Chpt-1 and 2 Practice for exam

In the definition of psychology, mental processes means

• internal, covert processes.

• outward behavior.

• overt actions and reactions.

• only animal behavior

A psychologist is interested in finding out why identical twins have different personalities this psychologist is most interested in the goal of

• description.

• explanation.

• prediction.

• control.

Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine what kind of job those employees might best fit are interested in the goal of

• explanation.

• description

• control.

• prediction.

Which early theorist developed his perspective on psychology by basing it on Darwin's "survival of the fittest" doctrine?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

"The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of?

• Introspection

• functionalism.

• psychoanalysis.

• Gestalt psychologists.

........................was (were) the focus of Watson's behaviorism.

• Conscious experiences

• Gestalt perceptions

• The unconscious mind

• Observable experiences

Who is most associated with the technique of introspection?

• Wundt

• James

• Watson

• Wertheimer

Which perspective focuses on free will and self. actualization?

• psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

• cognitive psychology

• Humanistic Psychology

Which perspective looks at perception, learning, and memory?

• A. psychoanalysis

• B. Behaviorism

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Perspective

Which perspective assumes that human behaviour may have developed in certain directions because it served a useful function in preserving the species?

• Psychoanalysis

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive psychology

• Evolutionary perspective