AP Psyc Review Final Mr.White Round 1 Sem1

Which of the following best describes the view of the mind held by Plato and Socrates?

• The mind should be studied through careful, empirical observations.
• The mind is an illusion produced by the brain.
• The mind is separate from the body and continues after the body dies.
• The mind is made up of knowledge that is a result of our experiences.

Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the mind at birth is tabula rasa or a “blank slate”?

• Plato
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kant
• René Descartes

The first psychological laboratory was established by

• William James.
• John Watson.
• Wilhelm Wundt.
• Sigmund Freud.

Research participants were asked to monitor and report their own immediate sensory reactions to differently colored objects. This research involved a technique known as

• empiricism.
• structuralism.
•  introspection.
• functionalism.

William James was a prominent American

• psychoanalyst. 
• behaviorist.
• functionalist.
• structuralist.

Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the

• adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions. 
• component elements of sensory experience. 
• disruptive effects of unconscious motives
• treatment of psychological disorders.

Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?

• John B. Watson
• Edward Titchener
• Wilhelm Wundt
• Jean Piaget

Who would be most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?

• Ivan Pavlov
• Carl Rogers
• William James
• Sigmund Freud

Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of

• childhood memories.
• unconscious thoughts.
•  healthy growth potential.
• punishment and reinforcement.

In the early 1960s, the cognitive revolution in psychology involved a renewal of interest in the scientific study of

• mental processes.
• hereditary influences.
• unconscious motives.
• learned behaviors.