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1. Today, cpsychology cis cformally cdefined cas cthe cscientific cstudy cof c and c .
a. behavior; cmental cprocesses
b. consciousness; c unconsciousness
c. free cwill; cmotivation
d. structuralism; c functionalism
ANSWER: c a
2. Taylor’s cnew cpuppy cis ca cvery cquick clearner. cIn cjust ca cweek, cTaylor chas cbeen cable cto cteach ctheir
cpuppy cto csit, cshake, cand croll cover! cTaylor cwonders chow ctheir cnew cpuppy ccan clearn cand cremember
cthese cnew cbehaviors cso cquickly. cWhich cfield cof cstudy cis cTaylor cMOST clikely cinterested cin?
a. biology cbecause cthe cpuppy’s cgenetics cmake cit cpossible cfor cit cto clearn cnew cbehaviors
b. sociology cbecause csociety chelps cthe cpuppy clearn cnew cbehaviors
c. psychology, cbecause cof cthe cpuppy’s cnewly clearned cbehaviors cand cmental cprocess cof
cremembering csaid cbehaviors
d. chemistry cbecause cthe cpuppy cis cable cto clearn cnew cbehaviors cand cremember cthem cbased con cthe
cstructure cof ctheir celements cand ccompounds
ANSWER: c c
3. Which cstatement cabout cpsychologists cis cTRUE?
a. They cfocus cexclusively con ctreating cpsychological cdisorders cand cproblems.
b. They care cinterested cin cboth cnormal cand cabnormal cbehaviors.
c. All cpsychologists ccan cprescribe cmedication.
d. All cpsychologists chave ca cdoctorate cin ctheir cfield cof cstudy.
ANSWER: c b
4. Which cof cthese cBEST crepresents cpsychology's cbasic cgoals?
a. investigate cand ctreat cmental cillness
b. describe, cexplain, cpredict, cand cinfluence cbehavior
c. listen cto, ccounsel, cand cconsole cpeople cwith cproblems
d. apply cthe cfindings cof canimal cresearch cto cabnormal cbehavior
ANSWER: c b
5. Jamie cis cinterested cin cwhy ctheir cfriend, cSam, cbinge cwatches cthe cshow, cThe cOffice, crepeatedly. cSam
cclaims cthat cre-watching cit cprovides ca cfeeling cof crelaxation. cSpecifically, cJamie cwants cto cknow cwhy cSam
cdoes cthis cbehavior. cWhich cof cthe cfour cbasic cgoals cof cpsychology cis cJamie cMOST clikely cfollowing?
a. describe
b. predict
c. explain
d. control
ANSWER: c c
6. Which cfamous cGreek cphilosopher cwrote cextensively cabout cpsychological ctopics csuch cas csleep cand
cdreaming, cthe csenses, cand cmemory?
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a. Aristotle
b. Descartes
c. Calkins
d. James
ANSWER: c a
7. This cphilosopher cproposed cthat cthe cmind cand cbody care cseparate cbut cinteract cto ccreate cconscious
cexperiences.
a. Descartes
b. Aristotle
c. Socrates
d. Plato
ANSWER: c a
8. In cthinking cabout cpsychology cand cconsciousness, cthe cidea cthat cthe cmind cand cthe cbody care cseparate
centities cthat cinteract cmakes ca clot cof csense cto cyou. cYou cMOST clikely cshare cthe cview cof:
a. Aristotle.
b. Descartes.
c. Watson.
d. Skinner.
ANSWER: c b
9. Aaliyah chas cfound cthat cwhen cshe cdoes cnot cget cenough csleep cbefore can cexam, cshe’s cnot cable cto cthink
cas cclearly cand cher cbody caches, cwhich cresults cin ca clower cexam cscore. cWhich cphilosopher cwould cagree
cwith cAaliyah’s cassessment, cthat cher cmind cand cbody cinteracted cto cproduce cthe cconscious cexperience cof
cfeeling cachy cand ctired?
a. Aristotle
b. Descartes
c. Socrates
d. Plato
ANSWER: c b
10. In cterms cof cthe cnature–nurture cissue, cmany cpsychologists ctoday cconclude cthat:
a. it cis cnot cpossible cto ccompletely cseparate cthe cnature–nurture cissue.
b. nature cis cthe cdriving cforce cof chuman cexperience.
c. nurture cis cthe cdriving cforce cof chuman cexperience.
d. while cboth care cimportant, cnurture cdefines cpersonality cmore cthan cnature.
ANSWER: c a
11. Thais cwas cborn cinto ca cwealthy chousehold cand chad cevery cresource cimaginable cwhile cgrowing cup.
cHowever, cThais’s cparents crarely cplayed cwith cThais cor cheld cThais cas ca ctoddler. cNow, cThais cis ca
cteenager cand cis cstarting cto crebel cagainst cauthority cfigures. cIs cthe cfact cthat cThais cis crebelling cas ca
cteenager cthe cresult cof cnature cor cnurture cin cthis cexample?
a. nature, cbecause cthese care cenvironmental cinfluences
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b. nature, cbecause cthese care cinborn cinfluences
c. nurture, cbecause cthese care cenvironmental cinfluences
d. nurture, cbecause cthese care cinborn cinfluences
ANSWER: c c
12. For ccenturies, cphilosophers cdebated cwhich cwas cmore cimportant: cthe cinborn c of cthe cindividual cor
cthe cenvironmental cinfluences cthat c the cindividual.
a. nature; cnurture
b. nurture; cnaturalize
c. experience; ccondition
d. evolution; ccondition
ANSWER: c a
13. The cestablished cscience cmost cresponsible cfor cthe cemergence cof cpsychology cas ca cscientific cdiscipline cwas:
a. physiology.
b. physics.
c. chemistry.
d. introspection.
ANSWER: c a
14. is ca cbranch cof cbiology cthat cstudies cthe cfunctions cand cparts cof cliving corganisms.
a. Psychology
b. Physiology
c. Philosophy
d. Physics
ANSWER: c b
15. How cdid cphysiology ccontribute cto cthe cemergence cof cpsychology cas ca cseparate cscientific cdiscipline?
a. In cdefining cthe cboundaries cof ctheir cscience, cphysiologists crejected cthe cstudy cof cmental cprocesses cand
cbehavior.
b. Physiologists cin cthe clate cnineteenth ccentury cproposed cthat cpsychology cshould cbe ca cseparate
csubdiscipline cof cphilosophy.
c. Physiologists cdemonstrated cthat cscientific cmethods ccould cbe capplied cto cunderstanding chuman
cbehavior cand cmental cprocesses.
d. Physiologists cin cthe clate cnineteenth ccentury cwere cunable cto capply cscientific cmethods cto cthe cstudy
cof chuman cbehavior cand cthinking, cand cconsequently cpsychology cwas cno clonger cpart cof cthat
cdiscipline.
ANSWER: c c
16. You care cparticipating cin ca cpsychological cexperiment. cIn cthis cexperiment, cyou care casked cto craise
cyour cright chand cwhen ca cred csquare cis cpresented con cthe ccomputer cscreen, cand cto craise cyour cleft chand
cwhen ca cblack csquare cis cpresented. cYour creaction ctime cfor craising cyour chand cis cautomatically crecorded.
cThis cexperiment cwould clikely chave cbeen cconducted cin cwhose clab?
a. Titchener’s, cbecause cyou care cbreaking cdown cyour cexperience cinto ctheir ccomponent cparts
b. Wundt’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring ca cfundamental cpsychological cprocess, creaction ctime
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c. James’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring chow cthe cbehavior cof craising cyour chands cserves ca cpurpose
d. Freud’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring cunconscious cprocesses cand chow cthese crelate cto cyour cpersonality
ANSWER: c b
17. Wilhelm cWundt:
a. was ca cGerman cphysiologist cwho cestablished cthe cfirst cpsychology cresearch claboratory cat cthe
cUniversity cof cLeipzig.
b. was ca cFrench cphilosopher cwho cproposed cthe cidea cthat cthe cmind cand cbody care cseparate centities.
c. is ccredited cwith cthe cdiscovery cof cunconscious cmental cprocesses.
d. was can cAustrian cphysician cwho cfounded cthe cpsychoanalytic cschool cof cpsychology.
ANSWER: c a
18. Wilhelm cWundt coutlined cthe cconnections cbetween cphysiology cand cpsychology cin:
a. his cfamous ctextbook ctitled cPrinciples cof cPhysiological cPsychology, cpublished cin c1874.
b. a cseries cof cfamous clectures cat cClark cUniversity cin c1909.
c. a cpublic cdebate cwith cWilliam cJames cat cHarvard cUniversity.
d. his cfamous cbook cPrinciples cof cPsychology, cpublished cin ctwo cvolumes cin c1890.
ANSWER: c a
19. Which cof cthese cevents cdo cmost chistorians cconsider cto cmark cthe cformal cbeginning cof
cpsychology cas ca cscientific cdiscipline?
a. Aristotle's clandmark cessay cin c335 cB.C.E., centitled c“On cthe cSoul”
b. the c1924 cpublication cof cJohn cWatson's cbook, ctitled cBehaviorism
c. the cestablishment cof cthe cfirst cpsychology cresearch claboratory cby cWilhelm cWundt cin c1879
d. Sigmund cFreud's cdiscovery cof cthe cunconscious cmind cin cthe cearly ctwentieth ccentury
ANSWER: c c
20. With cregard cto cpsychology, cWilliam cWundt cemphasized cthe:
a. importance cof cadaptation cto cenvironmental cchallenges.
b. use cof cintrospection cto cidentify cthe celemental cstructures cof chuman cthought.
c. doctrine cof c“interactive cdualism”—the cidea cthat cmind cand cbody care cseparate centities.
d. use cof cexperimental cmethods cto cstudy cand cmeasure cconsciousness.
ANSWER: c d
21. Wilhelm cWundt copened cthe cfirst cpsychology claboratory cin:
a. 1904.
b. 1890.
c. 1892.
d. 1879.
ANSWER: c d
22. was ca cstudent cof cWundt, cwhile c was ca cstudent cof cTitchener.
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Chapter 1 Multiple Choice
1. Today, cpsychology cis cformally cdefined cas cthe cscientific cstudy cof c and c .
a. behavior; cmental cprocesses
b. consciousness; c unconsciousness
c. free cwill; cmotivation
d. structuralism; c functionalism
ANSWER: c a
2. Taylor’s cnew cpuppy cis ca cvery cquick clearner. cIn cjust ca cweek, cTaylor chas cbeen cable cto cteach ctheir
cpuppy cto csit, cshake, cand croll cover! cTaylor cwonders chow ctheir cnew cpuppy ccan clearn cand cremember
cthese cnew cbehaviors cso cquickly. cWhich cfield cof cstudy cis cTaylor cMOST clikely cinterested cin?
a. biology cbecause cthe cpuppy’s cgenetics cmake cit cpossible cfor cit cto clearn cnew cbehaviors
b. sociology cbecause csociety chelps cthe cpuppy clearn cnew cbehaviors
c. psychology, cbecause cof cthe cpuppy’s cnewly clearned cbehaviors cand cmental cprocess cof
cremembering csaid cbehaviors
d. chemistry cbecause cthe cpuppy cis cable cto clearn cnew cbehaviors cand cremember cthem cbased con cthe
cstructure cof ctheir celements cand ccompounds
ANSWER: c c
3. Which cstatement cabout cpsychologists cis cTRUE?
a. They cfocus cexclusively con ctreating cpsychological cdisorders cand cproblems.
b. They care cinterested cin cboth cnormal cand cabnormal cbehaviors.
c. All cpsychologists ccan cprescribe cmedication.
d. All cpsychologists chave ca cdoctorate cin ctheir cfield cof cstudy.
ANSWER: c b
4. Which cof cthese cBEST crepresents cpsychology's cbasic cgoals?
a. investigate cand ctreat cmental cillness
b. describe, cexplain, cpredict, cand cinfluence cbehavior
c. listen cto, ccounsel, cand cconsole cpeople cwith cproblems
d. apply cthe cfindings cof canimal cresearch cto cabnormal cbehavior
ANSWER: c b
5. Jamie cis cinterested cin cwhy ctheir cfriend, cSam, cbinge cwatches cthe cshow, cThe cOffice, crepeatedly. cSam
cclaims cthat cre-watching cit cprovides ca cfeeling cof crelaxation. cSpecifically, cJamie cwants cto cknow cwhy cSam
cdoes cthis cbehavior. cWhich cof cthe cfour cbasic cgoals cof cpsychology cis cJamie cMOST clikely cfollowing?
a. describe
b. predict
c. explain
d. control
ANSWER: c c
6. Which cfamous cGreek cphilosopher cwrote cextensively cabout cpsychological ctopics csuch cas csleep cand
cdreaming, cthe csenses, cand cmemory?
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a. Aristotle
b. Descartes
c. Calkins
d. James
ANSWER: c a
7. This cphilosopher cproposed cthat cthe cmind cand cbody care cseparate cbut cinteract cto ccreate cconscious
cexperiences.
a. Descartes
b. Aristotle
c. Socrates
d. Plato
ANSWER: c a
8. In cthinking cabout cpsychology cand cconsciousness, cthe cidea cthat cthe cmind cand cthe cbody care cseparate
centities cthat cinteract cmakes ca clot cof csense cto cyou. cYou cMOST clikely cshare cthe cview cof:
a. Aristotle.
b. Descartes.
c. Watson.
d. Skinner.
ANSWER: c b
9. Aaliyah chas cfound cthat cwhen cshe cdoes cnot cget cenough csleep cbefore can cexam, cshe’s cnot cable cto cthink
cas cclearly cand cher cbody caches, cwhich cresults cin ca clower cexam cscore. cWhich cphilosopher cwould cagree
cwith cAaliyah’s cassessment, cthat cher cmind cand cbody cinteracted cto cproduce cthe cconscious cexperience cof
cfeeling cachy cand ctired?
a. Aristotle
b. Descartes
c. Socrates
d. Plato
ANSWER: c b
10. In cterms cof cthe cnature–nurture cissue, cmany cpsychologists ctoday cconclude cthat:
a. it cis cnot cpossible cto ccompletely cseparate cthe cnature–nurture cissue.
b. nature cis cthe cdriving cforce cof chuman cexperience.
c. nurture cis cthe cdriving cforce cof chuman cexperience.
d. while cboth care cimportant, cnurture cdefines cpersonality cmore cthan cnature.
ANSWER: c a
11. Thais cwas cborn cinto ca cwealthy chousehold cand chad cevery cresource cimaginable cwhile cgrowing cup.
cHowever, cThais’s cparents crarely cplayed cwith cThais cor cheld cThais cas ca ctoddler. cNow, cThais cis ca
cteenager cand cis cstarting cto crebel cagainst cauthority cfigures. cIs cthe cfact cthat cThais cis crebelling cas ca
cteenager cthe cresult cof cnature cor cnurture cin cthis cexample?
a. nature, cbecause cthese care cenvironmental cinfluences
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b. nature, cbecause cthese care cinborn cinfluences
c. nurture, cbecause cthese care cenvironmental cinfluences
d. nurture, cbecause cthese care cinborn cinfluences
ANSWER: c c
12. For ccenturies, cphilosophers cdebated cwhich cwas cmore cimportant: cthe cinborn c of cthe cindividual cor
cthe cenvironmental cinfluences cthat c the cindividual.
a. nature; cnurture
b. nurture; cnaturalize
c. experience; ccondition
d. evolution; ccondition
ANSWER: c a
13. The cestablished cscience cmost cresponsible cfor cthe cemergence cof cpsychology cas ca cscientific cdiscipline cwas:
a. physiology.
b. physics.
c. chemistry.
d. introspection.
ANSWER: c a
14. is ca cbranch cof cbiology cthat cstudies cthe cfunctions cand cparts cof cliving corganisms.
a. Psychology
b. Physiology
c. Philosophy
d. Physics
ANSWER: c b
15. How cdid cphysiology ccontribute cto cthe cemergence cof cpsychology cas ca cseparate cscientific cdiscipline?
a. In cdefining cthe cboundaries cof ctheir cscience, cphysiologists crejected cthe cstudy cof cmental cprocesses cand
cbehavior.
b. Physiologists cin cthe clate cnineteenth ccentury cproposed cthat cpsychology cshould cbe ca cseparate
csubdiscipline cof cphilosophy.
c. Physiologists cdemonstrated cthat cscientific cmethods ccould cbe capplied cto cunderstanding chuman
cbehavior cand cmental cprocesses.
d. Physiologists cin cthe clate cnineteenth ccentury cwere cunable cto capply cscientific cmethods cto cthe cstudy
cof chuman cbehavior cand cthinking, cand cconsequently cpsychology cwas cno clonger cpart cof cthat
cdiscipline.
ANSWER: c c
16. You care cparticipating cin ca cpsychological cexperiment. cIn cthis cexperiment, cyou care casked cto craise
cyour cright chand cwhen ca cred csquare cis cpresented con cthe ccomputer cscreen, cand cto craise cyour cleft chand
cwhen ca cblack csquare cis cpresented. cYour creaction ctime cfor craising cyour chand cis cautomatically crecorded.
cThis cexperiment cwould clikely chave cbeen cconducted cin cwhose clab?
a. Titchener’s, cbecause cyou care cbreaking cdown cyour cexperience cinto ctheir ccomponent cparts
b. Wundt’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring ca cfundamental cpsychological cprocess, creaction ctime
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c. James’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring chow cthe cbehavior cof craising cyour chands cserves ca cpurpose
d. Freud’s, cbecause cyou care cmeasuring cunconscious cprocesses cand chow cthese crelate cto cyour cpersonality
ANSWER: c b
17. Wilhelm cWundt:
a. was ca cGerman cphysiologist cwho cestablished cthe cfirst cpsychology cresearch claboratory cat cthe
cUniversity cof cLeipzig.
b. was ca cFrench cphilosopher cwho cproposed cthe cidea cthat cthe cmind cand cbody care cseparate centities.
c. is ccredited cwith cthe cdiscovery cof cunconscious cmental cprocesses.
d. was can cAustrian cphysician cwho cfounded cthe cpsychoanalytic cschool cof cpsychology.
ANSWER: c a
18. Wilhelm cWundt coutlined cthe cconnections cbetween cphysiology cand cpsychology cin:
a. his cfamous ctextbook ctitled cPrinciples cof cPhysiological cPsychology, cpublished cin c1874.
b. a cseries cof cfamous clectures cat cClark cUniversity cin c1909.
c. a cpublic cdebate cwith cWilliam cJames cat cHarvard cUniversity.
d. his cfamous cbook cPrinciples cof cPsychology, cpublished cin ctwo cvolumes cin c1890.
ANSWER: c a
19. Which cof cthese cevents cdo cmost chistorians cconsider cto cmark cthe cformal cbeginning cof
cpsychology cas ca cscientific cdiscipline?
a. Aristotle's clandmark cessay cin c335 cB.C.E., centitled c“On cthe cSoul”
b. the c1924 cpublication cof cJohn cWatson's cbook, ctitled cBehaviorism
c. the cestablishment cof cthe cfirst cpsychology cresearch claboratory cby cWilhelm cWundt cin c1879
d. Sigmund cFreud's cdiscovery cof cthe cunconscious cmind cin cthe cearly ctwentieth ccentury
ANSWER: c c
20. With cregard cto cpsychology, cWilliam cWundt cemphasized cthe:
a. importance cof cadaptation cto cenvironmental cchallenges.
b. use cof cintrospection cto cidentify cthe celemental cstructures cof chuman cthought.
c. doctrine cof c“interactive cdualism”—the cidea cthat cmind cand cbody care cseparate centities.
d. use cof cexperimental cmethods cto cstudy cand cmeasure cconsciousness.
ANSWER: c d
21. Wilhelm cWundt copened cthe cfirst cpsychology claboratory cin:
a. 1904.
b. 1890.
c. 1892.
d. 1879.
ANSWER: c d
22. was ca cstudent cof cWundt, cwhile c was ca cstudent cof cTitchener.
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