Psychology Final Exam (Sem 1)

Chuck is a _____. He thinks psychology should focus on how people think and solve problems.

• Behavioral Psychologist

• Cognitive Psychologist

• Biological Psychologist

• Psychodynamic Psychologist

Thinking and behavior are caused by hormone and neurotransmitter activity in the brain.

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-cultural

Watching wild lions with a hidden camera would be an example of ____.

• A case study

• a double-blind procedure

• naturalistic observation

• participant bias

Research technique designed to discover attitudes or behavior through questionnaires

• Longitudinal Study

• Cross-Sectional Study

• Case Study

• Survey Method

To test how sleep impacts problem solving, subjects are allowed to sleep either 4 or 8 hours

• Case study

• Experiment

• Correlational research

• Naturalistic Observation

An experiment is testing if electric shocks improve memory. One group of people is shocked and then tested. The second group gets no shock. What is the independent variable?

• Shock

• First group

• Second group

• Memory

If we think of an experiment as a cause & effect relationship, which variable shows the effect?

• Confounding variable

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Very Variable

Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of _________.

• Biology factors

• unconscious thoughts

• healthy growth potential

• punishment and reinforcement

The notion that human behavior is greatly influenced by unconscious thoughts and desires is most consistent with which of the following psychological approaches?

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Sociocultural

• Psychodynamic

In studying the behavior of five year olds in freeplay situations, a cognitive psychologist would be most interested in the children’s

• problem-solving strategies

• toy preferences

• degree of cooperative behavior

• choice of playmates