ch 1 psych quiz

A quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina than a quarter taped to the wall across the room, yet you know that the quarters have exactly the same dimensions. This phenomenon would be best explained by a

Gestalt psychologist

Your uncle tells you about an interesting magazine article explaining that humans use only 10 percent of their brains. As a student of psychology, your response should be:

Well, research actually shows that almost all of the brain is continually active.

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cognitive psychology

Psychology is best defined as the study of

the mind and behavior..

In Plato's cave allegory, a prisoner was temporarily unchained and allowed to see the fire at the mouth of the cave. When he returned to the chains, the other prisoners

refused to believe him..

The study of the nervous system is called

neuroscience

According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that

we are capable of maintaining social networks of up to 150 people throughout our lives. .

The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year

Wilhelm Wundt developed and opened the first psychology laboratory

How is natural selection related to psychology?

Humans behave as they do in part because that behavior promotes survival

Which of the following approaches to psychology did Edward Titchener advocate in the late 1800s?

Structuralism

What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Sigmund Freud?

Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science

Which of the following is a myth of psychology?

Heritable traits, such as IQ, cannot be altered by experience..

Which statement reflects a reasonable attitude for a good student of psychology to have toward any claim about human behavior?

Skepticism is advisable until an idea is proven right

A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying intervals. After each presentation of a light, he asks the participant to fully describe her internal experiences, a method known as

introspection

The idea that children are born with no knowledge or "content" whatsoever and are "filled" by life experiences is called

tabula rasa..

Which of the following perspectives argues that human behavior develops in certain ways because it serves a useful purpose?

Functionalism.

When the U.S. Supreme Court was deliberating on whether to require schools to integrate black children and white children, their decision to strike down laws permitting segregated schools was greatly influenced by the "Doll Test," conducted by

Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark.