Unit I: Psychology Introduction

What is an action that can be observed or measured?

• behavior

• structuralism

• mental process

• behavior

What is a school of psychology that looks at the basic elements of unconscious experience?

• Structuralism

• Gestalt

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

Who wrote the first modern book of psychology , The Principles of Psychology in 1890?

• B.F. Skinner

• William James

• John B. Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

The major of psychologists are ....

• clinical psychologists.

• school psychologists.

• developmental psychologists.

• counseling psychologists.

Research conducted for its own sake, without seeking a solution to a specific problem is called ....

• applied research.

• psychology.

• experimental research.

• basic research.

Who is the philosopher who stressed the importance of introspection?

• Socrates

• Francis Bacon

• Plato

• Decartes

What is psychology?

• the study of behavior and mental processes

• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• the scientific study of mental processes

• study of the mind

Developmental psychologists are especially concerned with ...

• testifying at legal trials.

• the way the mind takes in and processes information.

• developing aptitude tests for students.

• changes that occur throughout the life span.

Social psychologists differ from personality psychologists in their focus on ....

• external rather than internal influences.

• heredity rather than environmental causes for behavior.

• behavior rather than cognitive activity.

• all of the above.

Training your dog to shake using delicious dog biscuits is related to which psychologists?

• Sigmund Freud

• John B. Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• William James