1. D. What is the number one occupation employing graduates
with a BA in psychology?
A. social work
B. human resources
C. marketing
D. mid- and top-level management
2. A. What do structuralism, Gestalt psychology, and Sigmund
Freud all have in common?
A. The were all concerned with describing and under-
standing the inner experience
B. They were all concerned with describing and under-
standing animal behavior
C. They were all concerned with diagnosing and treating
female psychosis
D. They were all concerned with the nature of evil during
the Nazi regime
3. C. Penelope studies how the structure and function of
the nervous system is related to behavior. She is a
.
A. humanist
B. social psychologist
C. biopsychologist
D. developmental psychologist
4. C. Which aspect of the scientific method occurs first?
A. experiment
B. observation
C. hypothesis
D. data collection
5. D. In the study of personality, the model in-
cludes dimensions of conscientiousness, agreeableness,
neuroticism, openness, and extroversion.
A. Fifth Dimension
B. H.O.P.E.S.
C. Either-Or
D. Five Factor
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6. A. A(n) is a chamber that isolates the sub-
ject from the external environment.
A. Skinner box
B. isolate
C. Watson manipulator
D. gestaltlaten
7. D. Oona wants to conduct research on personnel manage-
ment, workplace environment, and what type of environ-
ment results in high levels of employee productivity and
efficiency. Oona should conduct research in the area of
psychology.
A. Gestalt
B. biological
C. social
D. industrial-organizational
8. D. Susan wants to study prejudice, attraction, how we explain
our own behavior versus how we explain the behavior of
others, and how we resolve interpersonal conflicts. Susan
should conduct research in the area of .
A. personality
B. Gestalt psychology
C. psychoanalysis
D. social psychology
9. B. Marta is pursuing a graduate degree in psychology. As
part of her program she must write a long research paper
based on the data she spent the last year gathering. What
is the long research paper called?
A. PsyD
B. dissertation
C. PhD
D. postdoctoral
10. D. A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be
perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist
studying this phenomenon is applying the principles of
.