Psych final

Who created the first psychology laboratory, as well as marking psychology as a distinct science?
A. Wilhelm Wundt
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Mary Calkins
D. John B. Watson

A

Which school of thought focused on observable behavior rather than internal mental processes?
A. Structuralism
B. Functionalism
C. Behaviorism
D. Psychoanalysis

C

What is the main purpose of a control group in an experiment?
A. To receive the experimental treatment
B. To provide a comparison for the experimental group
C. To increase the sample size
D. To measure the dependent variable

B

Which research method involves observing behavior in a natural setting without interference?
A. Case study
B. Experiment
C. Survey
D. Naturalistic observation

D

What section of a research article explains how the study was conducted?
A. Abstract
B. Introduction
C. Method
D. Discussion

C

Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing auditory information?
A. Frontal
B. Parietal
C. Occipital
D. Temporal

D

What links the brain to the body?
A. Cerebellum
B. Spinal cord
C. Cerebrum
D. Brainstem

D

Who invented phrenology?
A. Carl Rogers
B. Noam Chomsky
C. Franz Gall
D. Francis Sumner

C

If a patient has a hard time determining speech, what lobe might be damaged?
A. Temporal
B. Cerebellum
C. Frontal
D. Parietal

A

What method did structuralists use to study the mind?
A. Introspection
B. Behaviorism
C. Functionalism

A

What is a hypothesis?
A. Something you think will happen
B. Something that already happened
C. Something that will never happen

A

Which method studies one person in great detail?
A. Survey
B. Experiment
C. Case study
D. Observation

C

What variable is measured as the outcome?
A. Independent
B. Dependent
C. Constant
D. Random

B

The hypothesis is usually found in the:
A. Method
B. Introduction
C. Results
D. References

B

Who had the first psychology lab?
A. Wilhelm Wundt
B. William James
C. Paul Broca
D. Franz Joseph Gall

A

Who was the first American psychologist?
A. Wilhelm Wundt
B. Charles Darwin
C. Sigmund Freud
D. William James

D

Why is the scientific method important?
A. Allows for factual evidence
B. Guarantees same results
C. Allows anything in experiments
D. Makes experiments fun

A

What is a case study?
A. Survey-based method
B. Group over time
C. Focus on one person with rare condition
D. Uses archives

C

What is an abstract?
A. Concise summary of article
B. Introduction
C. Statistics section
D. Implications section

A

Part of brain responsible for spacial awareness
A. Parietal
B. Temporal
C. Frontal
D. Cerebellum

A

Part of the brain responsible for vision
A. Temporal
B. Frontal
C. Parietal
D. Occipital

D

Mary Whiton Calkins was the first female president of what association?
A. APA
B. IRB
C. IACUC

A

Many psychologists use what type of animals?
A. Dogs and Cats
B. Ferrets and Gunnie pigs
C. Rats and Birds

C

What is the effect called when Individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed?
A. Jonny Effect
B. John B. Watson Effect
C. Hawthorne effect

C

What summarizes the most important features of the manuscript, providing the reader with a global first impression of the article?
A. Introduction
B. Results
C. Abstract

C

What is in the PNS (peripheral nervous system)?
A. Brain
B. Spinal cord
C. Nerves

C

What is the deep groove in the brain’s cortex that separates the two hemispheres?
A. Corpus callosum
B. Longitudinal Fissure
C. sulci

B

Who created Functionalism?
A. Charles Darwin
B. William James
C. Max Wetheimer
D. Wolfgang Kohler

B

What is the first step of the scientific method?
A. Ask a question
B. Construct a hypothesis
C. Do background research
D. Perform a experiment

A

True or false: Do you have to disclose everything in the experiment to the subject before you perform it?
A. True
B. False

B

True or false: fight or flight and anxiety the same thing
A. True
B. False

B

What side of the body does the left hemisphere of the brain control?
A. Left
B. Central
C. Right
D. Upper

C

What is the study of an individual traits based off indents in the skull?
A. Phrenology
B. Localizationism
C. Structuralism
D. Introspection

A

Who was the first African American to hold a PHD in psychology?
A. Mary Whiton Calkins
B. William James
C. Francis Cecil Summer
D. Kurt Koffka

C

What is the term used for informing participants of any deception in research?
A. Debrief
B. Informed Consent
C. Hawthorne Effect
D. Survey

A

What research gives vast insight on the individual and has a limited testing pool?
A. Survey
B. Naturalistic Observation
C. Archival
D. Case Study

D

What section of research focuses on expanding the results of methods tested by showing strengths, weaknesses, and reasoning for the results?
A. Abstract
B. Results
C. Introduction
D. Discussion

D

Which lobe contains the auditory cortex used to process auditory information?
A. Temporal
B. Parietal
C. Frontal
D. Occipital

A

What is the name of the nerves that connect both hemispheres of the brain?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Pons
C. Corpus Callosum
D. Cerebral Cortex

C

What is structuralism?
A. Evolution and natural selection
B. focusing on humans as a whole
C. the potential good in all humans
D. breaking down an experience into its component parts

D

What is the psychology definition today?
A. Scientific study of mind and behavior
B. science of mental life
C. study of observable behavior
D. study of dogs

A

True or False: scientific method is doesnt need a hypothesis
A. True
B. False

B

Which of these is true about case studies?
A. It follows one person over a long amount of time
B. You watch a group of people without these knowledge for research
C. It focuses on one or a few people
D. Its a list of questions

C

Which part of the brain controls long term memory
A. Frontal
B. Cerebellum
C. Temporal
D. Parietal

C

PNS stands for?
A. Parasympathetic Nervous system
B. Peripheral Nervous system
C. Plato's Nervous sensory
D. Partial nervous surface

B

Who are the two individuals that are credited with being the founders of psychology?
A. Wilhelm Wundt and William James
B. Eward Titchner and Max Wertheimer
C. Mary Whiton Calkins and Franscis Cecil Sumner
D. Jean-Martin Charcot and John B. Watson

A

What is scientific knowledge?
A. Advanced
B. Empirical
C. Standard
D. Ethical

B

Which of the following is included in informed consent?
A. Nothing is included in informed consent
B. That there are no risks
C. Potential risks
D. None of the above

C

Which part of research outlines the specifics of how the experiment was conducted?
A. Results
B. Abstract
C. Method
D. Discussion

C

Which lobe of the brain contains Broca’s area?
A. Parietal lobe
B. Occipital lobe
C. Temporal lobe
D. Frontal lobe

D

Biology + Philosophy =
A. Psychology
B. Physiology
C. Mind study
D. Chemistry

A

Psychology’s first definition was:
A. How the mind works
B. The study of mental life
C. How people act
D. Why we do the things we do

B

Psychology's first fields were Structuralism and Functionalism
A. True
B. False

A

What does your body go into when something scary happens
A. Fight or flight
B. metamorphism
C. Self-destruction
D. A coma

A

The brain has two hemispheres, what are they?
A. Left and right hemispheres
B. Right bout and left bound hemispheres
C. Strong and weak hemispheres
D. Top and bottom hemispheres

A

The brain consists of two colored matter, what are they?
A. Black and white
B. Red and pink
C. Grey and White
D. Grey and blue

C

What is humanism?
A. Studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes
B. Focuses on the role of a person's unconscious and early childhood experiences
C. A perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
D. The theory that bumps and indents on a person's skull could tell you about their traits and characteristics

C

What is the Hawthorne effect?
A. lists of questions to be answered by research participants
B. It is grounded in objective, tangible evidence that can be observed time and time again
C. Surveying the same group repeatedly
D. Individuals modify behavior when observed

D

What is the scientific method?
A. Grounded in objective, observable evidence
B. Focus on one person
C. Minimize animal pain
D. Prevents participant bias

A

Which part of the brain processes information from the body’s senses and position?
A. Temporal lobe
B. Parietal lobe
C. Occipital lobe
D. Frontal lobe

B

What is the peripheral nervous system?
A. Auditory cortex
B. Visual cortex
C. Sensory processing
D. Nerves carrying messages between brain/spinal cord and body

D

There was a historical case on a patient who was only capable of saying the same two words to communicate. Who was this person?
A. Louis Leborgne (Tan Tan)
B. William James
C. Mary Calkins
D. Jean Piaget

A

What kind of correlation is represented: As the purchases of dresses increase, the purchases of shoes decrease.
A. Negative correlation
B. Positive correlation
C. No correlation
D. Equal correlation

E

The act of secretly watching a person or group of people to study their behavior in a natural environment is what kind of study?
A. Case study
B. Survey
C. Archival
D. Naturalistic Observation

D

What is the purpose of having a research article peer-checked?
A. To check legitimacy by a professional
B. More exposure
C. Stay up-to-date
D. Get feedback

A

What are motor neurons?
A. Carries sensory information to CNS
B. Instructions from CNS to muscles
C. Another word for PNS
D. Stress response system

B

What philosophical concept did Aristotle contribute to psychology?
A. Behavioral conditioning
B. Tambula rasa
C. Cognitive mapping
D. Empirical reasoning

B

What is the main focus of descriptive research?
A. Test hypotheses
B. Gain insight into behaviors
C. Manipulate variables
D. Predict outcomes

B

What is a weakness of cross-sectional research?
A. Does not measure change over time
B. Evaluates multiple variables
C. Identifies cause-effect
D. Measures change over time

A

What is included in the Materials section of a research article?
A. Questionnaires
B. Photos
C. surveys and/or machines used
D. statistical software

C

What does lateralization refer to in brain function?
A. Hemispheres have specialized functions
B. Lobes have functions
C. Synapse creation
D. Executive function

A

What is the fight or flight response?
A. Balance control
B. Sympathetic activation
C. Both nervous systems
D. Adaptability

B

Which early school focused on breaking consciousness into elements?
A. Functionalism
B. Structuralism
C. Behaviorism
D. Humanism

B

Which psychologist is most associated with the Psychoanalytic perspective?
A. B.F. Skinner
B. Carl Rogers
C. Sigmund Freud
D. John Watson

C

What is the main purpose of random assignment in research?
A. Everyone experiences all conditions
B. Double-blind
C. Increase sample
D. Reduce bias

D

A researcher observes children on a playground without interacting with them. What method is this?
A. Case study
B. Naturalistic observation
C. Survey
D. Experimental

B

Which brain structure regulates breathing and heart rate?
A. Amygdala
B. Hippocampus
C. Cerebellum
D. Medulla

D