Psy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM OLDROYD
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Psy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM OLDROYDPsy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM OLDROYDPsy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM OLDROYDPsy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM OLDROYDPsy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ...
Psy 1010 Midterm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM OLDROYD
________ is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all
humans.
a. structuralism
b. humanism
c. gestalt
d. behaviorism - ANSWER-b. humanism
Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.
a. her own subconscious experience
b. her own conscious experience
c. another person's consciousness
d. the social construction of consciousness - ANSWER-b. her own conscious experience
,According to Freud, all of the following represent ways to access the unconscious mind except through
a. dream analysis
b. the use of reinforcement and punishment
c. seemingly innocent slips of the tongue
d. examination of the first words that come to someone's mind - ANSWER-b. the use of reinforcement
and punishment
________ psychologists emphasized the importance of thoughts and internal mental states instead of
just observable actions.
a. Developmental
b. Cognitive
c. Behavioral
d. Psychoanalytical - ANSWER-b. Cognitive
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on ________ and early childhood experiences.
a. a person's unconscious
b. a person's consciousness
c. sexual identity
d. self-actualization - ANSWER-a. a person's unconscious
Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ________.
a. studying how emotional responses influence behavior while deemphasizing the importance of the
subconscious
b. studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes
c. studying the genetic basis for behavior and theorizing how instincts influence behavior
,d. studying implicit motivations for behavior through the use of implicit association tests - ANSWER-b.
studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes
Functionalism focuses on
a. having people report their own conscious experience
b. how the whole mind helps a person adapt to their environment
c. how each brain region functions separately and independently
d. using introspection to break down the cognitive experience - ANSWER-b. how the whole mind helps a
person adapt to their environment
Which saying best fits gestalt psychology?
a. "The whole is other than the sum of its parts." -Koffka
b. "Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious." -Freud
c. "If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be
unhappy for the rest of your life." -Maslow
d. "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man." -Aristotle - ANSWER-a. "The whole is other
than the sum of its parts." -Koffka
The Sea World animal trainers use rewards (reinforcements) to teach whales, sea lions and dolphins to
perform tricks. These training techniques are based on principles from which early school of psychology?
a. Functionalism
b. Behaviorism
c. Structuralism
d. Cognitive - ANSWER-b. Behaviorism
Lucy wants to study changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan.
Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology.
, a. cognitive
b. social
c. personality
d. developmental - ANSWER-d. developmental
Which questions would a biopsychologist most likely address when studying schizophrenia?
a. What are the symptoms of schizophrenia and how can we recognize and diagnose them correctly?
b. Does stress or lack of exercise affect the nervous system and hormones to either cause or prevent
schizophrenia?
c. When does schizophrenia usually develop in a person? What are the various stages (represented by
the changes in behavior) of the illness?
d. To what extent does schizophrenia affect one's thinking, memory and language abilities? - ANSWER-b.
Does stress or lack of exercise affect the nervous system and hormones to either cause or prevent
schizophrenia?
Which psychological domain would include a study of memory, attention, and intelligence?
a. social and personality
b. cognitive
c. developmental
c. biological - ANSWER-b. cognitive
Ryan wants to be a high school football coach and school counselor. He will need at least a ________
degree in counseling psychology.
a. master's degree
b. PsyD
c. PhD
d. bachelor's degree - ANSWER-a. master's degree
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