| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? | all of these critical thinking use of the scientific method critical evaluation of sources of information |
| Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________. | philosophy biology chemistry physics |
| In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) ________. | proposed explanation observation measurement test |
| 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. | Max Wertheimer William James Carl Rogers Noam Chomsky |
| ________ is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs. | Abraham Maslow Noam Chomsky Carl Rogers Sigmund Freud |
| Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems. | unconditional positive regard structuralism functionalism Gestalt |
| The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning. | Skinner Watson James Koffka |
| 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. | biological health clinical social |
| An individual’s consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) ________. | personality psychosexual stage object permanence perception |
| In Milgram’s controversial study on obedience, nearly ________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure. | 2/3 1/3 3/4 4/5 |
| A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist. | I-O personality clinical social |
| If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, they would probably need a ________ degree in psychology. | PhD bachelor of science bachelor of art master’s |
| The ________ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills. | PsyD PhD postdoctoral training program dissertation |
| Which of the following degrees would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school? | bachelor’s degree PhD PsyD master’s degree |
| One would need at least a(n) ________ degree to serve as a school psychologist. | master’s associate’s bachelor’s doctoral |
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