Psych Approaches and Research

A Skinner box and a maze are examples of which of the following?

• random samples

• laboratory experiments

• laboratory observation

• the longitudinal method

What are the main goals of psychology?

• observe and describe feelings

• observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

• research and teach positive visualization

• observe and describe phenomena that science can not predict

How is the control group different than the experimental group?

• The control group is smaller

• The control group receives the treatment

• The control group does not receive the treatment

• The control group is larger than the experimental group.

Why is it important for scientists to be able to replicate the results of a study?

• to confirm the findings of the original study

• to choose a random sample

• to establish proper procedures

• to form a hypothesis that can be tested

Which school of psychology is concerned primarily with human consciousness, experience, and self-awareness?

• behaviorism

• functionalism

• humanistic

• Freudian

Sigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for

• decreasing repression
• strengthening the superego
• displacing instinctual forces
• gaining insight into unconscious motives

Psychology is

• the study of human origins, evolution, and cultures.
• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of any living creature.
• a natural science integrating physiology and neurology.
• the deductive study of forms and functions of human groups.

Of the following, who was a structuralist?

• B. F Skinner
•  John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James

Of the following, who was a functionalist?

• B. F Skinner
•  John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James

Of the following, who was a behaviorist?

• B. F Skinner
•  John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James