
a. cognitive
b. hindsight
c. predictive
d. foresight
Answer: b; Easy
10. 11Dr. Harris is describing the assumptions, rules, and procedures that psychologists use
to gather observations. Dr. Harris is outlining the _____ method.
a. deductive
b. psychological
c. rational
d. scientific
Answer: d; Easy
11. 1213The set of assumptions, rules, and procedures that scientists use to conduct
empirical research. This statement best describes _____
a. data
b. empiricism
c. the scientific method
d. the hindsight bias
Answer: c; Easy

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12. 14Personal statements are to objective statements as _____ are to _____.

a. facts; values
b. theories; facts
c. values; theories
d. values; facts
Answer: d; Easy
13. 15History is the most fundamental of all the humanities, lectures a professor early in
the semester. In your textbooks terms, the professors statement is a _____.
a. theory
b. value
c. fact
d. rule
Answer: b; Easy
14. 16Based on your texts discussion, which of the following alternatives best expresses the
relationship between facts and values?
a. Research can sometimes provide facts that can help people develop their values.
b. Values are more important than facts.
c. Facts and values are independent of each other.
d. Facts and values are often indistinguishable.
Answer: a; Moderate
15. 17Regarding science, which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. Science is completely objective.
b. Science is not at all objective.
c. Values affect science.
d. Science is value-free.
Answer: c; Moderate
16. 18Your textbook describes a study in which participants preferred tea whose name
contained the first 3 letters of their own name 64% of time, and tea whose name
contained the first three letters of their experimental partners name 36% of the time. If
unconscious preferences had no effect on behavior then participants should have chosen
the tea whose name included the first three letters of their name what percent of the time?
a. 75
b. 33
c. 25
d. 50
Answer: d; Easy
17. 19Which of the following sequences correctly orders the level of explanation in
psychology, from the lowest to the highest?
a. social/cultural ; interpersonal; biological
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c. biological; social/cultural ; interpersonal

d. biological; interpersonal; social/cultural
Answer: d; Easy
18. 2021 Dr. Kennison relates binge drinking among college students to personality traits
such as conscientiousness. Dr. Leblanc relates college binge drinking to the proportion of
students living on campus. Dr. Kennison is analyzing binge drinking at the _____ level.
Dr. Leblanc is studying binge drinking at the _____ level.
a. interpersonal; social/cultural
b. interpersonal; interpersonal
c. social/cultural; interpersonal
d. social/cultural; social/cultural
Answer: a; Difficult
19. 2223When scientists conduct research, they may find that what they thought were facts
are actually incorrect. What normally happens in this case?
a. The old facts become values
b. The old facts are forgotten
c. The old facts are replaced with new facts based on newer and more correct data.
d. The scientific method does not separate facts from values
Answer: c; Moderate
20. 24Which level of explanation in psychology is correctly matched with an example?
a. Social/cultural level -- At low doses, cocaine can improve performance on visual attention
tasks such as detecting specific stimuli appearing on a computer screen.
b. Interpersonal level -- Cocaine abuse is associated with a history of violence and sexual
abuse in the family.
c. Biological level -- Cocaine exerts its effects by prolonging the presence of specific
chemicals at the junctions between nerve cells.
d. Social/cultural level -- Cocaine abuse is associated with high levels of the personality trait
of neuroticism and with low levels of the trait of conscientiousness.
Answer: c; Difficult
21. 25Which of these statements is at the social/cultural level of explanation?
a. Depression is in part genetically influenced
b. Psychotherapy can be used to help people combat depression
c. Women experience more depression than men do
d. Depression is influenced by the action of neurotransmitters in the brain
Answer: c; Difficult
22. Which of the following challenges of studying psychology is correctly matched with a
description?
a. Individual differences Behavior is usually caused by many factors simultaneously.
b. Unconscious processes Behavior is often caused by factors outside our awareness.
c. Behavior is multiply determined The factors causing behavior are often interrelated.
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Answer: b; Easy
23. Which of the following challenges of studying psychology is correctly matched with an
example?
a. Individual differences Some people have lower self-esteem than are others.
b. Unconscious processes Gender differences in aggression reflect not only hormonal
differences, but also cultural norms.
c. Behavior is multiply determined Behavior is often caused by factors that are outside of
our awareness.
d. All of these are correctly matched.
Answer: a; Easy
24. 26Which challenge of studying psychology did Freud bring to our attention?
a. unconscious processes
b. individual differences
c. multiple causes
d. interrelated causes
Answer: a
25. Which of the following is the best definition of heritability?
a. The proportion of observed differences among people that is due to genetics
b. The extent to which men and women differ in terms of their genetic makeup
c. The average genetic similarity between identical twins.
d. The average genetic similarity among strangers.
Answer: a; Easy
26. 27A professor of cognitive psychology tells her class, One of the difficulties researchers
face in evaluating potential gender differences in mathematical reasoning is that men vary
dramatically in mathematical reasoning ability, and so do women. The professor is
referring to the challenge of:
a. unconscious processes
b. multiple levels of explanation
c. interrelated causes
d. individual differences
Answer: d; Easy
27. 28Behavior is produced by many causes. That is, behavior is:
a. subject to individual differences
b. unidimensionally described
c. multiply determined
d. produced by interrelated factors
Answer: c; Easy
28. 29Behavior is determined by multiple factors. These factors are often:
a. unrelated
b. interrelated

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c. synonymous
d. opposing
Answer: b; Moderate
29. Which of the following best defines individual differences?
a. the average correlation among personality variables
b. average differences between men and women on depression
c. variations among people
d. extreme rather than moderate changes in behavior
Answer: c; Easy
30. A time-travel mishap lands Freud at the 2010 conference of the Association for
Psychological Science. How would Freud probably react to the interest in unconscious
processes among contemporary psychologists?
a. He would be gratified to see how his ideas about the unconscious have been used by
psychologists.
b. He would be disappointed to see how his ideas about the unconscious have been ignored
by psychologists.
c. He would argue that he did not believe in the unconscious.
Answer: a; Moderate
31. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in your text as a challenge facing
psychologists in the study of thought and behavior?
a. People vary dramatically in thought and behavior.
b. Behavior reflects multiple causes simultaneously.
c. The biological basis of behavior is largely unknown.
d. The causes of behavior are often outside awareness.
Answer: c; Moderate
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS;
32. Psychology does not include the study of the mind.
Answer: F
33. Because values cannot be considered to be either true or false, science cannot prove or
disprove them.
Answer: T
34. Unconscious processes have little influence on behavior.
Answer: F
35. The scientific method guides empirical research.
Answer: T
36. Adultery is wrong is a value statement.
Answer: T

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37. Facts and values are independent.

Answer: F
38. The lowest level of explanation in psychology is the biological level.
Answer: T
39. The multiple factors underlying a given behavior are generally independent.
Answer: F
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS
40. Dr. Brown conducts empirical research to create new knowledge regarding human visual
attention. Her colleague, Dr. Chase, is a counseling psychologist using such knowledge
to help college students combat ADHD. Dr. Chase is a(n) psychologist-_____.
Answer: practitioner; Easy
41. Dahlia is reading a description of recent psychological research in a popular
newsmagazine. I could have told you that, she remarks on finishing the article. Dahlia
is displaying the _____ bias.
Answer: hindsight; Easy
42. _____ research methods involve collecting and organizing data.
Answer: empirical; Moderate
43. The highest level of explanation in psychology focuses on the _____ factors underlying
behavior.
Answer: cultural, social, cultural and social; Easy
44. Some of your friends are more extraverted than others, reflecting the role of _____ in
thought and behavior.
Answer: individual differences; Moderate
45. Many factors influence any given behavior: Behavior is _____.
Answer: multiply determined; Moderate
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
46. Describe the levels of analysis used in psychological science. Select a behavioral or
mental phenomenon of interest to you and suggest how it might be influenced by factors
at each of the levels you identify.
Moderate
47. Distinguish between facts and values. Provide an example of a statement of fact and an
example of a value statement. How might facts and values influence each other?
Moderate

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48. Identify two challenges psychologists face in studying behavior and mental processes.
Supply a concrete example of how each fact you identify might complicate the study of a
particular behavioral or mental phenomenon.
Moderate

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SECTION 2
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS:
49. 30Regarding the historical development of contemporary psychology, which of the
following statements is true?
a. Psychology has remained largely subjective.
b. Relatively few women have entered the field.
c. The proportion of men in the field has increased.
d. Psychology has become more objective and scientific
Answer: d; Moderate
50. 31Which approach is correctly matched with its description?
a. functionalism; emphasizes why our behavior and mental processes are the way they are
b. structuralism; emphasizes the unconscious determinants of behavior
c. psychodynamic; emphasizes the elements of mental experience
d. behaviorism; emphasizes mental processes
Answer: a; Moderate
51. Which of the following terms is most closely associated with evolutionary psychology?
a. unconscious
b. introspection
c. fitness
d. reinforcement
Answer: c; Easy
52. Which of the following best defines evolutionary psychology?
a. The study of the history of the unconscious
b. The study of the development of the mind
c. The application of the Darwinian theory of natural selection to understanding behavior
d. The case study approach to human development
Answer: c; Easy
53. Which of the following best defines cognitive psychology?
a. The study of consciousness and development
b. The study of stress and coping
c. The study of mental processes including thinking and memory
d. The study of human development
Answer: c; Easy
54. Which of the following best defines functionalism?
a. Uses the method of introspection to identify the basic elements of psychological
experience
b. Attempts to understand why animals and humans have developed the particular
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c. Focuses on the role of our unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories and our early
childhood experiences in determining behavior
d. Based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind, and therefore
that psychologists should limit their attention to the study of behavior itself
Answer: b; Moderate
55. Which of the following best defines structuralism?
a. Uses the method of introspection to identify the basic elements of psychological
experience
b. Focuses on the role of our unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories and our early
childhood experiences in determining behavior
c. Based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind, and therefore
that psychologists should limit their attention to the study of behavior itself
d. The study of mental processes, including perception, thinking, memory, and judgments
Answer: a; Moderate
Which of the following best defines behavioralism?
a. Uses the method of introspection to identify the basic elements of psychological
experience
b. Based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind, and therefore
that psychologists should limit their attention to the study of behavior itself
c. Attempts to understand why animals and humans have developed the particular
psychological aspects that they currently possess
d. The study of how the social situations and the cultures in which people find themselves
influence thinking and behavior
Answer: b; Moderate
56. Which psychologist is correctly matched with an associated approach?
a. Freud behaviorist
b. James psychodynamic
c. Jung cognitive
d. Titchener structuralism
Answer: d; Moderate
57. Dr. Greenway argues that psychology should focus on observable, measurable behavior.
Dr. Cech suggests that psychology should study how people think and process
information about the world. Which option correctly identifies their respective
approaches?
a. Dr. Greenway psychodynamic; Dr. Cech structuralism
b. Dr. Greenway structuralism; Dr. Cech psychodynamic
c. Dr. Greenway behaviorism; Dr. Cech cognitive
d. Dr, Greenway cognitive; Dr. Cech behaviorism
Answer: c: Easy
58. Which of the following American psychologists is correctly matched with his
contribution to psychology?

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a. Freud opened one of the first psychology laboratories

b. Skinner contributed to behaviorism
c. Watson contributed to structuralism
d. James contributed to behaviorism
Answer: b; Moderate
59. Which of the following psychologists is correctly matched with his contribution to
psychology?
a. Wundt opened one of the first laboratories in psychology
b. Fechner studied list memory
c. Ebbinghaus developed the first psychological measurement, the JND
d. Freud founded the behaviorist school
Answer: a; Moderate
60. Gene is to environment as _____ is to _____.
a. determinism; free will
b. unconscious processing; conscious processing
c. nature; nurture
d. free will; determinism
Answer: c; Easy
61. Dr. Quinones studies the achievement motivation of junior high-school students. He
asserts that such motivation mainly reflects the parenting and educational practices the
students have experienced. This statement is most directly related to the _____ question;
Dr. Quinones position is toward the _____ end of the continuum.
a. nature vs. nurture; nature
b. nature vs. nurture; nurture
c. determinism vs. free will; free will
d. determinism vs. free will; determinism
Answer: b; Moderate
62. Dr. Aziz studies the biases that may impair human decision-making. Dr. Aziz work is
most relevant to the question of:
a. conscious vs. unconscious processing
b. free will vs. determinism
c. differences vs. similarities
d. accuracy vs. inaccuracy
Answer: d; Easy
63. Research reported in your text is most consistent with which of the following statements?
a. It is difficult to convince people that they have free will
b. People may believe that they have free will even when they do not
c. Free will is not possible to study scientifically
d. Free will is observed more frequently in men than in women
Answer: b; Easy

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64. Dr. Reynolds believes that depression reflects aspects of a patients early relationship
with her parents of which she may be completely unaware. Dr. Smith, by contrast, argues
that depression stems from a patients current knowledge about herself. The two
psychologists appear to disagree on the _____question.
a. conscious vs. unconscious processing
b. free will vs. determinism
c. differences vs. similarities
d. nature vs. nurture
Answer: a; Difficult
65. According to your text, psychologists reflecting the _____ and _____ approaches have
highlighted the importance of unconscious processing.
a. psychodynamic; behaviorist
b. psychodynamic; cognitive
c. cognitive; behaviorist
d. structuralist; behaviorist
Answer: b; Difficult
66. Which of the following best defines a social norm?
a. A cognitive structure
b. A psychodynamic repression
c. A shared way of thinking or feeling
d. A reinforcement schedule
Answer: c; Easy
67. Which of the following best defines a culture?
a. The sum of many associations
b. The outcome of learning
c. A shared way of thinking or feeling
d. A common set of social norms
Answer: d; Easy
68. Whereas the philosophers _____ believed that humans possessed some innate knowledge,
the philosopher _____ believed that all knowledge derived from experience.
a. Aristotle and Descartes; Plato
b. Plato and Descartes; Aristotle
c. Plato and Descartes; Wundt
d. Plato and Aristotle; Descartes
Answer: b; Difficult
69. The story the War of the Ghosts was used by Sir Frederic Bartlett to study
a. how children learn to write
b. how the unconscious influences behavior
c. how expectations influence memory
d. how much knowledge is innate
Answer: c; Moderate

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70. The phrase tabula rasa may be translated as:

a. red tablet
b. raised table
c. empty table
d. empty slate
Answer: d; easy
71. Which of the following statements most accurately captures Descartes view of the
relationship between the mind and the body?
a. The mind is similar to the body.
b. The mind and body are unrelated.
c. The mind is the same as the body.
d. The mind is different from the body.
Answer: d; Moderate
72. During which historical period were the first psychology laboratories established?
a. the era of Classical Greece
b. the early Renaissance
c. the 1700s
d. the 1800s
Answer: d; Moderate
73. According to your text, two of the first research psychologists were _____ and _____.
a. James and Watson
b. Wundt and James
c. Watson and Titchener
d. Fechner and Freud
Answer: b; Moderate
74. In which city did Wundt open one of the first psychological laboratories?
a. Vienna, Austria
b. Oxford, England
c. Leipzig, Germany
d. Krakow, Poland
Answer: c; Moderate
75. According to the structuralists, the goal of psychology is to:
a. uncover the unconscious determinants of behavior
b. focus on observable behavior itself
c. examine the impact of society and culture on behavior
d. identify the elements of conscious experience
Answer: d; Moderate

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76. Dreleux asserts that psychologists should attempt to isolate the fundamental attributes of
mental experience. Dr. Leleux appears most sympathetic to the _____ approach in
psychology.
a. functionalist
b. cognitive
c. psychodynamic
d. structuralist
Answer: d; Moderate
77. A procedure in which an observer describes the simple elements of a complex experience
in as much detail as possible is called:
a. inner perception
b. introspection
c. internal observation
d. introjection
Answer: b; Moderate
78. Which of the following defines the process of introspection
a. the person thinks about others
b. the person describes what they experience
c. the person remembers early childhood experiences
d. the person holds numbers in memory
Answer: b; Moderate
79. Lassandra takes a sip of cola. Sweet . . . cold, wet, tingly . . . slightly bitter, she reports.
Lassandra is:
a. introspecting
b. interviewing
c. suffering a stroke
d. taking an intelligence test
Answer: a; Moderate
80. Perhaps the best-known structuralist was Wundts student, _____.
a. Titchener
b. Piaget
c. Bartlett
d. Fechner
Answer: a; Moderate
81. The use of reaction time methods to study mental events originated with the work of the
_____ psychologists. These techniques are now frequently used in _____ psychology.
a. behaviorist; developmental
b. psychodynamic; cognitive
c. behaviorist; cognitive
d. structuralist; cognitive
Answer: d; Difficult

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82. According to your text, which challenge of studying psychology proved especially
problematic for the structuralists?
a. Behavior needs to be explained at many levels.
b. People vary greatly the behavior and mental processes.
c. There are many causes for any particular behavior.
d. The bases of our experiences are often outside our awareness.
Answer: d; Difficult
83. Which of the following statements best expresses the aim of the functionalist approach?
a. It seeks to identify what the mind contains.
b. It seeks to determine the purpose of mental processes.
c. It seeks to determine how mental experience is organized
d. It seeks to understand the influence of the unconscious mind.
Answer: b; Easy
84. With which of the following statements would William James most readily agree?
a. Thinking is the same as doing.
b. Thinking is irrelevant to doing.
c. Thinking and doing are unrelated.
d. Thinking is for doing.
Answer: d; Moderate
85. Charles Darwins theory of natural selection strongly influenced the _____ approach in
psychology:
a. functionalist
b. behaviorist
c. psychodynamic
d. structuralist
Answer: a; Difficult
86. With respect to the psychology of emotion, William James would be most interested in:
a. the contribution of unconscious memories to ones emotional experience
b. the basic nature of an emotional feeling or experience
c. how emotions aid ones adaptation to the environment
d. the observable behaviors accompanying emotional experience
Answer: c; Difficult
87. Which of the following alternatives best expresses the fate of the functional approach to
psychology?
a. Functionalism was rapidly replaced by the structuralist approach early in psychologys
history.
b. Functionalism continues to exist as a school of psychology, and its ideas have become
increasingly influential.
c. Functionalism no longer exists as a school of psychology, and its ideas have had little
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d. Functionalism no longer exists as a school of psychology, but its ideas have become
absorbed into the field of evolutionary psychology.
Answer: d; Moderate
88. Your text notes that the functionalist approach helped shape the contemporary field of:
a. forensic psychology
b. evolutionary psychology
c. developmental psychology
d. environmental psychology
Answer: b; Moderate
89. Which statement accurately identifies a shortcoming of evolutionary psychology?
a. It ignores the important role of the mind in human behavior.
b. Its explanations for mental and behavioral phenomena are often implausible.
c. Its predictions are often difficult to test.
d. It is more applicable to animal behavior than to human behavior.
Answer: c; Moderate
90. Your text suggests that the stereotype of psychology held by the person on the street
accords most closely with the _____ approach.
a. functionalist
b. behaviorist
c. cognitive
d. psychodynamic
Answer: d; Difficult
91. The psychodynamic perspective originated in the work of _____, a Viennese neurologist.
a. Freud
b. Ebbinghaus
c. Jung
d. Fechner
Answer: a; Easy
92. Noreen asserts that our behavior often reflects unconscious motives and conflicts. This
viewpoint is most consistent with the _____ approach in psychology.
a. psychodynamic
b. functionalist
c. cognitive
d. behaviorist
Answer: a; Easy
93. Which of the following types of evidence provided the foundation for Freuds
psychodynamic theory?
a. survey responses of large samples of adults
b. observations of adults in everyday contexts
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d. case studies of patients in psychotherapy

Answer: d; Easy
94. Each of the following individuals is associated with the psychodynamic approach
EXCEPT:
a. Freud
b. Adler
c. Jung
d. Ebbinghaus
Answer: d; Moderate
95. Which statement does NOT identify one of the contributions of the psychodynamic
approach?
a. It highlighted the important role of the unconscious.
b. It originated the method of introspection in psychology.
c. It pointed out that therapy can improve human lives.
d. It underscored the lasting effects of childhood experiences.
Answer: b; Moderate
96. Which alternative best expresses the influence of the psychodynamic approach?
a. Research has supported most of its ideas, and the approach has had a lasting influence.
b. Research has supported most of its ideas, but the influence of the approach has declined.
c. Research has not supported some of its ideas, but the approach has had a lasting influence.
d. Research has not supported its ideas, and the influence of the approach has declined.
Answer: c; Moderate
97. Which early psychologist is matched with the view of the mind he would most strongly
endorse?
a. Freud: Conscious experience may be reduced to simpler elements.
b. Titchener: Consciousness helps us adapt to our environment.
c. James: The unconscious mind directs much of our behavior.
d. Watson: It is not possible to study consciousness objectively.
Answer: d; Moderate
98. In contrast to the structuralists and the functionalists, the _____ psychologists studied
only _____.
a. behaviorist; behavior
b. behaviorist; the mind
c. cognitive; behavior
d. psychodynamic; behavior
Answer: a; Easy
99. Which of the following psychologists is associated with the behavioral approach?
a. Piaget
b. Skinner
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d. Freud
Answer: b; Easy
100. Stimulus is to response as _____ is to _____.
a. environment; behavior
b. behavior; environment
c. behavior; mind
d. unconscious; conscious
Answer: a; Easy
101. Which of the following psychologists studied how and when the presence of food
would produce salivation in dogs?
a. Pavlov
b. Watson
c. Skinner
d. Freud
Answer: a; Easy
102. Which alternative correctly matches a behaviorist with a description or contribution?
a. Skinner examined the conditioning of fear in a child
b. Watson examined associations among dogs
c. Skinner brought behaviorism to the public at large
d. Pavlov the least well-known behaviorist
Answer: c; Difficult
103. Which of the following psychologists studied the conditioning of fear responses to a
rabbit in a young boy named Little Albert?
a. Freud
b. Wundt
c. James
d. Waston
Answer: d; Moderate
104. The behaviorists made their most important contributions to the study of _____ in
psychology.
a. learning
b. perception
c. memory
d. personality
Answer: a; Easy
105. How would you characterize the behaviorist stance on the nature vs. nurture and free
will vs. determinism questions?
a. strongly nature; strongly determinist
b. strongly nature; strongly free will
c. strongly nurture; strongly determinist

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d. strongly nurture; strongly free will

Answer: c; Difficult
106. Your text describes a study by Soon et al. (2008) in which participants brain activity
was recorded during a button-pressing task. What did the researchers find regarding the
relationship between the brain activity supporting the decision to press a button on the
one hand, and participants conscious intention to press a button on the other? Does this
result support or refute the notion of free will?
a. The brain activity supporting the decision substantially preceded participants awareness
of the decision, supporting the notion of free will.
b. The brain activity supporting the decision substantially preceded participants awareness
of the decision, refuting the notion of free will.
c. The brain activity supporting the decision occurred simultaneously with participants
awareness of the decision, supporting the notion of free will.
d. The brain activity supporting the decision occurred simultaneously with participants
awareness of the decision, refuting the notion of free will.
Answer: b; Difficult
107. Concerning free will, which statement is most accurate in light of contemporary
empirical research?
a. The behaviorist view of free will has been completely discredited.
b. Most people underestimate their own free will.
c. Free will is an illusion; the strength of the illusion varies in different situations.
d. It is not possible to examine free will scientifically.
Answer: c; Difficult
108. The computer metaphor is at the heart of the _____ approach.
a. cognitive
b. psychodynamic
c. behaviorist
d. functionalist
Answer: a; Easy
109. Driving to work one day, Rosemary suspects that motorists talking on their cell
phones process less information relevant to the task of driving than do other drivers. This
hypothesis would most likely be tested by a _____ psychologist.
a. psychodynamic
b. cognitive
c. behaviorist
d. humanistic
Answer: b; Easy
110. Which alternative correctly pairs a psychologist with an early contribution to
cognitive psychology?
a. Piaget studied story memory
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d. Freud studied behavior in dogs
Answer: c; Moderate
111. Important cognitive psychologists include each of the following EXCEPT:
a. Kahneman
b. Broadbent
c. Ebbinghaus
d. Freud
Answer: d; Moderate
112. Making an early contribution to the psychology of memory, Bartlett studied memory
for _____. He found that _____.
a. stories; memory is influenced by ones existing knowledge
b. stories; memory is largely unaffected by existing knowledge
c. lists; list memory remains relatively constant over time
d. lists; memory for lists is surprisingly good
Answer: a; Difficult
113. Which alternative best expresses the influence of the cognitive approach?
a. The approach was influential in the past, but its influence is now decreasing.
b. The approach has been highly influential, and its impact remains.
c. The cognitive approach has been supplanted by other views and has had little impact.
d. The approach is too new for us to gauge its influence.
Answer: b; Easy
114. Consider introspection, the computer analogy, and contemporary neuroscience.
Which statement best captures the impact of technological advances on psychological
science?
a. Technological advances have affirmed the behaviorist view that the mind is unavailable to
objective study.
b. Technological advances have exposed the illusion of the unconscious mind.
c. Technological advances have allowed the increasingly precise description of observable
behavior.
d. Technological advances have enabled the ever more objective study of the mind.
Answer: d; Difficult
115. Dr. Anderson studies how we change our behavior to match that of other people. Dr.
Anderson is best described as a _____ psychologist.
a. cognitive
b. developmental
c. social
d. clinical
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116. Opposites attract. Your text suggests that _____ psychologists have shown this
adage to be _____
a. cognitive; false
b. evolutionary; true
c. social; true
d. social; false
Answer: d; Moderate
117. Which of the following alternatives correctly arranges the concepts of norms,
behavior, and culture in order of increasing breadth?
a. behavior norms culture
b. behavior culture norms
c. norms behavior culture
d. norms culture behavior
Answer: a; Moderate
118. Independence is to interdependence as _____ is to _____.
a. East Asian culture; Western culture
b. collectivism; individualism
c. Western culture; East Asian culture
d. conscious; unconscious
Answer: c; Moderate
119. Which of the following alternatives INCORRECTLY matches a type of culture with a
core value of that type of culture?
a. individualist; personal success
b. individualist; responsibility to family
c. collectivist; group harmony
d. individualist; self-esteem
Answer: b; Moderate
120. Based on your texts discussion of culture, you might expect that members of _____
cultures, such as _____, are more likely to follow social norms than are members of other
cultures.
a. individualist; America
b. individualist; India
c. collectivist; Canada
d. collectivist; Japan
Answer: d; Moderate
121. Which field of psychology is accurately matched with a description?
a. neuroscience; studies the effects of hormones and neurotransmitters on behavior
b. cognitive psychology; conducts research on the changes occurring across the lifespan
c. forensic psychology; examines differences among people
d. developmental psychology; works to alleviate behavioral, emotional, and learning
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Answer: a; Easy
122. Which of the following psychologists is most likely to work in a research setting?
a. Dr. Brennan, a forensic psychologist
b. Dr. Chan, a clinical psychologist
c. Dr. DeVries, a biopsychologist
d. Dr. Estevez, a sports psychologist
Answer: c; Moderate
123. Which of the following types of psychologists is correctly paired with a field or
setting in which he or she might work?
a. social psychologist; school
b. industrial-organizational psychologist; corporation
c. biopsychologist; marketing
d. developmental psychologist; corporation
Answer: b; Easy
124. Dr. Gonzalez uses reaction time methods to study problem solving processes. Dr.
Hirsch evaluates employee performance in a large corporation. Dr. Gonzalez is a _____
psychologist, whereas Dr. Hirsch is a(n) _____ psychologist.
a. cognitive; developmental
b. cognitive; industrial-organizational
c. developmental; industrial-organizational
d. developmental; social
Answer: b; Easy
125. Which of the following individuals is most likely a clinical psychologist?
a. Dr. MacGinnis, who works in a law firm
b. Dr. Landry, who works in a private research laboratory
c. Dr. Kendall, who works in a corporation
d. Dr. Inglis, who works in a social service agency
Answer: d; Easy
126. According to your texts discussion, how effective are memory supplements?
a. They have no effect on memory.
b. They may actually impair memory.
c. They may improve memory very slightly.
d. They improve memory substantially.
Answer: c; Moderate
127. Psychologists have studied the ways that best allow people to acquire, store, and
retain information. These are most likely _____ psychologists.
a. cognitive
b. developmental
c. forensic
d. environmental

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Answer: a; Easy
128. Rehearsal is to elaboration as _____ is to _____.
a. relating; repeating
b. repeating; relating
c. passive; active
d. unnconscious ; conscious
Answer: b; Moderate
129. Nathalie reads her psychology notes over and over again. Odette links the
information to material she has learned in other courses. Which of the following
alternatives is most accurate?
a. Nathalie is elaborating the information, whereas Odette is rehearsing it. Nathalie is likely
to retain the information better than is Odette.
b. Nathalie is elaborating the information, whereas Odette is rehearsing it. Odette and
Nathalie are likely to retain the information equally well.
c. Nathalie is rehearsing the information, whereas Odette is elaborating it. Odette and
Nathalie are likely to retain the information equally well.
d. Nathalie is rehearsing the information, whereas Odette is elaborating it. Odette is likely to
retain the information better than is Nathalie.
Answer: d; Moderate
130. Which of the following best defines health psychology?
a. The study of action in the workplace
b. The study of affective and cognitive changes across the lifespan.
c. The influence of shared norms on behavior
d. The study of how biology and behavior influences illness
Answer: d; Easy
131. Pam reads her psychology notes over and over again. Quinn is using mental imagery
to try to remember the information. Roberta is relating the information to her own
interests and goals. Which of the following alternatives best describes how well these
three students will retain the information?
a. Pam and Quinn will retain the information better than Roberta will.
b. Pam will retain the information better than will Roberta or Quinn.
c. Quinn and Roberta will retain the information better than Pam will.
d. Roberta will retain the information better than will Pam or Quinn.
Answer: c; Moderate
132. One way of learning material is to link each of the pieces of information with a
familiar place. This strategy is termed the _____.
a. place method
b. pegword method
c. keyword method
d. method of loci
Answer: d; Moderate

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133. Tyler tries to remember a list of Spanish vocabulary words by imagining the first item
at the corner of his street, the second item at the bus stop, the third item at a convenience
store along the way, the fourth item at the entrance to campus, and so on. Tyler is using
the _____ to remember the vocabulary words.
a. place method
b. method of loci
c. keyword method
d. pegword method
Answer: b; Moderate
134. As compared to cramming, studying material in shorter sessions spread over time
produces _____ test performance. This is known as the _____ effect.
a. worse; practice
b. better; practice
c. better; spacing
d. worse; spacing
Answer: c; Easy
135. Dr. Syed asks 5-year olds and 7-year olds how they might remember a list of words.
The 5-year-olds say they dont know but the 7-year-olds say they might try to write the
words down to study them. The 7-year olds have better skills in what domain than the 5year olds do?
a. Metacognition
b. Unconscious focus
c. The method of loci
d. The spacing effect
Answer: a; Easy
136. Our ability to adequately assess our own knowledge describes which of the
following?
a.
Metacognition
b.
Unconscious focus
c.
The method of loci
d.
The spacing effect
Answer: a; Easy
137. In general, people who are learning material tend to be which of the following?
a. overconfident about how much they have learned
b. underconfident about how much they have learned
c. unaware that they have been using the method of loci
d. worried that they are too self-aware
Answer: a; Easy
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138. The Greek philosopher Aristotle took a nature stance on the nature vs. nurture issue.
Answer: F; Difficult
139. Introspection allowed the structuralists tap into unconscious processes.
Answer: F; Moderate
140. Wundt pioneered the use of reaction time methods in psychology.
Answer: T; Moderate
141. Darwins theory of natural selection inspired the functionalist approach in
psychology.
Answer: T; Moderate
142. Functionalism has had little lasting impact in psychology.
Answer: F; Moderate
143. It is difficult to test the predictions of evolutionary psychology.
Answer: T; Easy
144. Psychodynamic theory is founded on case studies of therapeutic patients,
Answer: T; Easy
145. Research has generally supported the proposals of the psychodynamic psychologists.
Answer: F; Moderate
146. The behaviorists viewed the mind as a black box.
Answer: T; Easy
147. Titchener is the most famous behaviorist.
Answer: F; Easy
148. The behaviorists believed that humans have free will.
Answer: F; Easy
149. The advent of computer technology spurred the rise of the cognitive approach in
psychology.
Answer: T; Easy
150. The influence of the cognitive approach has declined with the development of
neuroimaging techniques.
Answer: F; Easy
151. Culture consists of norms.
Answer: T; Easy
152.

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Answer: F; Easy
153. Cramming is just as effective as spreading out ones study sessions.
Answer: F; Easy
154. People generally overestimate how well they have learned information.
Answer: T; Easy
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS
155. The philosophical position that the mind is fundamentally different from the body is
known as _____.
Answer: dualism; Difficult
156. The _____ psychologists wished to create a periodic table of the elements of
consciousness.
Answer: structuralist; Moderate
157. The best known structuralist was _____.
Answer: Titchener; Difficult
158. Titchener is to structuralism as James is to _____.
Answer: functionalism; Moderate
159. The influence of functionalism is especially apparent in the branch of psychology
known as _____ psychology.
Answer: evolutionary; Moderate
160. Dr. Thibodeaux asserts that we underestimate the effects of unconscious conflicts on
our behavior. Dr. Thibodeaux view reflects that of the _____ psychologists.
Answer: psychodynamic; Moderate
161. The _____ approach is based on the premise that it is impossible to study the mind
scientifically.
Answer: behaviorist; Moderate
162. Environment is to behavior as _____ is to response.
Answer: stimulus; Moderate
163. _____, an American psychologist, examined the conditioning of fear to a rabbit in an
infant.
Answer: Watson; Moderate
164. Ebbinghaus is to list memory as _____ is to story memory.
Answer: Bartlett; Difficult

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165. Dr. Urquhart examines pictures of the brain as participants complete reasoning tasks.
Dr. Urquhart is using_____.
Answer: neuroimaging; Easy
166. The ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that are shared by members of a group are
termed _____.
Answer: norms; Moderate
167. Individualistic cultures include America and _____.
Answer: Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe
168. Vanna tries to remember a list of words by associating the items with familiar places.
Vanna is using the method of _____.
Answer: loci; Easy
169. Kyle repeats a telephone number over and over to himself so that he can remember it
long enough to dial it. Kyle is using _____.
Answer: rehearsal; Easy
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
170. Identify and briefly describe two of the key questions or controversies in psychology
discussed in your text. Suggest how each of the issues or controversies you describe
might surface in one or more areas of study in todays psychology.
Moderate
171. Describe a behavioral or mental phenomenon in which you are especially interested.
Discuss how the phenomenon might be approached from at least two of the following
perspectives: functionalist, psychodynamic, behaviorist, cognitive, and social/cultural.
Moderate
172. List and briefly describe three major approaches in the historical development of
psychology. Identify one or two prominent psychologists associated with each of the
perspectives you list.
Moderate
173. Dr. Lin is a developmental psychologist; Dr. Cooper is a social psychologist; and Dr.
Breaux is a cognitive psychologist. For each of these psychologists, briefly define the
subfield in which he or she specializes and suggest one issue or question in which he or
she might be especially interested.
Difficult
174. Distinguish between individualist and collectivist cultures. Provide an example of
each. Describe several differences in norms and behavior between individualist cultures
on the one hand, and collectivist cultures on the other.
Difficult

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175. Identify and describe at least two fields of psychology leading to potential careers in
business settings.
Easy
176. Describe two ways that you can learn and remember information more effectively in
your college courses. Provide concrete examples.
Moderate

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