AP Psych Unit 1 quiz

The debate about the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as what?

• Evolutionary analysis

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive revolution

• Nature-nurture issue

• Natural selection

Which of the following professionals focuses on the attainment of a happy, meaningful life?

• Positive Psychologist

• Evolutionary Psychologist

• Behavioral Psychologist

• Cognitive Psychologist

• Psychotherapist

Which psychological principle best explains why studying an hour per day for a week is more effective than one 7-hour study session

• Testing effect

• Distributed Practice

• SQ3R

• Retrieval practice effect

Which of the following kinds of psychologists would most likely explore how we process and remember information

• Developmental

• Biological

• Social

• Cognitive

• Personality

According to the behavioral perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?

• Introsepction

• Observation

• Cultural influences

• Growth Potential

Which of the following psychologists would most likely conduct psychotherapy?

• Biological

• Clinical

• Industrial-Orangizational

• Cognitive

Which subfield or perspective is most interested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity?

• Humanistic

• Gestalt

• Cognitive Neuroscience

• Psychodynamic persepctive

• Evolutionary perspective

What was the main difference between the psychological thinking of Wilhelm Wundt and earlier philosophers who were also interested in thinking and behavior?

• Wundt was German; earlier philosophers were american

• Wundt was the first professor from a major university interested in psychology

• Wundt was the first scholar to call himself a psychologist

• Wundt used psychotherapy techniques established by Freud to examine the thinking and behavior of healthy individuals

• Wundt and his students gathered data about human thinking and behavior in a laboratory setting

Which school of thought in psychology focused on the adaptive nature of thinking and how our consciousness evolves to meet our needs?

• Functionalist

• Structuralist

• Behavioral

• Humanistic

The study of our human potential for personal growth has been a focus of which psychological perspective

• Behavioral

• Functionalist

• Humanistic

• Psychodynamic

• Structuralist