,1. Which of the following is the most complete definition of psychology?
a. The science of observable behavior and thoughts.
b. The science of behavior.
c. The science of mental processes.
d. The science of behavior and mental processes.
e. The art of behavior and mental processes.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Define/Describe
2. Psychology is best described as a science that studies
a. the role of the mind in explaining behavior.
b. how the mind controls our behavior.
c. observable behavior only.
d. mental processes only.
e. behavior and mental processes.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Define/Describe
3. The concept of behavior in the definition of psychology incorporates ALL but which of the following?
a. thinking.
b. dreaming.
c. quiet reading.
d. making yourself a sandwich.
e. secretion of insulin by the pancreas.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Apply
,4. What makes psychology a scientific discipline?
a. Its discounting of tradition and folklore.
b. Its focus on testing theories, beliefs, and assumptions.
c. Its emphasis on mental, as opposed to behavioral, processes.
d. Its valuing of scholarly opinions over laboratory tests.
e. Its reliance on popular opinion.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Evaluate/Explain
5. Psychology is a scientific discipline in that it focuses on
a. the pursuit of truth, not simply opinion.
b. testing opinions and assumptions in the light of evidence.
c. systematically building theories to explain phenomena.
d. behavioral, as opposed to mental, processes.
e. accumulated wisdom of scholars.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Evaluate/Explain
6. As scientists, psychologists have confidence in theories that
a. have stood the test of time.
b. reveal the true nature of human behavior.
c. are tied to observable evidence.
d. do not rely simply on observation.
e. are accepted by the majority of leading scholars.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Evaluate/Explain
, 7. The word ‘psychology’ comes from two Greek roots that mean
a. knowledge and mind.
b. emotion and mind.
c. emotion and spirit.
d. mind and emotion
e. knowledge and spirit.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.02 - Identify early schools of psychology and the important
contributors to these schools and describe the major concepts associated with each
school.
KEYWORDS: Define/Describe
8. Which of the following early pioneers of psychology was a poor student and was required to repeat a grade?
a. Fechner
b. von Helmholtz
c. James
d. Wundt
e. Titchener
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.02 - Identify early schools of psychology and the important
contributors to these schools and describe the major concepts associated with each
school.
KEYWORDS: Identify
9. Psychology made the transition from philosophy to science with which event?
a. William James changed the field’s focus from structuralism to functionalism.
b. Plato died and interest in the philosophical aspects of psychology died with him.
c. G. Stanley Hall founded the American Psychological Association.
d. Titchener brought methods of introspection to the U.S.
e. Wundt opened his laboratory in Leipzig.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Module 1-1 Foundations of Modern Psychology
Origins of Psychology
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: EPCA.NEVI.2015.1.01 - Define psychology and explain why psychology is a
science.
KEYWORDS: Evaluate/Explain
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