Unit 1
Research assistant, marketing specialist, public relations officer, social services case worker: these are all examples of jobs that can be done with what degree in psychology (choose the lowest degree required)?
Bachelors
Which American educator drew on functionalism to develop the field of school psychology?
Dewey
Which of the following is true of the neuroscience perspective?
It emphasizes that the brain is central to understanding behavior, thought, and emotion.
Which of the following is true about the key issues in the field of psychology?
Psychologists all agree on what the key issues of the field are.
In the field of psychology, women are more likely than men to Multiple choice question. hold a high status position.
attend graduate school
Differences between the United States and other industrialized nations in the use of spanking during childhood would be of most interest to a(n)
cross-cultural
Behavioral genetics explores how we inherit behavioral traits and the ____ influences on those traits.
environment
According to evolutionary psychology, a broad variety of behaviors are influenced by
genetic inheritance
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 of the following is a criticism of the evolutionary approach?
minimizes role of environment and social forces in behaviour
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
The PsyD is
obtained by those who wish to focus on the treatment of psychological disorders.
Which of the following is true of psychologists in the United States?
outnumbered by psychologists in other countries
Gestalt psychologists have made substantial contributions to our understanding of
perception
Darwin believed that natural selection determined our physical traits. Evolutionary psychologists believe that natural selection determines which of the following?
personality traits and social behaviours
The underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities among psychologists is significant for which of the following reasons?
rarity of minority lack of diverse perspectives underrepresentation
Human aggression, liking and loving, persuasion, and conformity are all topics that would be of most interest to a ______ psychologist.
social
The perspective that focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, and other mental states is called
structuralism
A psychologist taking the behavioral perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following?
study habits
Unlike counseling psychologists, clinical psychologists help people who are
suffering from serious psychological disorders.
Neuroscientists are most likely to consider how
the body influences behaviour
The behavioral perspective emphasizes the role of ______ in behavior.
the environment
True or false: Most psychologists who are self-employed treat clients.
true
In trying to help someone deal with a mental illness, the psychodynamic perspective suggests that we should explore
unconscious processes
The person who led the challenge to Wundt's approach of introspection as a scientific technique was ____, who led the functionalist movement.
william james
Which of the following statements about women in the field of psychology are true?
women outnumber men 2:1 75% of grad students are female
Which of the following would be areas of most interest to a health psychologist?
a) promote positive health behaviours b) long term stress affects physical health
Which of the following would be studied by a personality psychologist?
a) traits that differentiate b) consistency in behaviour
In which of the following settings would you be likely to find a psychologist working?
all except pharmacy
Functionalism concentrates on what the mind does and how ______ functions.
behavior
A focus on external behavior rather than the internal workings of the mind is favored by the ______ perspective.
behavioral
The major perspective of psychology that focuses on both individual differences and universal principles is
behavioral
_____ genetics seeks to understand how we might inherit certain behavioral traits and how the environment influences whether we actually display such traits.
behavioural
What is the area of psychology that focuses on the origin of psychological disorders in biological factors?
clinical neuropsychology
____ is an approach that concentrates on what the mind does and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environment.
functionalism
Of the following, who was associated with the gestalt movement?
Max Wertheimer
Philosophers argued for hundreds of years about some of the questions psychologists grapple with today.For instance, the British philosopher _____ believed that children were born into the world with mindslike "blank slates" and that their experiences determined what kind of adults they would become.
John Locke
Evolutionary explanations of behavior are
controversial
Darwin's concept of natural selection is most closely related to what branch of psychology?
evolutionary
______ psychology considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
evolutionary
True or false: Functionalism focuses on the mind's structure.
false