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Q1. John B. Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of _________.

1. Consciousness
2. The brain
3. The mind
4. Behavior

Q2. A(n) _________________ is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another.

1. Independent variable
2. Correlation
3. Experimental effect
4. Dependent variable

Q3. A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) _____________.

1. Control condition
2. Independent variable
3. Coefficient of correlation
4. Dependent variable

Q4. Observing behavior as it happens in real-life natural settings without imposing laboratory controls is known as the ______.

1. Naturalistic observation method
2. Experimental method
3. Psychometric approach
4. Survey method

Q5. Who claimed that behavior is affected by positive reinforcement?

1. B. F. Skinner
2. Sigmund Freud
3. William James
4. Wilhelm Wundt

Q6. A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called

1. A single-blind study
2. A representative sample
3. A naturalistic observation
4. A case study

Q7. The psychodynamic perspective was based on the work of ________________.

1. Freud
2. Watson
3. Gestalt
4. Wundt

Q8. Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

1. Wilhelm Wundt
2. Ivan Pavlov
3. William James
4. Max Wertheimer

Q9. Which of the following terms do NOT belong together?

1. Natural selection; functionalism
2. Psychoanalysis; unconscious conflict
3. Structuralism; observable behavior
4. Gestalt; whole

Q10. “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts” is a statement associated with the perspective of ______________.

1. Introspection
2. Gestalt psychologists
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Functionalism

1. Drugs that speed up the functioning of the nervous system are called

Stimulants Psychogenics Narcotics Depressants

2. According to Sigmund Freud, the important underlying meaning of our dreams is found in the ________.

Manifest content Deep content Latent content Subliminal content

3. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of dreaming states that __________________.

The purpose of dreaming is to express unconscious wishes, thoughts, and conflicts Dreaming is a by-product of a process of eliminating or strengthening neural connections The purpose of dreaming is to resolve current concerns and problems There is no purpose to dreaming; dreams occur because of random brain stem signals

4. Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of

Altered states of consciousness Waking consciousness Self-awareness Self-absorption

5. The branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called

Nerve bundles Dendrites Axons Synapses

6. The idea that learning occurs and is stored up, even when behaviors are not reinforced, is called ______.

Innate learning Insight Placebo learning

7. In operant conditioning, _____________ is necessary to create the association between the stimulus and the voluntary response.