AP Psychology - Unit 1A (Check for Understanding)

Which of the following characterizes a behavioral approach to psychology?

A study of how reinforcement affects learning.

A psychotherapist who believes that deviant behavior can be traced either to genetic anomalies or to problems in the physical structure of the brain most likely subscribes to which of the following views of abnormality?

Biomedical.

According to Wilhelm Wundt, the focus of scientific psychology should be the study of?

Conscious experience.

Which of the following would an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likely to study?

Corporate profitability.

Introspection as practiced by early structuralists is best illustrated by which of the following behaviors?

Describing one's immediate sensations while looking at a rose.

Community psychologists intervene at the primary level when they?

Design prevention programs for potential problems before the problems actually occur.

Behaviorist B. F. Skinner's claim that the environment determines an individual's behavior was criticized for?

Failing to acknowledge cognitive influences on behavior.

The claim that a whole is different from the sum of its parts is central to which of the following schools of thought?

Gestalt psychology.

Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school?

Industrial-organizational.

Humanistic psychologists believe that the drive toward self-actualization is?

Innate.

Which of the following psychologists would have been likely to say, "I do not care about the unconscious or hidden motives—I want to study behavior directly"?

John B. Watson.

Of the following topics, which would a cognitive psychologist be most likely to study?

Problem-solving strategies in chess.

The belief that human behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts represents which of the following theoretical perspectives?

Psychoanalytic.

An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, social acceptance, and social affiliation due to a need for?

Survival.