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Test Bank for Psychology 8th Edition by Hockenbury
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1. One of the four basic goals of psychology is to:
a. listen to, counsel, and console people with problems.
b. apply the findings of animal research to abnormal behavior.
c. control people.
d. describe behavior and ment...
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,1. One of the four basic goals of psychology is to:
a. listen to, counsel, and console people with problems.
b. apply the findings of animal research to abnormal behavior.
c. control people.
d. describe behavior and mental processes.
2. Wilhelm Wundt focused on:
a. nature versus nurture issues and interactive dualism.
b. how brain damage contributes to mental illness.
c. fundamental psychological processes, such as mental reaction times in response to visual and
d. the effects of mental illness on families.
3. became the first major school of thought in psychology and relied on a method called introspec
a. Functionalism
b. Psychoanalysis
c. Behaviorism
d. Structuralism
4. The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology was:
a. Mary Whiton Calkins.
b. Francis C. Sumner.
c. Edward B. Titchener.
d. G. Stanley Hall.
5. dominated American psychology beginning in the early 1900s.
a. Behavior
ism
b. Psychoanalysis
c. Humanism
d. Structuralism
6. As one of the advocates of , developed a theory of motivation that emphasized psycholog
a. functionalism; G. Stanley Hall
b. psychoanalysis; Sigmund Freud
c. humanistic psychology; Abraham Maslow
d. structuralism; Edward B. Titchener
7. Which of the following titles would most likely be found in a research journal for neuroscience?
a. “Increased levels of the Hormone Testosterone Impact the Brain, Causing Increased Aggressive
Rats”
b. “The Effects of Compliments on Helping Behavior”
c. “Decreases in Social Functioning Can Be Reversed Through Increased Social Activities in th
d. “Spacing Rehearsals During Learning Improves Long-Term Memory for Nonsense Syllables
8. The perspective emphasizes studying how behavior is acquired or modified by environmental c
a. psychodynamic
b. humanistic
c. behavioral
d. biological
,12. According to the “Science Versus Pseudoscience” box, which of the following items is NOT one of t
proponents of pseudoscience to give credibility to their claims?
a. shifting the burden of proof
b. use of irrefutable or nonfalsifiable claims
c. combining unfounded claims with established scientific findings
d. use of the scientific method and replication of their findings by other scientists
13. Professor Newberg decided to study preferences of senior adults, so he visited a local retirement villa
to participate in a lengthy survey. Professor Newberg's survey results are probably invalid because h
a. a valid hypothesis.
b. an operational definition.
c. independent and dependent variables.
d. a representative sample of participants.
14. Of the following correlation coefficients, which represents the weakest relationship between two fact
A) –0.67
B) +0.53
C) +0.32
D) –0.12
15. Several correlational studies indicate that the more time students spend playing violent video games,
tendency to engage in delinquent behavior. Based on this result, you would be justified in stating tha
a. playing violent video games causes delinquent behavior.
b. there is a positive correlation between delinquent behavior and playing violent video games.
c. there is a neT
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d. the researchers were conducting pseudoscientific research.
16. Correlational research:
a. can indicate causality in either a positive or a negative direction.
b. provides the most compelling evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between two variab
c. can reveal the degree to which two factors are related or co-vary in a systematic way.
d. has been banned by the American Psychological Association since the 1960s, but it is still all
17. Researchers at the United Family Therapy Center are conducting a study to determine how quickly sy
reduced by different forms of psychotherapy. What is the dependent variable in this study?
a. change in the symptoms of anxiety
b. the method used to recruit participants for the study
c. the type of psychotherapy used to treat anxiety
d. the number of participants receiving each type of psychotherapy
18. Which of the following is a procedure that ensures that all participants have an equal chance of being
experimental conditions?
a. the double-blind technique
b. random assignment
c. the single-blind technique
d. random selection
19. In a study described in Chapter 1, psychologist Paul Solomon and his colleagues investigated the effe
biloba on memory, concentration, and other mental tasks. All participants in the study took a battery
beginningand end of the six-week study. The results showed that:
a. test scores increased about the same for the participants in the experimental group and for the pa
control group.
, 21. Psychologists are expected to abide by ethical principles regulating research with human participants
all of the following EXCEPT:
a. informed consent.
b.deception.
c. confidentiality.
d.compulsory participation.
22. According to the “Psych For Your Life: Successful Study Techniques” box in your textbook:
a. multitasking while studying greatly enhances retention of content.
b.taking notes on your laptop enhances retention of content, whereas taking notes by hand reduces
c. practice tests must be multiple choice or short answer in order to enhance retention of material.
d.distributed practice has a greater impact on retention and recall than massed practice.
23. Which of the following statements about psychologists is true?
a. They focus exclusively on treating psychological disorders and problems.
b.They are interested in both normal and abnormal behaviors.
c. All psychologists can prescribe medication.
d.All psychologists have a doctorate in their field of study.
24. William Wundt:
a. was Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson's mentor.
b.proposed a doctrine called “interactive dualism”—the idea that mind and body were separate ent
c. was the founder of physiology—a branch of biology that studies the functions and parts of living
d.defined psychology as the study of consciousness and emphasized the use of experimental metho
it.
25. Edward Titchener is associated with which early approach or “school” of psychology?
a. behaviorism
b.structuralism
c. functionalism
d.psychoanalysis
26. Mary Whiton Calkins:
a. founded the first psychology laboratory in the United States at Yale University.
b.studied with Sigmund Freud and became the first female psychoanalyst in the United States.
c. is best known for her pioneering research on comparative psychology and her book The Animal
d. conducted research on personality, dreams, and memory, and was the first woman elected presid
Psychological Association.
27. Sigmund Freud's school of thought, called “ ,” emphasized the role of unconscious conflicts in d
and personality.
a. structuralism
b.functionalism
c. psychoanalysis
d.behaviorism
28. Which of the following individuals was NOT a key scientist in the development of behaviorism?
a. Sigmund Freud
b.Ivan Pavlov
c. John B. Watson
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