Real World Psychology Test Bank (PSY 420)

Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 01

Question Type: Multiple Choice


1) Psychology is defined as the .

a) science of conscious and unconscious forces on behavior
b) empirical study of the mind
c) scientific study of the mind
d) scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


2) According to your textbook, which of the following is a mental process?

a) memories
b) crying
c) reading
d) sleeping

Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving

,3) is information that can be objectively tested and evaluated.

a) Psychological science
b) Empirical evidence
c) Critical thinking
d) Scientology

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


4) A scientist watching jackals feed on seals measures the frequency of feeding, competitive
behavior, and duration of feeding. He is gathering .

a) anecdotal data
b) empirical evidence
c) experimental data
d) critical evidence

Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


5) What is the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing
information?

a) empiricism
b) science
c) critical thinking
d) mental processing

,Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


6) Dr. Krostom responds to radio listeners who call in with relationship problems by using
mostly her own common sense, beliefs, and values rather than scientific research. This practice is
like .

a) fraud
b) pseudopsychology
c) critical thinking
d) personality assessment

Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


7) Jill believes that she can predict an individual's personality simply by referring back to the
position of the stars on the day the individual was born; her beliefs capture the essence of
.

a) critical thinking
b) psychology
c) pseudopsychology
d) astronomy

Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology

, Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


8) In what year was the first psychological laboratory founded?

a) 1659
b) 1879
c) 1950
d) 1760

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology




9) The father of psychology is .

a) Sigmund Freud
b) B. F. Skinner
c) Wilhelm Wundt
d) William James

Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Introducing Psychology
Learning Objective: LO 1: Define psychology and its goals.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains


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