,Shiraev, A History of Psychology 2e Instructor Resource
Chapter 1
Key terms (multiple choice)
1. The term, which meant the weakness of nervous system and used by clinicians to explain
the etiology of several dysfunctions, mostly including various forms of anxiety and
depression is called:
a. magnetism
b. aging
c. neurasthenia
d. sleep
e. imagination
Answer: c
2. Psychological knowledge that is simplified and sensationalized is called:
a. ideology
b. legal knowledge
c. Zeitgeist
d. pop psychology
e. historiography
Answer: d
3. The study of the ways by which people obtain and disseminate historical knowledge is
called:
a. historiography
b. Zeitgeist
c. scientific knowledge
d. legal knowledge
e. values
Answer: a
4. The landmark Milgram study showed that obedience to authority is common in ordinary
people and that many of us could act unethically if someone else takes responsibility for
our behavior. But most important, the study highlighted the vital importance of:
a. folk beliefs
b. ethical guidelines
c. sufficient funding
d. international cooperation
e. proper dress code
Answer: b
Key terms, facts, and names (true/false)
1. Placebo Effect is the effect of a change caused by an anticipation of a change.
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True False Answer: T
2. Psychological knowledge that is simplified and sensationalized is called legal knowledge.
True False Answer: F
3. Knowledge is information that has a purpose or use
True False Answer: T
4. Knowledge that stems from established, stable perceptions about the world, the nature of
good and evil, right and wrong behavior, purpose of human life, and so forth is called
folk beliefs.
True False Answer: F
5. Zeitgeist stands for the general social climate, the spirit of a particular time or generation.
True False Answer: T
6. Jean Piaget took a doctorate in zoology.
True False Answer: T
7. Anton Mesmer suggested that an individual’s entire behavior could be described in terms
of strength, balance, and agility of the nervous processes.
True False Answer: F
8. Legal knowledge appears in the form of legal prescriptions established by authorities
(ranging from tribal leaders to state governments).
True False Answer: T
9. French intellectual, Paul-Henri Thiry (known also as Baron d’Holbach) established the
first psychological laboratory called salon.
True False Answer: F
10. Wilhelm Stekel was one of Freud’s earliest followers.
True False Answer: T
Comprehension and applications (multiple choice)
1. The French physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, claimed in his dissertation in 1766 that
human illnesses might be caused by the disruption or blocking of the normal flow of an
invisible body fluid, which he called:
a. complex emotions
b. animal reflexes
c. animal magnetism
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d. Zeitgeist
e. memory
Answer: c
2. From today’s standpoint, the patients of Mesmer reported improvements probably
because they believed in own recovery or wanted to show progress. This effect of a
change caused by an anticipation of a change is called today:
a. intuition
b. placebo effect
c. double magnetism
d. Zeitgeist effect
e. anxiety
Answer: b
3. Clinicians in the past labeled psychological and physical symptoms attributed to the
weakness of the nervous system as:
a. placebo
b. moral failure
c. magnetism
d. psychosis
e. neurasthenia
Answer: e
4. In which country in the 1960s, a rare translation of a Western psychology textbook was
accompanied by the specially written concluding chapter titled, “The Backwardness of
Present Capitalistic Psychology.”
a. France
b. Japan
c. Soviet Union
d. China
e. India
Answer: d
5. In the 19th century, in the United States, black slaves who had made repeated attempts to
escape from their owners were frequently labeled as:
a. mentally ill
b. revolutionaries
c. skilled engineers
d. dangerous underground leaders
e. mentally gifted
Answer: a
6. Many civil rights activists, who did not support official ideology, were forcefully
hospitalized to mental institutions with the following official diagnosis: Schizophrenia,
Slowly Progressing (Sluggish) Type, Delusion of Reformation. In which country was this
practiced?
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Chapter 1
Key terms (multiple choice)
1. The term, which meant the weakness of nervous system and used by clinicians to explain
the etiology of several dysfunctions, mostly including various forms of anxiety and
depression is called:
a. magnetism
b. aging
c. neurasthenia
d. sleep
e. imagination
Answer: c
2. Psychological knowledge that is simplified and sensationalized is called:
a. ideology
b. legal knowledge
c. Zeitgeist
d. pop psychology
e. historiography
Answer: d
3. The study of the ways by which people obtain and disseminate historical knowledge is
called:
a. historiography
b. Zeitgeist
c. scientific knowledge
d. legal knowledge
e. values
Answer: a
4. The landmark Milgram study showed that obedience to authority is common in ordinary
people and that many of us could act unethically if someone else takes responsibility for
our behavior. But most important, the study highlighted the vital importance of:
a. folk beliefs
b. ethical guidelines
c. sufficient funding
d. international cooperation
e. proper dress code
Answer: b
Key terms, facts, and names (true/false)
1. Placebo Effect is the effect of a change caused by an anticipation of a change.
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True False Answer: T
2. Psychological knowledge that is simplified and sensationalized is called legal knowledge.
True False Answer: F
3. Knowledge is information that has a purpose or use
True False Answer: T
4. Knowledge that stems from established, stable perceptions about the world, the nature of
good and evil, right and wrong behavior, purpose of human life, and so forth is called
folk beliefs.
True False Answer: F
5. Zeitgeist stands for the general social climate, the spirit of a particular time or generation.
True False Answer: T
6. Jean Piaget took a doctorate in zoology.
True False Answer: T
7. Anton Mesmer suggested that an individual’s entire behavior could be described in terms
of strength, balance, and agility of the nervous processes.
True False Answer: F
8. Legal knowledge appears in the form of legal prescriptions established by authorities
(ranging from tribal leaders to state governments).
True False Answer: T
9. French intellectual, Paul-Henri Thiry (known also as Baron d’Holbach) established the
first psychological laboratory called salon.
True False Answer: F
10. Wilhelm Stekel was one of Freud’s earliest followers.
True False Answer: T
Comprehension and applications (multiple choice)
1. The French physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, claimed in his dissertation in 1766 that
human illnesses might be caused by the disruption or blocking of the normal flow of an
invisible body fluid, which he called:
a. complex emotions
b. animal reflexes
c. animal magnetism
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d. Zeitgeist
e. memory
Answer: c
2. From today’s standpoint, the patients of Mesmer reported improvements probably
because they believed in own recovery or wanted to show progress. This effect of a
change caused by an anticipation of a change is called today:
a. intuition
b. placebo effect
c. double magnetism
d. Zeitgeist effect
e. anxiety
Answer: b
3. Clinicians in the past labeled psychological and physical symptoms attributed to the
weakness of the nervous system as:
a. placebo
b. moral failure
c. magnetism
d. psychosis
e. neurasthenia
Answer: e
4. In which country in the 1960s, a rare translation of a Western psychology textbook was
accompanied by the specially written concluding chapter titled, “The Backwardness of
Present Capitalistic Psychology.”
a. France
b. Japan
c. Soviet Union
d. China
e. India
Answer: d
5. In the 19th century, in the United States, black slaves who had made repeated attempts to
escape from their owners were frequently labeled as:
a. mentally ill
b. revolutionaries
c. skilled engineers
d. dangerous underground leaders
e. mentally gifted
Answer: a
6. Many civil rights activists, who did not support official ideology, were forcefully
hospitalized to mental institutions with the following official diagnosis: Schizophrenia,
Slowly Progressing (Sluggish) Type, Delusion of Reformation. In which country was this
practiced?
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