Chapter 1 Psychology Quiz

The approach to psychology that focuses on the purpose of behavior is known as

Functionalism

Humanistic psychology is a school of thought in which

people are viewed as inherently good

Which of the following is the best example of a researcher combining different psychological perspectives?

A social psychologist develops a theory of how peer pressure operates using behavioral and genetic data

In understanding the history of psychology, functionalism is critically important because

All contemporary psychologists are functionalists

The psychology perspective focusing on the physical mechanisms underlying behavior is

Biological psychology

A cognitive psychologist is studying how short-term memory works. How might a biological psychologist be able to contribute to this research project?

By describing how the brain processes information in a short-term study

Your friend visits a therapist who encourages them to participate actively on their therapy sessions and focus on things that are going right in their lives. This therapist is most likely engaging in

Client-centered therapy

How does a clinical or counseling track of graduate psychology school differ from a non-clinical areas of psychology?

Clinicians must go through an internship and supervised training process

Cognitive neuroscientists study brain and behavior, combining which two perspectives on psychology?

Cognitive and biological

How do behaviorism and cognitive psychology differ?

Cognitive psychology studies and theorize on internal mental stares; behaviorism does not

Skinner studied the behavior of rats and pigeons, and did not speculate or theorize about internal mental states. He disregarded mental states because

He did not believe mental state could be objectively studied

Which of the following research topics would a developmental psychologist most likely to be interested in?

How infants and young adults perform on a memory task

Which of the following is a cognitive psychologist most likely to study

How quickly people can learn a sequence of numbers and respond to them

Your friend is entering a doctoral program in psychology. One of her first steps will likely be to

Identify one of the five psychological perspectives to focus on

The psychological model and the physical model are two views of psychological disorders. What is the best description of how these models are used in current practice?

Most modern psychologists consider both models, depending on the context

Psychology developed from which two disciplines?

Philosophy & natural sciences

Wundt and Titchener viewed the mind as a hierarchy, with overall perception arising out of the combination of many other sensations. This view is known as ______.

Structuralism

An empiricist philosopher who believed the mind was a "blank slate" would most likely believe what about mental illness?

That they were the result of negative experiences during childhood

The defining feature of behaviorism in psychology is

a focus on observable behavior, rather than internal mental states

Most behaviorists performed research on animals but not humans. This is because

evolutionary theory suggests parallels between human and animal behavior