Chapter Questions
For which of the following is Wilhelm Wundt primarily known?A. The establishment of the first formal laboratory for research in psychologyB. The distinction between mind and body as two separate entitiesC. The discovery of how signals are conducted along nerves in the bodyD. The development of the first formal program for training in psychotherapy
Which of the following approaches might William James criticize for examining a movie frame by frame instead of seeing the motion in the motion picture?A. StructuralismB. FunctionalismC. DualismD. Humanism
Fred, a tennis coach, insists that he can make any reasonably healthy indi vidual into an internationally competitive tennis player. Fred is echoing the thoughts of:A. Sigmund Freud.B. John B. Watson.C. Abraham Maslow.D. William James.
Which of the following is a statement with which Skinner's followers would agree?A. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.B. The goal of behavior is self-actualization.C. Nature is more influential than nurture.D. Free will is an illusion.
Which of the following approaches has the most optimistic view of human nature?A. HumanismB. BehaviorismC. PsychoanalysisD. Structuralism
Which of the following historical events created a demand for clinicians that was far greater than the supply?A. World War IB. The DepressionC. World War IID. The Korean War
______________ psychology examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations.A. ClinicalB. CognitiveC. EvolutionaryD. Physiological
The study of the endocrine system and genetic mechanisms would most likely be undertaken by a:A. clinical psychologist.B. physiological psychologist.C. social psychologist.D. educational psychologist.
A multifactorial causation approach to behavior suggests that:A. Most behaviors can be explained best by single-cause explanations.B. Most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors.C. Data need to be analyzed by the statistical technique called factor analysis in order for the data to make sense.D. Explanations of behavior tend to build up from the simple to the complex in a hierarchical manner.
Psychology's answer to the question of whether we are "born" or "made" tends to be that:A. we are "born.B. we are "made."C. we are both "born" and "made."D. neither is correct.
In regard to changing answers on multiple-choice tests, research indicates that ___________ changes tend to be more common than other types of changes.A. wrong to rightB. right to wrongC. wrong to wrong
Critical thinking skills:A. are abstract abilities that cannot be identified.B. usually develop spontaneously through normal content instruction.C. usually develop spontaneously without any instruction.D. need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction.