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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
What is the current definition of psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior,
mental processes, and brain functions
From which disciplines did psychology originate? - Answer-Psychology originated from
philosophy and the natural sciences
What early theory of psychology sought to understand the smallest elements of mental
experience? - Answer-Structuralism
What early approach in psychology viewed all behavior as purposeful and as
contributing to survival? - Answer-Functionalism
Which approach in psychological study was focused on observable, measurable
behavior and had a deep interest in learning? - Answer-Behaviorism
What impact does evolutionary theory have on the science of psychology? - Answer-
Evolutionary theory was a catalyst for functionalism and several theories that followed.
What early approach in psychology encouraged the consideration of the whole
perceptive experience? - Answer-Gestalt psychology
Who is regarded as the first psychologist and is often referred to as the father of
psychology? - Answer-Wilhelm Wundt
Which psychological perspective focuses on the relationship between mind and
behavior, as well as their underlying processes? - Answer-Biological psychology
Which option provides the best description of the cognitive approach to psychology? -
Answer-The approach that studies how we think, or process information, remember,
and decide
Dr. McLean believes that behavior exists in its present form because it provided some
advantage to our ancestors. What perspective is Dr. McLean using? - Answer-
Evolutionary psychology
What do social psychologists study? - Answer-The effects of the social environment,
including social and cultural diversity
What type of psychologist provides academic and career counseling as part of their
career? - Answer-School psychologist
, Mary is interested in understanding an individual's characteristic way of thinking, feeling,
and behaving. What topic should she choose to study? - Answer-Personality
James, a new undergraduate student, is feeling a sense of doom and lacks energy and
motivation, which is creating difficulties in his school life. Who should James see for
help? - Answer-A clinical psychologist
Developmental psychologists are interested in which of the following areas of study? -
Answer-The normal changes in behavior that occur across the life span
Humanistic psychologists like Maslow challenged Freud's psychodynamic theory by
positing which of the following views? - Answer-That people are innately good and are
motivated to improve
Which psychologist is best known for their work on consciousness, sexuality, abnormal
behavior, and psychotherapy? - Answer-Sigmund Freud
Under what conditions is the most robust psychological research produced? - Answer-
When multiple perspectives are integrated to produce a wider lens through which to
consider the hypothesis
Which of the following psychologists contributed significantly to the humanistic
psychology movement? - Answer-Abraham Maslow
Science can best be described as which of the following? - Answer-A method for
learning through systematic observation and experimentation
How is scientific observation different from everyday observation? - Answer-Scientific
observation is objective, systematic, and relies on evidence.
Considering the question "What evidence supports this position?" after reading an
article is an example of which of the following? - Answer-Critical thinking
In science, the word "theory" refers to which of the following? - Answer-A set of facts
and relationships between facts that can explain and predict research outcomes
New research begins with a type of inference, or an educated guess, based on prior
evidence and logical possibilities. What is this inference called? - Answer-Hypothesis
Stephanie wants to learn about the behavior of lemurs in their normal surroundings.
What research method should she use? - Answer-Naturalistic observation
An in-depth analysis of the behavior of one person or a small number of people is called
what? - Answer-Case study
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