Psychology Quiz

The goals of psychology are to ________.

• explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the human mind

• understand, compare, and analyze human behavior

• improve psychological well-being in all individuals from birth until death

• describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Max Wertheimer

Freud said phobias were ________, whereas Watson said phobias were ________.

• learned; inherited

• repressed conflicts; learned

• sexual; unconscious

• conditioned; unconditioned

Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?

• psychoanalysis

• humanism

• cognitive perspective

• behaviorism

The term ________ refers to a mental health professional who generally has at least an M.S.W. and who typically treats individual dysfunction and family problems but may also deal with other problems such as addiction or abuse.

• psychiatric social worker

• psychiatrist

• psychoanalyst

• educational psychologist

Which goal of psychology is most closely met through naturalistic observation?

• altering behavior

• predicting behavior

• describing behavior

• controlling behavior

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called ________.

• a case study
• a representative sample

• a single-blind study

• a naturalistic observation

A negative correlation means that

• high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other

• high values of one variable are associated with high values of the other

• low values of one variable are associated with low values of the other

• there is no relationship between the two variables

________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.

• The double-blind study

• Field research

• The single-blind study

• Correlational research

Experimenters can justify the use of deception because

• there is informed consent

• research is more important than people

• it may be necessary for the experiment to work

• it is not that harmful