Psych Chapter 1

Psychology involves the study of behavior in

• animals only

• humans only

• animals and humans

• animals, humans, and plants

Which of the following is NOT a goal of psychology?

• assumption

• explanation

• description

• prediction

Wilhelm Wundt's technique of introspection led to psychology's use of

• analysis

• the scientific method

• experimentation

• the cognitive model

Although psychologists use different methods and study different behaviors, they all conduct _____ studies.

• descriptive

• introspective

• explanatory

• systematic

A psychologist who tries to help factory workers who have been diagnosed with sleep disorders is practicing

• applied science

• basic science

• descriptive science

• introspection

The branch of psychology that emphasizes that perception is more than the sum of its parts is

• functional psychology

• Gestalt psychology

• behavioral psychology

• perceptual psychology

The first modern psychologist who was primarily interested in understanding the unconscious mind was

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Sir Francis Galton

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

John B. Watson claimed that all behavior is the result of

• psychoanalysis

• genetic makeup

• reinforcement

• conditioning

Cognitivists, such as Jean Piaget, concern themselves with the way in which information is

• processed, stored, retrieved, and used

• encoded, decoded, and used

• developed and processed

• created and stored

The ____ began studying human behavior in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., and decided that humans were rational beings.

• Greeks

• Romans

• Chinese

• Americans