Chapter 1 And 2 Test: Introduction To Psychology Part 3 Question Preview (ID: 2684)


Psychology Test For Unit 1: Introduction To Psychology, Chapters 1 And 2. PART 3 (THERE ARE 6 PARTS). TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What is the psychological perspective that stresses the capacity for human self-fulfillment and the importance of consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity to make choices?
a) cognitive perspecitve
b) humanistic perspective
c) biological perspective
d) evolutionary perspective

What perspective emphasizes the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior?
a) psychoanalytic perspective
b) structuralist perspective
c) sociocultural perspective
d) biopsychosocial perspective

What perspective emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior?
a) learning perspective
b) functionalist perspective
c) psychoanalytic perspective
d) biological perspective

What perspective emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes?
a) structuralist perspective
b) sociocultural perspective
c) cognitive perspectve
d) biopsychosocial perspective

What is the psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors?
a) humanistic perspective
b) psychoanalytic perspective
c) cognitive perspective
d) biopsychosocial perspective

Who is the philosopher who stressed the importance of introspection (looking within)?
a) Plato
b) Socrates
c) Aristotle
d) Zeus

Who founded structuralism (school of psychology that looks at the basic elements of conscious experience)?
a) Wilhelm Wundt
b) William James
c) Sigmund Freud
d) B. F. Skinner

What do psychologists do after they analyze their research observations?
a) form a hypothesis
b) draw conclusions
c) form a research question
d) conduct a new study

What is field of psychology concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment; stresses the application of their findings to everyday situations (founder was William James)?
a) functionalism
b) gestalt
c) behaviorism
d) psychoanalysis

It important for scientists to be able to _____________ the results of a study and to use several different methods of study.
a) discard
b) change
c) keep private
d) replicate

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