PSY 101: Practice Exam 1

The long term impact of structuralism on psychology was that it

• convinced everyone that introspection was the best method to study the human mind.

• provided an example of what psychology shouldn’t be

• introduced the idea of studying behavior based on its evolutionary function.

• demonstrated that all mental experiences can be described by combining different elements of consciousness.

Which of the following terms do NOT belong together?

• Gestalt: elements of consciousness

• behaviorism: stimulus/response

• psychoanalytic: unconscious conflict

• cognitive: thought

Which of the following typically has a masters degree, rather than a doctorate?

• clinical psychologists and psychiatrists

• clinical psychologists and counselors

• social workers and psychiatrists

• social workers and counselors

Scientists have come up with a general idea about how social hierarchies work in dogs. Based on this general idea, they generate a specific prediction of how dogs should act when placed in a particular environment. The testable question that goes along with this prediction would be known as a/an_____.

• hypothesis

• experimental study

• abstract

• theory

According to lecture, what does psychology use to accomplish its goals?

• Philosophical reasoning

• Incidental observation

• Subjective approaches

• The scientific method

Why is Wilhelm Wundt considered to be the father of psychology?

• His lab was the first to publish a paper in a scientific journal related to psychology

• He was the first one to conduct any research related to psychology

• He threatened his competition

• Decades later, we tend to only use the same methods he established

Why do we say that psychology is about studying both behavior and mental processes?

• We care about what organisms do and what their internal experiences are.

• We care about how good people are, and what they think about being good.

• This is just two ways of saying the same thing.

• We want to highlight that we’re only concerned with the internal world of living things.

The principle of science that says you should have a healthy amount of doubt when judging the claims of others is known as

• skepticism

• replication

• recursion

• unsurety

In a study, when participants are measured on a dependent variable, but no change was made to their environment/experience so that they can be compared to others who do experience a change, we say they are part of

• an experimental condition

• a random sample

• a control condition

• an independent sample

An explanation of the purpose of a study as well as any deception that may have taken place after the study is completed is known as

• subject bias

• debriefing

• application justification

• informed consent