Unit 1 Quiz

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?

• free will
  
• brain physiology
  
• the unconscious mind
  
• external consequences
  

Which type of early psychologist believed that “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”?

• Gestaltist
• behaviorist
• structuralist
• functionalist

In the definition of psychology, the term mental processes refers to __________ .

• internal, covert activities
• outward behavior
• overt actions and reactions
• only animal behavior

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

• the science of behavior
• the science of mental processes
• the science of behavior and mental processes
• the science of human behavior and mental processes

Which topic would NOT be investigated by a psychologist if the definition of psychology were limited to “the science of behavior”?

• relation between grade-point average and salary
  
• thought processes students used while trying to answer this question
  
• how changes in the rate of television violence influence real-life violence
  
• effectiveness of several treatments for people who suffer from depression

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they 

• Help people cope with challenges and crisis 
• conduct research
• are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medicine 
• explore how we view and affect one another

The fact that identical twins' IQ scores are so close together (highly correlated) even when they are raised apart suggests

• intelligence is strongly genetic
• intelligence has a strong environmental component
• Identical twins attend better schools than fraternal twins
• Adopted parents have a positive effect on intelligence.

The study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptance needs best describes which school of psychology. 

• Behavioral 
• Functionalist 
• Humanistic 
• Structuralist 

Which field of psychology is most interested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity. 

• Humanistic psychology 
• Gestalt psychology 
• Cognitive neuroscience 
• Psychodynamic perspective 

Who had the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?

• William James
• Edward Titchner
• Wilhelm Wundt
• G. Stanley Hall