Psychology Revision: Quiz Unit 1

1) Who is known to be the father of behaviorism within Psychology?

• a. Sigmund Freud
• b. John B. Watson Correct
• c. Carl Rogers
• d. Kurt Koffka
• e. B.F. Skinner

2) What is Abraham Maslow most famously known for proposing?

• a. Empirical research
• b. Developmental milestones
• c. Hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior Correct
• d. External stimuli's role in changing behavior

3) Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist?

• a. William James
• b. Sigmund Freud
• c. Wilhelm Wundt Correct
• d. Max Wertheimer
• e. Ivan Pavlov

4) Which of the following is an example of a theory rather than an observation (or set of observations)?

• a. People tend to yawn when they see someone else yawning
• b. Yawning involves movements of many facial muscles
• c. Yawning is caused by the need to increase brain activity Correct

5) In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly __________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure.

• a. 1/3
• b. 2/3 Correct
• c. 3/4
• d. 4/5

6) An experimenter conducts a study that seeks to measure differences in responding (answering a questionnaire at the end of the session) after subjects watch a comedy or horror movie. In this study, which variable is considered the "independent variable"?

• a. The questionnaire at the end of the session
• b. The movie (comedy or horror) Correct
• c. The age and gender of the participant
• d. The location in which the study takes place
• e. The individual conducting the experiment.

7) Operational definitions are:

• a. Scientifically approved definitions
• b. Definitions illustrated with a concrete example or visual image
• c. Definitions which are very precise
• d. Dictionary definitions
• e. Definitions which tell how to collect data Correct

8) True or False: "Psyche" is a Greek word meaning essence.

• True
• False Correct

9) Any research involving human subjects must have prior approval by the:

• a. IRB Correct
• b. Ethics Committee
• c. IACUC
• d. IKEA

10) True or False: Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in biology.

• True
• False Correct

11) True or False: Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in biology.

• True
• False Correct

12) True or False: The operant conditioning chamber (aka Skinner box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.

• True Correct
• False

13) Which of the following is one of the main precepts of scientific psychology?

• a. subjectivism
• b. empiricism Correct
• c. idealism
• d. naturalism

14) Matt hopes that he and his ex-girlfriend, who broke up with him last month, eventually will get back together. When he heard that she had talked about him with a mutual friend, he took this as evidence that she was still interested in a reunion. When he heard that she went on a date with someone else, he concluded that she was just trying to get her mind off their break-up. Matt is exhibiting:

• a. A skeptical attitude
• b. Mental continuity
• c. Observational objectivity
• d. The confirmation bias Correct
• e. The denial bias

15) How are experimenter effects eliminated?

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• a. with a single blind design
• b. with reactive measures
• c. with a double blind design Correct
• d. with operational definitions
• e. with convergent operations

16) True or False: "Psyche" is a Greek word meaning essence.

• True Incorrect
• False