Psychology Unit 1 Preassessment

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics

Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of 

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

This theory of psychology does not recognize free will when it comes to making decisions and believe we are mechanically constrolled by our environment.

• psychoanalytic
• humanist 
• cognitive
• behaviorist

Suppose a researcher wants to study the effect of drug A on subjects’ alertness. He divides 100 subjects into two groups of 50, an experimental group and a control group. He dissolves drug A in saline solution and injects it into all the subjects in the experimental group. He then gives all the control group subjects an injection of only saline solution.
What is the independent variable? 

• drug A
• saline solution 
• the subjects
• the needles

True or False: The correlation method examines relationships among variables and assists researchers in making predictions.

• Maybe
• True
• Both
• False

Which of the following best describes a hypothesis?

• educated guess

• proven theory

• question

• experiment

What are the main goals of psychology?

• observe and describe feelings

• observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

• research and teach positive visualization

• observe and describe phenomena that science can not predict

In the early days of psychoanalysis, what did its practitioners believe to be the cause of behavior?

• environment rather than heredity

• heredity rather than environment

• conscious choice and self-direction

• unconscious motives and conflicts

Who is considered the "Father of Psychology" and follower of structuralism?

• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James
• Charles Darwin
• Sigmund Freud

Who believed in "survival of the fittest" and the theory of evolution?

• Wunt
• James
• Darwin
• Freud