Psychology, Eighth Editionby David G. Myers

Psychology’s roots

Early Science

Contemporary Psychology

Subfields

Study Skills

A) the study of behavior and mental processes.

B) the study of behavior. C) the scientific study of behavior and

mental processes. D) the science of behavior and

consequences.

2

A) knowledge is something we are born with.

B) knowledge is something taught and learned.

C) the mind is the result of bodily fluids. D) the mind is the activity of the

brain.2

A) Socrates B) Plato C) Descartes D) Aristotle

2

A) Plato B) Bacon C) Aristotle D) Descartes

3

A) Bacon B) Locke C) Descartes D) Plato

3

A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Sigmund Freud. C) John Locke. D) B.F. Skinner.

4

A) the experimental method B) cause-and-effect

relationships C) introspection D) psychoanalysis

4

A) John Locke B) Charles Darwin C) Sigmund Freud D) Francis Bacon

5

A) being the first female president of the APA.

B) being a leading proponent of structuralism.

C) being the first female graduate student, thanks to Titchner.

D) all of the above.

5

A) Washburn. B) Titchner. C) Wundt. D) James.

6

A) high esteem of psychoanalysis. B) dismissal of introspection. C) definition of psychology as the study

of behavior and mental processes. D) study of cognitive neuroscience.

7

A) biological. B) psychological. C) psychoanalytical. D) social-cultural.

10

A) social-cultural B) neuroscience C) evolutionary D) biological

11

A) nature works on what nature endows. B) learning is far more important than

genetics. C) genetics is far more important than

learning. D) we are born with a blank slate until

learning occurs.

10

A) neuroscience B) evolutionary C) cognitive D) psychodynamic

11

A) counseling psychologist. B) clinical psychologist. C) personality psychologist. D) developmental psychologist.

12

A) clinical psychologist B) neuropsychologist C) psychiatrist D) all of the above

13

A) industrial/organizational psychologist.

B) clinical psychologist. C) social psychologist. D) cognitive psychologist.

12

A) applied research. B) academic research. C) basic research. D) theoretical research.

12

A) Biological Psychology. B) Cognitive Psychology. C) Personality Psychology. D) Industrial/Organizational

Psychology.

13

A) survey, question, review, read, reflect. B) survey, question, read, review, reflect. C) survey, question, read, reorganize,

regurgitate. D) study, question, re-study, re-read,

review.

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A) short-term memory is more accurate than long-term memory.

B) studying right before the test is better than the day before.

C) spaced practice is more effective. D) as long as he follows the SQ3R

model, he should do fine.

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A) asking questions. B) write down main ideas. C) thinking about what is

being said. D) all of the above.

16

A) cover the answers first. B) weigh the potential of each answer. C) eliminate the wrong answers first. D) imagine how each answer could be

the right one.

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A) Sigmund Freud B) William James C) John Locke D) Wilhelm Wundt

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1. C

2. A

3. D

4. D

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. B

12. C

13. C

14. A

15. D

16. B

17. C

18. A

19. C

20. D

21. B

22. C

23. D

24. A

25. B