Psych. Ch. 1 Review

A medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems  is a 

• health psychologist
• psychiatrist
• clinical psychologist
• research psychologist

An educational psychologist would most likely do which of the following? 

• help a student select a college to attend
• administer an intelligence test to a student
• conduct a study on gender differences in speech patterns
• help a school district choose a standardized test

Which of the following is NOT an example of a behavior?

• doing your chores 
• eating 
• dreaming
• walking 

Which of the following is the correct definition for psychology?

•  the science of human behavior
• the science of human behavior and mental processes
• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
• the science of mental processes

A researcher who studies the chemical changes in the brains of patients with depression would be approaching psychology from which perspective?

• behaviorist
• cognitive
• biological 
• psychodynamic

Specialists in developmental psychology study 

• topics related to children and young adults. 
• the effects of the environment on people.
• methods to boost production. 
• changes that occur throughout life. 

Which of the following is credited with pioneering the psychoanalytic approach to psychology? 

• Sigmund Freud
• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James
• B. F. Skinner

A humanistic psychologist would be interested in which of the following research studies?

• using rewards to change a person's behavior
• describing a group of people who claim to have reached their full potential
• understanding the role of the unconscious in a child's decision to disobey his or her parents
• investigating the role of hormones in the mating behavior of birds

Humanism differs from behaviorism and psychoanalysis in that it

• stresses the influence of cultural & ethnic similarities and differences in behavior and social functioning.
• does not view humans as being controlled by external events or unconscious forces.
• emphasizes the impact of biology on behavior.
• denies the possibility of human growth and development. 

a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences

• structuralist 
• psychoanalytic 
• functionalist
• cognitivist