Review Questions for Introduction to Psychology
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?
- critical thinking
- use of the scientific method
- critical evaluation of sources of information
- all of the above
2. Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________.
- biology
- chemistry
- philosophy
- physics
3. In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) ________.
- observation
- measurement
- test
- proposed explanation
4. Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement: Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.
- William James
- Max Wertheimer
- Carl Rogers
- Noam Chomsky
5. ________ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.
- Noam Chomsky
- Carl Rogers
- Abraham Maslow
- Sigmund Freud
6. Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems.
- structuralism
- functionalism
- Gestalt
- unconditional positive regard
7. The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.
- Skinner
- Watson
- James
- Koffka
8. A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory formation would be most likely to identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.
- biological
- health
- clinical
- social
9. An individual’s consistent pattern of thought and behaviour is known as a(n) ________.
- psychosexual stage
- object permanence
- personality
- perception
10. In Milgram’s controversial study on obedience, nearly ________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure.
- 1/3
- 2/3
- 3/4
- 4/5
11. A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.
- personality
- clinical
- social
- I-O
12. If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, they would probably need a ________ degree in psychology.
- bachelor of science
- bachelor of art
- master’s
- PhD
13. The ________ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills.
- PhD
- PsyD
- postdoctoral training program
- dissertation
14. Which of the following degrees would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school?
- PhD
- PsyD
- master’s degree
- bachelor’s degree
15. One would need at least a(n) ________ degree to serve as a school psychologist.
- associate’s
- bachelor’s
- master’s
- doctoral
Critical Thinking Questions
23. Other than a potentially greater salary, what would be the reasons an individual would continue on to get a graduate degree in psychology?