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Hist Of Psych Review
Test Description: History of Psychology
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1) Which type of psychologists would be interested in primarily studying the different behaviors of people in a group and behaviors of people when alone?
A
Experimental
B
Social
C
Cognitive
D
Developmental
2) Which of the following approaches has the most optimistic view of human nature?
A
structuralism
B
humanistic
C
behaviorism
D
psychodynamic
3) A psychologist monitors a group of nursery school children, recording each instance of helping behavior. The psychologist is using
A
case study
B
naturalistic observation
C
field study
D
experimental method
4) A student hypothesized that high school students consuming a bitter or sweet drink before a spelling test will perform better. What is the independent variable?
A
high school students
B
time of consumption
C
test scores
D
flavored drink
5) What are the three goals of psychology?
A
control, explain and inform
B
predict, control, and explain
C
predict, explain, and inform
D
predict, control, and inform
6) __________ is known as the father of American psychology.
A
BF Skinner
B
William James
C
Wilhelm Wundt
D
John Watson
7) Socrates is credited with developing the concept of
A
self awareness
B
laws of association
C
born an empty slate
D
free will
8) Which psychologist brought psychology to America?
A
John B Watson
B
William James
C
Edward Titchener
D
BF Skinner
9) A disadvantage to using the interview method is
A
you can not be sure the participant understood
B
it is very time consuming
C
do not get very good results
D
too simple
10) A longitudinal study is
A
one time, random selection experiment
B
a long term study on same group of participants
C
a study in which the participants do not know what is being tested
D
detailed description of a person over a period of time
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