PSYCHOLOGY STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Shalva suggests that most people outside of industrialized societies do not have
telephones in their home. Loni disagrees, and would most accurately respond in which
of the following ways? - Answer-Actually, about three-quarters of the world's population
now have access to a mobile phone!
These days, researchers find that about ______ percent of homes across the world
have a television, demonstrating the ease with which information can be transmitted to
populations. - Answer-80
Dr. Morabian is conducting research that was inspired by studies published 10 years
before he got his doctorate. He reads those studies, thinks about how they can be
improved, and designs research that will extend their findings. Dr. Morabian's work
demonstrates that science is: - Answer-Cumulative
Dr. Miller-Lewis is conducting research aimed at understanding how elderly people can
best thrive when residing in an assisted-living facility. She has several logical ideas that
can be tested in her research. These ideas, which might be thought of as educated
guesses, are called ______. - Answer-hypothesis
James, Hall, and Cattell were part of a group that embraced ______ and was influenced
by evolutionary theory. - Answer-functionalism
Ivan Pavlov advanced behaviorism by showing that behavior could be explained without
reference to ______ and was instead controlled by events in the environment. - Answer-
the mind
What event, in 1879, established psychology as a science? - Answer-Wundt added a
laboratory experience to his experimental psychology lectures.
Behaviorism considers ______ to be the proper subject matter of psychology. - Answer-
observable behavior
By the year ______ there were more than 40 experimental psychology laboratories in
the US and Canada. - Answer-1900
Empiricism is: - Answer-the idea that all knowledge comes from experience
How did Wundt study consciousness? - Answer-His students gave self-reports of their
reactions to stimuli.
, What did Woolley's research on sex differences in emotions find? - Answer-Emotion
does not influence women's decision-making more than men's
What did Hooker's research help to accomplish? - Answer-It helped change attitudes
about homosexuality.
Why did Alfred Binet develop modern intelligence tests? - Answer-to identify
schoolchildren in need of additional help
What was the role of women in research psychology in the US in the first half of the
1900s? - Answer-Some women participated but faced many barriers.
The saying the "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" represents to philosophy
of ______ psychology. - Answer-Gestalt
George Miller's highly cited 1956 paper about working memory is called "The Magic
Number ______, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing
Information". - Answer-3
What claim did William James make about consciousness in the book Principles of
Psychology? - Answer-Consciousness is an illusion.
Who was Lightner Witmer? - Answer-the founder of clinical and school psychology
Who founded the American Psychological Association in 1892? - Answer-G. Stanley
Hall
What did the research conducted by Clark and Clark show about segregation? -
Answer-It harmed the self-esteem of African American children.
Who was Margaret Floy Washburn? - Answer-She was the first woman to get her PhD
in psychology in the US and the second female president of the APA.
In which country was modern psychology developed? - Answer-Germany
Who was Francis Cecil Sumner? - Answer-the first African American to earn a PhD in
psychology
Markus is in a study examining the impact of vitamin C on vision. Some participants
take 100mg. of vitamin C every day while others take placebo. Markus doesn't know
which group he's in, but he is given eye exams measuring his vision each month. What
is the dependent variable? - Answer-Participant's vision, in this case, Markus'.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Shalva suggests that most people outside of industrialized societies do not have
telephones in their home. Loni disagrees, and would most accurately respond in which
of the following ways? - Answer-Actually, about three-quarters of the world's population
now have access to a mobile phone!
These days, researchers find that about ______ percent of homes across the world
have a television, demonstrating the ease with which information can be transmitted to
populations. - Answer-80
Dr. Morabian is conducting research that was inspired by studies published 10 years
before he got his doctorate. He reads those studies, thinks about how they can be
improved, and designs research that will extend their findings. Dr. Morabian's work
demonstrates that science is: - Answer-Cumulative
Dr. Miller-Lewis is conducting research aimed at understanding how elderly people can
best thrive when residing in an assisted-living facility. She has several logical ideas that
can be tested in her research. These ideas, which might be thought of as educated
guesses, are called ______. - Answer-hypothesis
James, Hall, and Cattell were part of a group that embraced ______ and was influenced
by evolutionary theory. - Answer-functionalism
Ivan Pavlov advanced behaviorism by showing that behavior could be explained without
reference to ______ and was instead controlled by events in the environment. - Answer-
the mind
What event, in 1879, established psychology as a science? - Answer-Wundt added a
laboratory experience to his experimental psychology lectures.
Behaviorism considers ______ to be the proper subject matter of psychology. - Answer-
observable behavior
By the year ______ there were more than 40 experimental psychology laboratories in
the US and Canada. - Answer-1900
Empiricism is: - Answer-the idea that all knowledge comes from experience
How did Wundt study consciousness? - Answer-His students gave self-reports of their
reactions to stimuli.
, What did Woolley's research on sex differences in emotions find? - Answer-Emotion
does not influence women's decision-making more than men's
What did Hooker's research help to accomplish? - Answer-It helped change attitudes
about homosexuality.
Why did Alfred Binet develop modern intelligence tests? - Answer-to identify
schoolchildren in need of additional help
What was the role of women in research psychology in the US in the first half of the
1900s? - Answer-Some women participated but faced many barriers.
The saying the "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" represents to philosophy
of ______ psychology. - Answer-Gestalt
George Miller's highly cited 1956 paper about working memory is called "The Magic
Number ______, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing
Information". - Answer-3
What claim did William James make about consciousness in the book Principles of
Psychology? - Answer-Consciousness is an illusion.
Who was Lightner Witmer? - Answer-the founder of clinical and school psychology
Who founded the American Psychological Association in 1892? - Answer-G. Stanley
Hall
What did the research conducted by Clark and Clark show about segregation? -
Answer-It harmed the self-esteem of African American children.
Who was Margaret Floy Washburn? - Answer-She was the first woman to get her PhD
in psychology in the US and the second female president of the APA.
In which country was modern psychology developed? - Answer-Germany
Who was Francis Cecil Sumner? - Answer-the first African American to earn a PhD in
psychology
Markus is in a study examining the impact of vitamin C on vision. Some participants
take 100mg. of vitamin C every day while others take placebo. Markus doesn't know
which group he's in, but he is given eye exams measuring his vision each month. What
is the dependent variable? - Answer-Participant's vision, in this case, Markus'.
