AP Psychology Chapter I and II

Trial Question: Select the correct answer from the choices below

• the wrong answer

• the not so right answer

• the correct answer

• the very wrong answer

What is the definition of psychology?

• Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
• Study of behavior and logic
• Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
• Study of how how our influences affect us

Behaviorists dismissed the value of

• science.
  
• introspection.
• spaced practice.
• neuroscience.
  

Charles Darwin proposed that natural selection leads to the development of characteristics most suited to the survival and reproduction of a species.
His theory has most influenced which branch of Psychology? 

• Humanism
• Evolutionary psychology. 
• Cognitive psychology. 
• Behaviorism.

Who would be the most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?

• Ivan Pavlov
• Carl Rogers
• Sigmund Freud
• William James

This technique gathers self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people by questioning them randomly and representatively.

• Experiment

• Case Study

• Survey

• Exploratory study

This is an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth.

• Survey

• Case Study

• Exploratory study

• Experiment

Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?

• John Watson
• William James
• Ivan Pavlov
• Max Wertheimer

A psychologist wants to see if the kids around town have been influencing Billy. Which approach should be used?

• Behaviorism
• Biology
• Socio-Cultural
• Humanism

Hormones, heredity, tumors, and disease all fall into the category of what approach?

• biological

• cognitive

• humanism

• clinical