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1. What is a useful benefit of psychology?
-Psychology gives insights into what other people do and think.
-Psychology gives you the power to manipulate to your advantage.
-Psychology helps you determine the right way people should act.
-Psychology gives you the power to prevent other people's problems.
2. What first made Pavlov interested in studying dogs and their salivation responses?
-Pavlov noticed that the dogs salivated at the sight of a lab worker, even though the worker didn't have food to feed them.
-Pavlov had an idea that he could control the dogs' behavior if he provided steak meals.
-Pavlov felt that the salivation had to be an sign that the dogs were trainable.
-none of the above
3. You are a junior in high school and have always been fascinated with bridges. You think it would be great to build bridges for a living but have no idea that you should study engineering in college to accomplish this goal. You've decided that it's time to talk to someone who can help you plan for college and give you guidance and the information you need.
Who should you talk to?
-educational psychologist
-organizational psychologist
-social psychologist
-school psychologist
4. Gestalt psychology focuses on _____.
-having people search their inner selves
-people's abilities to recognize patterns
-teaching people to express empathy
-the brain's ability to memorize information
5. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that often develops after the teens, usually occurring in a person's twenties.
Which mental health professional is the best recommendation for a friend who confides to you that she fears she might have schizophrenia?
-clinical psychologist
-counseling psychologist
-social psychologist
-developmental psychologist
6. Which are true statements about psychoanalysis and psychophysics?
-Psychoanalysis involves therapy and personal exploration.
-Psychophysics experiments with the five senses.
-Psychoanalysis considers the role of the conscious mind
-All statements are true.
7. Determine an example of a social influence.
-a brother or sister
-your best friend
-a community leader
-All are social influences.
8. During times of emergency in a public place, people act differently when there are several people than when there are just a few. If you had fallen and badly injured yourself, the surrounding masses of people are less likely to help you than if just one or two people were present. This is called the bystander effect.
Which type of psychologist would be most interested in studying why people in crowds are less likely to help a bloody, injured person needing help?
-forensic psychologist
-organizational psychologist
-social psychologist
-counseling psychologist
9. If your parents were going through a divorce and you needed to talk to someone, who would be the best professional to see?
-clinical psychologist
-counseling psychologist
-social psychologist
-developmental psychologist
10. What is the difference between behaviorism and humanistic psychology?
-Behaviorism focuses on observable actions only and humanists focus on the whole person.
-Humanism is the only theory to support viewing people as parts of a whole.
-Behaviorism intends to consider feelings but often forgets to ask subjects how they felt.
-Humanism, unlike behaviorism, believes experimentation is the best way to learn about people.
11. Why did humanists not like behaviorism?
-Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals.
-Humanists didn't believe in experimentation.
-Humanists believed that people shouldn't make associations to objects.
-Humanists were opposed to animal testing.
12. What makes the id different from the superego?
-Only the id is part of Freud's exploration of the conscious mind.
-The id explains all of a person's actions, and the superego only concerns itself with morals.
-The id is part of the unconscious mind, and the superego is always conscious.
-Only the id makes decisions about what it wants to have happen.
13. Who is considered the leader of classical conditioning?
-Wilhelm Wundt
-Carl Rogers
-Ivan Pavlov
-John Watson
14. You cheated on a test, and you know it was the wrong thing to do. According to the psychoanalytic theory, what helped you know this?
-The id controlled your biological response and made you sweaty because you were scared of getting caught.
-The superego acted as your moral conscious; you just knew that it wasn't right to cheat.
-The ego made you feel guilty as a defense mechanism.
-both B and C
15. What is not a major field in psychology?
-psychoanlytic
-sociocultural
-behaviorism
-totalism
16. What is not something a humanist would believe about people?
-People are more than just observable parts.
-People have purpose and intent.
-People can be analyzed into basic parts.
-People have co
-Psychology gives insights into what other people do and think.
-Psychology gives you the power to manipulate to your advantage.
-Psychology helps you determine the right way people should act.
-Psychology gives you the power to prevent other people's problems.
2. What first made Pavlov interested in studying dogs and their salivation responses?
-Pavlov noticed that the dogs salivated at the sight of a lab worker, even though the worker didn't have food to feed them.
-Pavlov had an idea that he could control the dogs' behavior if he provided steak meals.
-Pavlov felt that the salivation had to be an sign that the dogs were trainable.
-none of the above
3. You are a junior in high school and have always been fascinated with bridges. You think it would be great to build bridges for a living but have no idea that you should study engineering in college to accomplish this goal. You've decided that it's time to talk to someone who can help you plan for college and give you guidance and the information you need.
Who should you talk to?
-educational psychologist
-organizational psychologist
-social psychologist
-school psychologist
4. Gestalt psychology focuses on _____.
-having people search their inner selves
-people's abilities to recognize patterns
-teaching people to express empathy
-the brain's ability to memorize information
5. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that often develops after the teens, usually occurring in a person's twenties.
Which mental health professional is the best recommendation for a friend who confides to you that she fears she might have schizophrenia?
-clinical psychologist
-counseling psychologist
-social psychologist
-developmental psychologist
6. Which are true statements about psychoanalysis and psychophysics?
-Psychoanalysis involves therapy and personal exploration.
-Psychophysics experiments with the five senses.
-Psychoanalysis considers the role of the conscious mind
-All statements are true.
7. Determine an example of a social influence.
-a brother or sister
-your best friend
-a community leader
-All are social influences.
8. During times of emergency in a public place, people act differently when there are several people than when there are just a few. If you had fallen and badly injured yourself, the surrounding masses of people are less likely to help you than if just one or two people were present. This is called the bystander effect.
Which type of psychologist would be most interested in studying why people in crowds are less likely to help a bloody, injured person needing help?
-forensic psychologist
-organizational psychologist
-social psychologist
-counseling psychologist
9. If your parents were going through a divorce and you needed to talk to someone, who would be the best professional to see?
-clinical psychologist
-counseling psychologist
-social psychologist
-developmental psychologist
10. What is the difference between behaviorism and humanistic psychology?
-Behaviorism focuses on observable actions only and humanists focus on the whole person.
-Humanism is the only theory to support viewing people as parts of a whole.
-Behaviorism intends to consider feelings but often forgets to ask subjects how they felt.
-Humanism, unlike behaviorism, believes experimentation is the best way to learn about people.
11. Why did humanists not like behaviorism?
-Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals.
-Humanists didn't believe in experimentation.
-Humanists believed that people shouldn't make associations to objects.
-Humanists were opposed to animal testing.
12. What makes the id different from the superego?
-Only the id is part of Freud's exploration of the conscious mind.
-The id explains all of a person's actions, and the superego only concerns itself with morals.
-The id is part of the unconscious mind, and the superego is always conscious.
-Only the id makes decisions about what it wants to have happen.
13. Who is considered the leader of classical conditioning?
-Wilhelm Wundt
-Carl Rogers
-Ivan Pavlov
-John Watson
14. You cheated on a test, and you know it was the wrong thing to do. According to the psychoanalytic theory, what helped you know this?
-The id controlled your biological response and made you sweaty because you were scared of getting caught.
-The superego acted as your moral conscious; you just knew that it wasn't right to cheat.
-The ego made you feel guilty as a defense mechanism.
-both B and C
15. What is not a major field in psychology?
-psychoanlytic
-sociocultural
-behaviorism
-totalism
16. What is not something a humanist would believe about people?
-People are more than just observable parts.
-People have purpose and intent.
-People can be analyzed into basic parts.
-People have co