What Is Psychology?

The study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements is called _______.

• Structuralism

• Gestalt psychology

• Scientific observation

• Functionalism

The Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called _______.

• Psychoanalysis

   

• Freudian theory

• Psychodynamic

   

• Neo-Freudianism

What is functionalism?

• School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

• Study of thinking, learning, perception in whole units only, not parts

   

• School of psychology that studies individual sensations and personal experiences

• School of psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind

Evolutionary psychologists would focus on which of the following?

• Physical features that help plants and animals adapt to their environments

•   Sensations and personal experiences analyzed as whole units only

   

• Thinking, learning, and perceptions analyzed as analysis parts only

•   Psychological features of people working in groups as studied by employers

Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations?

• Gestalt psychology

   

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

•   Structuralism

Which of the following fields analyzes sensations and personal experience as basic elements?

• Structuralism

   

• Functionalism

   

• Behaviorism

   

• Biopsychosocial

What is superstition?

• The tendency to remember or notice information that fits one’s expectations

  Correct Answer

  An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

• An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

• The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true

• Someone with a dominant personality that can strongly influence other people

How is behaviorism defined?

 

• A school of thought in psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

•   The view that any muscular action, glandular activity, or other identifiable aspect of behavior must be considered

•   The school of thought in psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind

•   Darwin’s theory that evolution favors those plants and animals best suited to their living conditions

Personal observation of one's own thoughts, feelings, or behavior is called _______.

• Introspection

•   Cognitive unconscious

   

• Imageless thought

   

• Critical thinking

The Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called _______.

•   Psychoanalysis

   

• Freudian theory

• Psychodynamic

   

• Neo-Freudianism