Test Bank for Experience Psychology 5th Edition By Laura King Chapter 1 -14 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter Chapter 1 Student name:__________ 1) According to the science of psychology, a behavior is a(n) A) feeling that is acknowledged. B) attitude that can be changed. C) action that can be directly observed. D) goal for life. 2) Which of the following is an example of behavior? A) thinking of a family vacation B) two people holding hands in a park C) a student's memory of a motorcycle trip D) a baby's feelings when his or her mother leaves the room 3) ________ are th e thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly. A) Mental processes B) Behaviors C) Fetal processes D) Mannerisms 4) Which of the following attitudes are central to the scientific approach to psychology? A) critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and objectivity B) critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and subjectivity C) critical thinking, curiosity, political correctness, and objectivity D) critical thinking, curiosity, political correctness, and subjectivity 5) Which of the following statements about critical thinking is FALSE? A) Critical thinking is the process of thinking deeply and actively, asking questions, and evaluating the evidence. B) Critical thinking comes into play when scientists consider the conclusion s they draw from research. C) Critical thinking increases the likelihood that conclusions will be based on unreliable personal beliefs, opinions, and motions. D) Critical thinkers question and test what some people say are facts. 6) Which of the following stateme nts best defines critical thinking in psychology? A) It is the process of accepting observed events as true. B) It is the process of reflecting deeply, asking questions, and evaluating evidence. C) It is a form of thinking intended to create something new and different. D) It is a form of thinking that has been rejected by contemporary psychologists. 7) If research found that the more free time people have the less they get done, such results would best be characterized as A) counterintuitive. B) obvious. C) falsified. D) skeptical. 8) The ________ involves gaining knowledge by observing events, collecting data, and reasoning logically. A) process of debriefing B) empirical method C) biological approach D) process of deception 9) Which of the following goals of science does the empirical method best fulfill? A) expectations B) objectivity C) subjectivity D) political correctness 10) Psychology began as a science in the discipline of A) philosophy. B) physics. C) chemistry. D) sociology. 11) Which of the following theorists primarily used the structuralism approach to studying human behavior? A) William James B) Wilhelm Wundt C) Charles Darwin D) Sigmund Freud 12) Wilhelm Wundt's approach to discovering the basic elements of mental processes is called A) functionalism. B) structuralism. C) humanism. D) behaviorism. 13) In which of the following psychological approaches did researchers ask participants to think about what was going on mentally as various events took place? A) behaviorism B) functionalism C) structuralism D) humanism 14) If you were a psychologist who adopted the structuralism approach, you would be interested in the ________ of the mind, using ________ as your primary research method. A) functions; experimentation B) structures; externalization C) functions; retrospection D) structures; introspection 15) Wilhelm Wundt was the founder of ________, whereas William James was the founder of ________. A) structuralism; behaviorism B) behaviorism; functionalism C) functionalism; behaviorism D) structuralism; functionalism 16) ________ is most often regarded the "founding father" of modern psychology. A) William James B) Wilhelm Wun dt C) Sigmund Freud D) Charles Darwin 17) Which of the following statements correctly differentiates between structuralism and functionalism in early psychology? A) Functionalism focused on the elements of the mind; structuralism focused on the purpose of thoughts. B) Functionalism focused on the purposes of the mind; structuralism focused on the elemental parts of mental processes. C) Functionalism relied on introspection; structuralism relied on a stream of consciousness. D) Functionalism was about the "why" of the mind; st ructuralism was about the "what" of the mind. 18) William James, a prominent American psychologist and philosopher, focused on human interactions with the outside world to understand the purpose of thoughts. His view is known as A) psychoanalysis. B) behaviorism. C) functionalism. D) structuralism.
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