Exam 1 quiz questions

What is a true statement about the different types of psychologists?

Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behavior

Psychologists with a(n) _______________ perspective primarily venture into the realm of mental processes such as sensation and perception , memory, intelligence, language, thought and problem solving to understand human nature?

Cognitive

Structuralists tended to ask "what are the pieces that make up thinking and experience?" In contrast, __________ tended to ask, "how do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the requirements of their lives?"

Functionalists

_______________ showed that people tend to perceive separate pieces of information as integrated wholes depending on the contexts in which they occur.

Gestalt Psychologists

Some researchers consider the ______ to be the "executive center" of the brain, where decisions are made to keep information in working memory and solve problems.

prefrontal cortex

Each kind of a neurotransmitter has a unique chemical structure, and each can fit into a specifically tailored harbor, or ______ on the cell receiving the message

receptor site

A source of bias that may occur in research findings when participants are allowed to choose for themselves a certain treatment in a scientific study is called a _______.

Selection factor

Which of the following best describes association area?

Area of the cerebral cortex that are not primarily in sensation or motor activity

What is true about behaviorism?

Behaviorists define psychology as the scientific study of behavior, not behavior and mental processes.

Brandon is a psychologist who is studying the relationship between heredity and mood disorders. He strongly believes that behavior and mental processes have a connection with the brain, hormones, heredity and evolution. Brandon's beliefs are most consistent with the ____________ perspective.

Biological

The _____________ perspective works on the assumption that thoughts, fantasies, and dreams-- and inborn or instinctive behavior patterns of various species -are made possible by the nervous system and especially by the brain.

Biological

_____________ are different from clinical psychologists in that their clients typically have adjustment problems such as, trouble making, academic or vocational decisions or making friends in college, but not serious psychological disorders.

Counseling Psychologists

The measured results, or outcomes, in an experiment are called ________

Dependent Variables

The construction of a factory near Valley Mount Elementary School adversely affected the concentration of the students in the school. In order to help the students cope with this problem the principal of the school invited a(n) ___________ who was experienced in dealing with humans and their interactions with their surroundings.

Environmental Psychologist

What is a true statement of William James' contribution to psychology?

He argued that the stream of consciousness was fluid and continuous

Caroline is a psychologist who studies how stress induces ailments such as heart problems and headaches. Some of her clients are smokers, and she is helping them quit smoking. She also suggests lifestyle changes that help her clients reduce and cope with stress. Caroline can best be described as a(n) _____.​

Health psychologist

__________ stresses people's capacities for self-fulfillment and the central roles of consciousness, self awareness, and decision making.

Humanism

Sujay is conducting a research on a group of factory machinists as part of a study on workplace stress and heart disease. Before conducting his study, he explains the objective of the study to the subjects and tells them what they would need to do. He gives them the opportunity to chose if they want to participate or not. In other words, Sujay is seeking ___________.

Informed consent

Which of the following is a drawback of case studies?

Interviewers may influence participants to give responses that suit expectations .

Which of the following is true of the humanistic-existential perspective?

It views people as free to choose and as being responsible for choosing their own behavior.

What did B.F. skinner propose?

That organisms learn to behave in certain ways because, their behavior has a positive outcome.

Which of the following statements is true of the experimental method of research?

The experimental method allows psychologists to control the experiences of participants and draw conclusions about cause and effect.

Social cognitive theorists:

suggest that people can modify and create their environments