FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CH 1

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CH 1

PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -29 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Who was denied a Ph.D. despite completing all the requirements for earning the degree?

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Mary Whiton Calkins Question 2: Which early theorist developed his perspective on psychology by basing it on Darwin's "survival of the fittest" doctrine?

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William James Question 3: Which perspective assumes that human behavior may have developed in certain directions because it served a useful function in preserving the species?

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Evolutionary Perspective Question 4: Which of the following specialties in psychology provides diagnosis and treatment for less serious mental problems such as adjustment disorders?

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Counseling

Question 5: In the definition of psychology, mental processes means:

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Internal, Covert processes Question 6: Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine what kind of job

those employees might best fit are interested in the goal of:

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Prediction Question 7: Harlan wanted to write realistically about street gangs, so he pretended to be a

teenager and joined a real gang. This is most similar to the method of:

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Participant Observation Question 8: The entire group that a researcher is interested in is called a :

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Population Question 9: The main advantage of a case study is:

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The amount of detail it provides about an individual Question 10: In a laboratory observation, the main advantage of this method is:

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The degree of control it allows the observer Question 11: Which of the following professionals in psychology has the broadest area of interests and functions?

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Psychologist Question 12: Several years ago two scientists announced that they had achieved "cold fusion" in the laboratory, but further studies failed to replicate their findings and later they found that the original scientists had used sloppy methods. This highlights what criti

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All evidence is not equal in quality

Question 13: A person who has suffered a major stroke and is now experiencing severe

personality problems because of the damage would best be advised to see a:

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Psychiatrist

Question 14: ______ was (were) the focus of Watson's behaviorism.

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Observable experiences Question 15: Which pseudopsychology claims to understand personality through a study of positions of heavenly bodies?

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Astrology Question 16: "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the

perspective of:

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Gestalt psychologists Question 17: In Dr. Amabile's experiment on creativity and reward, what was the independent variable? (Collage experiment)

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The special instructions to each group Question 18: In a _______ study, only the experimenter knows who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group.

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Single-blind Study Question 19: A psychologist is interested in finding out why identical twins have different

personalities. He is interested in the goal of:

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Explanation

Question 20: Jenna suffers from a nervous tic of washing her hands repeatedly and being unable to resist washing them again and again... Which perspective would explain Jenna's hand-washing behavior as a result of repressed conflicts?

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Psychodynamics Question 21: Drinking orange juice is negatively correlated with lowered risk of cancer. Based

on this information, which of the following statements is true:

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The more orange juice you drink, the lower your risk of cancer

Question 22: Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?

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Humanism Question 23: Professor Jones surveyed her six classes and found that students who slept less than five hours the night before the exam received lower exam scores than those students who slept seven hours or more. What kind of correlation is this relationship between h

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Positive

Question 24: Who is most associated with the technique of introspection?

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Wundt Question 25: In the scientific method, forming an educated guess is called:

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Forming a hypothesis Question 26: Dr. Silver conducted a study in which she tests infants for memory ability. Before

she can begin her study, she must obtain:

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Informed consent from the parents