Pysch: Domain 1/Modules 1-3

Which of the following best matches the definition of psychology?

• scientific research about why we act and think the way we do

• the study of people

• thinking about human behaviors

• investigations of the human psyche and why we think the things we think

What is the primary tool psychologists use to answer questions about behavior and thinking?

• insight

• the unconscious mind

• dream analysis

• the scientific method

Dr. Schullo conducts research on cell phones, attempting to find out what would make them easier to use. What kind of research is Dr. Schullo conducting?

• applied research

• basic research

• behavioral processes

• mental processes

Psychology is a scientific study. This means that psychology relies on which of the following to answer questions about behavior and mental processes?

• scientific research methods

• best-guess hunches

• observation only

• applied research methods only

Wilhelm Wundt is considered the founder of psychology as a science because

• it was decided that clinical psychology should become a medical field

• he conducted important research on the unconscious mind

• he established the first experimental psychology laboratory

• he won the Nobel Prize for science

Which research question would have been most interesting to the Gestalt psychologists?

• Why do we perceive objects in specific groups?

• Can introspection be used to describe thought accurately?

• What is the structure of conscious experience?

• How is our personality expressed in our dreams?

Which of the following is associated with the notion that the whole is different from the sum of its parts?

• Functionalism

• Gestalt

• Structuralism

• Introspection

Who wrote the first psychology textbook?

• James

• Wundt

• Titchener

• None of them

Sigmund Freud's theories differed from all other early psychological theories because of the emphasis on

• the effect of the unconscious mind on our thinking and behavior

• our conscious experience and perception of the world around us

• introspection as a form of gathering data about thinking

• experimental research and gathering data on observable behaviors

What was Watson's primary complaint about early psychological theories?

• early theories emphasized human actions instead of the basic thinking behind them

• early theories addressed thinking instead of observable behaviors

• early theories were based on experimental methods instead of introspection

• early theories were too closely tied to William James's work