Psychology Questions

A health psychologist, clinical psychologist, and a counseling psychologist would all be most interested in which of the following?

How frequent depression has prevented someone from carrying out their normal activities.

In the field of psychology, women are more likely than men to _____________.

Attend graduate school.

A psychologist taking the psychodynamic perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following? A.) The manner in which a student is able to memorize material. B.) The unconscious motives that led the student to attend college in the first place. C.) Changes that occur in the brain as a student learns. D.) A student's study habits. E.) The student's dreams for the future.

B

Which of the following are key issues in the field of psychology? A.) Structuralism versus functionalism B.) Nature versus nurture C.) Individual differences versus universal principles D.) Free will versus determinism

B, C, D

A psychologist who is studying how heredity influences behavior most likely will be using the ______ perspective.

Neuroscience

Alan is studying heart rate variability in response to anxiety. He is using the _____ perspective to study a psychological phenomenon.

Neuroscience

Gestalt psychologists have made substantial contributions to our understanding of ________.

Perception

Functionalism concentrates on what the mind does and how ______ functions.

Behavior

Compared to a structuralist, a __________ would be most interested in the function of the emotion of fear in preparing us to deal with emergency situations.

Functionalist

Which subfield of psychology includes both psychological factors and physical diseases?

Health

In trying to help someone deal with a mental illness, the psychodynamic perspective suggests that we should explore ___________.

Unconscious processes.

Hermann Ebbinghaus and Max ______ led the gestalt movement.

Wertheimer

The formal beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline is generally considered to have occurred when

William Wundt established the first experimental laboratory dedicated to psychological phenomenon.

__________ developed the first laboratory devoted to psychological research.

Wundt

The growing area of genetics and gene therapy may allow psychologists to focus on ______ of psychological disorders rather than on ______ only.

prevention, treatment

Which of the following would be interested in stress and fears that prevent people from carrying out their normal activities? A.) Clinical psychologist B.) Counseling psychologist C.) Personality psychologist D.) Health psychologist E.) Evolutionary psychologist

A and D

Select the five major perspectives in the field of psychology today. A.) Psychodynamic B.) Cognitive C.) Developmental D.) Structuralism E.) Humanistic F.) Behavioral G.) Neuroscience

A, B, E, F, G

A ____________-cultural psychologist would be interested in investigating the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in various cultures and ethnic groups.

Cross

Which of the following is true of the neuroscience perspective? A.) It emphasizes that behavior can be understood only through direct observation. B.) It focuses on natural selection as the method of evolution for any species. C.) It focuses on the unconscious elements of behavior, thought, and emotion. D.) It emphasizes that the brain is central to understanding behavior, thought, and emotion.

D

Which of the following statements about women in the field of psychology are true? A.) Women occupy the majority of the high-status positions in the field. B.) Seventy-five percent of psychology graduate students are female. C.) Male psychologists earn less than women in the field. D.) Women psychologists outnumber male psychologists by more than 2 to 1.

D

The idea that behavior is mostly the result of factors outside of a person's willful control is known as __________.

Determinism

When you are asked to describe in as much detail as you can what you are experiencing, you are being asked to_________.

Introspect

A procedure used to study the structure of the mind in which subjects are asked to describe in detail what they are experiencing when they are exposed to a stimulus is called __________.

Introspection

Which procedure was favored by structuralists over functionalists?

Introspection

Wundt and others used a technique called ______, which involved describing in their own words and in as much detail as possible what they were experiencing.

Introspection

__________ is a procedure used to study the structure of the mind, the main method of investigation for structuralists; looking into one's own mind for information.

Introspection

Which of the following is true about the key issues in the field of psychology? A.) The key issues are best viewed in "either/or" terms. B.) The key issues in the field are dependent on what perspective one takes. C.) Disagreement on the key issues creates a lack of cohesion in psychology as a discipline. D.) Psychologists all agree on what the key issues of the field are.

Psychologists all agree on what the key issues of the field are.

The origins of the psychodynamic perspective are linked to __________.

Sigmund Freud.

The perspective that focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, and other mental states is called ____________.

Structuralism

Which perspective focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, thinking, emotions, and other kinds of mental states?

Structuralism

What is the difference between structuralism and functionalism?

Structuralism focus on the structure of the mind i.e. analyzing consciousness spending on the elements of the mind such as perception, sensation etc. Whereas functionalism focus on the function of the mind i.e. analyze "why and how" the mind functions