Test Bank for Psychology, 6th Edition by Daniel Schacter
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Test Bank for Psychology 6e 6th Edition by Daniel Schacter, Daniel Gilbert; Matthew Nock. ISBN-13: 8634
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Chapter 1: Evolution of Psychological Science
Chapter 2: Methods in Psychology
Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The major limitation of the works of philosophers to an understanding of human behavior is that:
a. the works tended to underestimate the role of nature in determining human behavior.
b. the forces that govern human behavior have changed considerably since their time.
c. the works tended to underestimate the role of nurture in shaping human behavior.
d. philosophers did not develop ways to test their theories.
2. Dr. Aguilera studies the influence of peer pressure on adolescents. Which area of psychology does her
research BEST represent?
a. cognitive psychology
b. social psychology
c. clinical psychology
d. cultural psychology
3. Which psychologist is MOST associated with stimulus–response psychology?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. William James
c. John Watson
d. Margaret Floy Washburn
4. Which research question would be of MOST interest to social psychologists?
a. Will a light stimulus yield a fear response after several pairings of the light with a loud sound?
b. Which area of the brain is active when participants are asked to remember a crime they committed?
c. Why do otherwise decent people commit evil acts when ordered to do so by a totalitarian regime?
d. Is the fear response adaptive?
5. Philosophical idealism is the view that:
a. perceptions of the physical world are produced entirely from sensory organs.
b. perceptions of the physical world are our brain's best interpretation of the information that enters through
our sensory apparatus.
c. the mind and the body are fundamentally different things.
d. when appropriately reinforced, people behave in ideal ways.
6. In Pavlov's classic experiment, the sound of a tone was the _____ that produced a _____ of salivation in
dogs, even in the absence of food.
a. response; stimulus
b. stimulus; response
c. reinforcer; stimulus
d. stimulus; reinforcer
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