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8/4/24, 9:37 AMpsych final exam ch 1-14 multiple choice only
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A researcher focuses on the role of previous A. the behavioral approach
learning experiences and on the role of
rewards
and punishments in shaping human behavior.
Which approach to psychology is this
researcher
using?
A. the behavioral approach
B. the psychodynamic approach
C. the humanistic approach
D. the cognitive approach
A psychologist is attempting to understand D. the evolutionary approach
why certain physical characteristics are rated
as
attractive. The psychologist explains that
certain characteristics have been historically
adaptive,
and thus are considered attractive. This
explanation is consistent with which of the
following
approaches?
A. the sociocultural approach
B. the humanistic approach
C. the cognitive approach
D. the evolutionary approach
Which approach would explain depression in C. the cognitive approach
terms of disordered thinking?
A. the humanistic approach
B. the evolutionary approach
C. the cognitive approach
D. the sociocultural approach
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Which of the following would a sociocultural A. the impact of media messages on women's body image
psychologist be likely to study?
A. the impact of media messages on
women's body image
B. the way in which neurotransmitters are
implicated in the development of eating
disorders
C. the impact of thinking patterns on weight
management
D. the benefits of exercise in preventing
obesity
Why is psychology considered a science? C. It focuses on observation, drawing conclusions, and prediction.
A. It focuses on internal mental processes.
B. It classifies mental disorders.
C. It focuses on observation, drawing
conclusions, and prediction.
D. It focuses on behavior.
From where did psychology emerge? D. All of the answers are correct
A. the work of Wilhelm Wundt
B. early philosophical thought
C. the natural sciences
D. All of the answers are correct.
A researcher interested in the way in which D. sensation and perception
our sense of smell works would likely be
associated with which of the following areas
of specialization?
A. cognitive psychology
B. learning
C. motivation and learning
D. sensation and perception
Which of the following areas of C. health psychology
specialization would focus on the ways in
which stress is
related to cancer remission?
A. cognitive psychology
B. community psychology
C. health psychology
D. behavioral neuroscience
If a researcher is interested in the population C. randomly selecting students from a listing of every student in the university
of college students at a large state
university,
which of the following would provide him or
her with a random sample?
A. randomly approaching students in the
student union
B. randomly selecting three classrooms and
including all the students in those
classrooms in the
sample
C. randomly selecting students from a listing
of every student in the university
D. randomly selecting students from the
incoming class
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A researcher is interested in the racial D. all African American women
identity development of African American
women.
She asks 200 African American women
about their racial identity. What is the
population?
A. the 200 African American women she
interviewed
B. all Americans
C. all African Americans
D. all African American women
A researcher has designed a study to test the B. Depression is the dependent variable; the treatment group is the independent
effects of different types of individual variable.
psychotherapy on people's levels of
depression. She has randomly assigned
people to one of
three groups: a cognitive-behavioral
treatment group, a psychodynamic treatment
group, or a no-
treatment control group. She then measures
people's level of depression after the
treatment.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The treatment group is the dependent
variable; depression is the independent
variable.
B. Depression is the dependent variable; the
treatment group is the independent variable.
C. Depression is the dependent variable;
cognitive-behavioral treatment is the
independent
variable.
D. Cognitive-behavioral treatment is the
dependent variable; depression is the
independent
variable
A psychologist examines fathers and their B. naturalistic observation
children at a picnic. She observes the
number of
times fathers engage in cooperative play
with their children. This study is an example
of
A. a laboratory study.
B. naturalistic observation.
C. an experiment.
D. a survey study.
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