Psychology Quiz

Which sub-field redefined psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior"?

Behaviorism

Dr. Mattar is interested in knowing more about brain injury to the occipital cortex, and he studies patients individually in order to gain in-depth knowledge about their behaviors. These studies would best be described as ________.

Case studies

The scientific process is ________, involving both inductive and deductive reasoning.

Circular

Which kind of psychological area does the work of Jean Piaget exemplify?

Developmental psychology

In a ________ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments.

Double-blind

Researchers are conducting a study where they have concerns that the participant's beliefs and/or the experimenter's beliefs may skew the results. Therefore, they chose to conduct a ________ study.

Double-blind

Which of the following is an example of an objective measure used by functionalists?

Examination of anatomy and physiology

The only way to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables is to conduct a(n) ________.

Experiment

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principals of ________.

Gestalt psychology

According to the biopsychosocial model, what determines health?

Interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors

________, an anthropologist, contributed to our understanding of chimpanzee behavior in the wild, using naturalistic observation.

Jane Goodall

What is the number one occupation employing graduates with a BA in psychology?

Mid- and top-level management

Critical thinking means making judgements based on

Objective and logical evaluation

A(n) ________ is a description of how the researchers will measure the variables of interest.

Operational definition

Which pseudopsychology claims to understand personality through a study of the bumps on one's skull?

Phrenology

What is Abraham Maslow best known for?

Proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior

What is a reason that Gestalt psychology did not become more popular in the United States?

The rise of behaviorism overshadowed Gestalt psychology.

Correlations can determine relationships between variables as well as the direction of those relationships. However, what is one very important factor that correlations are unable to determine?

causation

Psychology

science of behavior and mental processes.

Scientific hypotheses are _________ and falsifiable.

testable

A person's participation in a research project must be __________.

voluntary

Abrham Maslow

is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.

Who wrote the early textbook Principles of Psychology?

William James

The first laboratory devoted exclusively to Psychology was established by __________ in ___________ the year _____________.

Wundt, Leipzig, 1879

In order to maximize the chances that experimental groups represent the population of interest, researchers should conduct ________ and ________.

random sample and random assignment