AP Psychology Unit 1 Practice Test

“ I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a _____ psychologist.”

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Developmental

• Evolutionary

• Behavioral

According to John B. Watson, introspection was:

• A valid method of research

• The study of the mind in use

• The cornerstone of behaviorism

• Unscientific

Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• John Watson

• Max Wertheimer

• B.F. Skinner

Brain mechanisms involved in hunger and thirst would most likely be studied by a:

• Personality theorist

• Sensory psychologist

• Learning theorist

• Biopsychologist

• humanistic psychologist

A psychologist using naturalistic observation would:

• Carefully design controlled situations in which to observe behavior

• Rely on observations of subjects responses to questionnaires

• Observe behaviors and it happens outside the laboratory or clinic

• Make records of behavior exhibited by clients treated in therapy

Abraham Maslow proposed a need to develop one’s potential and be the best that one can be. This concept is known as:

• Self-image

• Self-concept

• Self-esteem

• Self-actualization

Which psychologist was a Structuralist?

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• William James

A cognitive psychologist would likely be most interested in

• concentration of neural transmitters in the spinal cord

• unconditional positive regard in the therapeutic setting

• token economies in prison

• perceptual speed on word-association tests

• development of fine motor skills in toddlers

The concept of tabula rasa, or "blank slate" (the idea that human beings come into the wold knowing nothing, and therefore acquire all of their knowledge through experience) is most closely associated with

• David Hume

• Charles Darwin

• John Locke

• Sigmond Freud

• Erich Fromm

The concept of dualism refers to the division of all things in the world into

• thought and action

• body and spirit

• structural and functional

• theoretical and practical

• dependent and independent