Deck 1: A: Introducing Psychological Science

Question 1

Psychology is best defined as the study of mental illness and abnormal behaviour.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Structuralism was an early psychological approach that emphasized the purpose of behaviour and consciousness.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The cognitive perspective is an approach that emphasizes mental processes in thinking,memory,language,and other areas of behaviour.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Phrenologists suggested that specific mental traits and dispositions could be read by examining the surface of the skull.

Question 5

A good hypothesis is one that is stated in the most general terms possible.

Question 6

A hypothesis is a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured.

Question 7

Humanistic psychology is an approach emphasizing that psychologists need to focus on the whole of the perception and experience,rather than its parts.

Question 8

Psychology became a scientific discipline in the 1600s.

Question 9

Critical thinkers realize that all opinions are created equal.

Question 10

Programs leading to a Psy.D.are usually designed to prepare a person both as a scientist and as a clinical practitioner.

Question 11

The goal of Wilhelm Wundt's trained introspection volunteers was to break down behaviour into its most basic elements.

Question 12

Psychoanalysis emphasizes the influence of unconscious urges and memories on behaviour.

Question 13

Most of the helping professions in psychology require graduate degrees and provincial licensure or certification.

Question 14

Empiricism means that knowledge about the world is based on careful observation,not common sense or speculation.

Question 15

Credit for establishing psychology as an independent field of science is generally given to William James.

Question 16

Applied psychology is the study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application.

Question 17

Sigmund Freud's work using hypnosis to cure patients made him realize that many of his patients' symptoms had mental,not physical,causes and this led to the development of psychoanalysis.

Question 18

Theories are basically the same thing as opinions or beliefs.

Question 19

Part of being scientifically literate is being able to apply scientific knowledge to real-world situations.

Question 20

Critical thinking involves exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others,and with our own assumptions and beliefs.

Question 21

Only a small percentage of this year's Bachelor-level psychology graduates will go on to work in psychological fields.

Question 22

Health psychologists are interested in how lifestyle choices and other behaviours combine with genetics and environment to affect physical health.