Psychology Quiz

Which choice is an accurate definition of a hypothesis?

• An idea that proves a theory

• A means of explaining social phenomena

• A way of looking at the world

• A tentative explanation

Psychology refers to the __________.

• empirical study of humanity

• experimental study of individuals

• scientific study of the mind and behavior

• systematic study of human interaction

Which individual wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology and is credited with establishing a scientific laboratory of Psychology at the University of Leipzig?

• Wolfgang Kohler

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Functionalist psychologists focus on the function of behavior and ____________.

• explaining the subconscious

• the operation of individual parts of the mind

• the operation of the whole mind rather than the individual parts

• understanding the id, ego, and superego.

Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ____________.

• studying how emotional responses influence behavior while deemphasizing the importance of the subconscious.

• studying implicit motivations for behavior through the use of implicit association tests

• studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes

• studying the genetic basis for behavior and theorizing how instincts influence behavior

Which perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans.

• behaviorism

• gestalt psychology

• humanism

• structuralism

For which concept is Abraham Maslow best known?

• classical conditioning of non-human animals

• dream analysis for the latent and manifest content of a dream

• proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior

• studying the influence of reinforcement and punishment on behavior

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principles of ____________.

• gestalt psychology

• humanism

• psychoanalytic theory

• structuralism

The cognitive revolution created an impetus for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding __________.

• emotions and cultural norms that underlie emotional responses

• genetics and the evolutionary adaptations that underlie behavior

• stimulus-response and the instincts that underlie human reaction to pain

• the mind and mental processes that underlie behavior

Penelope studies how the structure and function of the nervous system are related to behavior. She is a ___________.