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OpenStax Psychology Chapters 1-4 Multiple Choice questions || || || || || || ||
with accurate detailed solutions
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Which of the following was mentioned as a
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skill to which psychology students would be
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exposed? ||
a. critical thinking
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b. use of the scientific method
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c. critical evaluation of sources of information
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d. all of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
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Psyche is a Greek word meaning ________.
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a. essence
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b. soul
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c. behavior
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d. love - ✔✔B. Soul
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Before psychology became a recognized
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academic discipline, matters of the mind were || || || || || ||
undertaken by those in ________. || || || ||
a. biology
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b. chemistry
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c. philosophy
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d. physics - ✔✔C. Philosphy
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In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n)
|| || || || || || ||
________.
a. observation
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b. measurement
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c. test
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d. proposed explanation - ✔✔D. Proposed explanation
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Based on your reading, which theorist would
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have been most likely to agree with this statement:
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Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a || || || || || ||
combination of their components. || || ||
a. William James
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b. Max Wertheimer
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c. Carl Rogers
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d. Noam Chomsky - ✔✔B. Max Wertheimer
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. ________ is most well-known for proposing his
|| || || || || || ||
hierarchy of needs. || ||
a. Noam Chomsky
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b. Carl Rogers
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c. Abraham Maslow
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d. Sigmund Freud - ✔✔c. Abraham Maslow
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Rogers believed that providing genuineness,
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empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic
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environment for his clients was critical to their || || || || || || ||
being able to deal with their problems.
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a. structuralism
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b. functionalism
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c. Gestalt
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d. unconditional positive regard - ✔✔d. unconditional positive regard
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The operant conditioning chamber (aka
|| || || ||
________ box) is a device used to study the || || || || || || || ||
principles of operant conditioning. || || ||
a. Skinner
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b. Watson
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c. James
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d. Koffka - ✔✔a. Skinner
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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.
|| || || ||
a. biological
||
b. health
||
c. clinical
||
d. social - ✔✔a. biological
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An individual's consistent pattern of thought
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OpenStax Psychology Chapters 1-4 Multiple Choice questions || || || || || || ||
with accurate detailed solutions
|| || ||
Which of the following was mentioned as a
|| || || || || || ||
skill to which psychology students would be
|| || || || || ||
exposed? ||
a. critical thinking
|| ||
b. use of the scientific method
|| || || || ||
c. critical evaluation of sources of information
|| || || || || ||
d. all of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Psyche is a Greek word meaning ________.
|| || || || || ||
a. essence
||
b. soul
||
c. behavior
||
d. love - ✔✔B. Soul
|| || || ||
Before psychology became a recognized
|| || || ||
academic discipline, matters of the mind were || || || || || ||
undertaken by those in ________. || || || ||
a. biology
||
b. chemistry
||
c. philosophy
||
d. physics - ✔✔C. Philosphy
|| || || ||
,2
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n)
|| || || || || || ||
________.
a. observation
||
b. measurement
||
c. test
||
d. proposed explanation - ✔✔D. Proposed explanation
|| || || || || ||
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. || || ||
a. William James
|| ||
b. Max Wertheimer
|| ||
c. Carl Rogers
|| ||
d. Noam Chomsky - ✔✔B. Max Wertheimer
|| || || || || ||
. ________ is most well-known for proposing his
|| || || || || || ||
hierarchy of needs. || ||
a. Noam Chomsky
|| ||
b. Carl Rogers
|| ||
c. Abraham Maslow
|| ||
d. Sigmund Freud - ✔✔c. Abraham Maslow
|| || || || || ||
Rogers believed that providing genuineness,
|| || || ||
empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic
|| || || || ||
, 2
environment for his clients was critical to their || || || || || || ||
being able to deal with their problems.
|| || || || || ||
a. structuralism
||
b. functionalism
||
c. Gestalt
||
d. unconditional positive regard - ✔✔d. unconditional positive regard
|| || || || || || || ||
The operant conditioning chamber (aka
|| || || ||
________ box) is a device used to study the || || || || || || || ||
principles of operant conditioning. || || ||
a. Skinner
||
b. Watson
||
c. James
||
d. Koffka - ✔✔a. Skinner
|| || || ||
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.
|| || || ||
a. biological
||
b. health
||
c. clinical
||
d. social - ✔✔a. biological
|| || || ||
An individual's consistent pattern of thought
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