AP psych chapter 1

_____________________are personal judgments based on beliefs rather than facts.

• predictions

• biases

• perspectives

• observations

• behaviors

Talking, facial expressions, and movements are elements of:

• behavior

• mental processes

• biopsychology

• humanism

• bias

Within the field of psychology, mental processes refer to:

• outward actions.

• only human behavior.

• all internal covert activity of our minds.

• overt reactions.

• physical reactions.

The process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities is known as:

• an out of body experience.

• a near-death experience.

• objective introspection.

• dualism.

• structuralism.

Which of the following is TRUE about Gestalt psychology?

• It applied the introspection method to thoughts as well as physical sensations.

• It was influenced by Darwin's ideas about natural selection.

• It focused on perception of patterns and whole figures.

• It stressed the importance of early life experiences.

• It played a part in the development of the more modern evolutionary psychology.

Freud proposed that there is a(n) ________ mind into which we repress all of our threatening urges and desires.

• conscious

• unconscious

• dark

• psychotic

The theory of operant conditioning was developed by:

• John B. Watson.

• Carl Rogers.

• Abraham Maslow.

• B. F. Skinner.

• Sigmund Freud.

________ suggests that behavioral responses are reinforced when rewarded with pleasurable consequences.

• Self-actualization

• Operant conditioning

• Cognitive psychology

• The psychodynamic perspective

• The humanistic perspective

The sociocultural perspective studies:

• the effects of biology on people’s behavior.

• the effect people have on one another, both individually and in a large group.

• how evolution has influenced adaptive human behaviors.

• how our genes shape who we are.

A professional who has a doctoral degree (but has not attended medical school) and may work in a wide number of vocational settings would be a(n) ________.

• psychiatrist

• physician

• psychologist

• psychiatric social worker