Ap Psychology Quiz
1. Professor Lewis studies the history of psychology. She would most likely agree with which of the following statements about psychology's early history?
2. In thinking about psychology and consciousness, the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities that interact makes a lot of sense to you. This view that you hold is most like the view of:
3. Interactive dualism is the idea that:
Mind and body were separate entities that interact to produce sensations, emotions, and other conscious experiences.
4. Psychology is formally defined as:
The scientific study of unconscious mental processes.
5. Wilhelm Wundt investigated which of the following phenomena?
Wundt investigated basic sensory and perceptual processes. …show more content…
Mrs. Brunberg works with children who have special needs, helping them to develop their intellectual and social skills. Mrs. Brunberg is most likely a _____ psychologist.
30. Lynn has just received a research grant to study the effect of downsizing on morale at a large computer company. Lynn is most likely a(n) _____ psychologist.
31. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about clinical psychologists?
32. Which of the following best represents psychology's basic goals? describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior
33. Empirical evidence refers to evidence that is the result of: verifiable evidence based on objective observation, measurement and experimentation
34. A hypothesis is: A tentative statement about the relationship between variables.
35. An operational definition is: A precise description of how the variables will be measured.
36. Which type of research method is used to show that one variable causes change in another variable? Independent variable
37. In contrast to the experimental method, the basic goal of the descriptive methods is to:observe and describe behavior.
38. Meta-analysis is: Used to analyze the results of several studies into a single analysis in order to identify overall
2. In thinking about psychology and consciousness, the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities that interact makes a lot of sense to you. This view that you hold is most like the view of:
3. Interactive dualism is the idea that:
Mind and body were separate entities that interact to produce sensations, emotions, and other conscious experiences.
4. Psychology is formally defined as:
The scientific study of unconscious mental processes.
5. Wilhelm Wundt investigated which of the following phenomena?
Wundt investigated basic sensory and perceptual processes. …show more content…
Mrs. Brunberg works with children who have special needs, helping them to develop their intellectual and social skills. Mrs. Brunberg is most likely a _____ psychologist.
30. Lynn has just received a research grant to study the effect of downsizing on morale at a large computer company. Lynn is most likely a(n) _____ psychologist.
31. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about clinical psychologists?
32. Which of the following best represents psychology's basic goals? describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior
33. Empirical evidence refers to evidence that is the result of: verifiable evidence based on objective observation, measurement and experimentation
34. A hypothesis is: A tentative statement about the relationship between variables.
35. An operational definition is: A precise description of how the variables will be measured.
36. Which type of research method is used to show that one variable causes change in another variable? Independent variable
37. In contrast to the experimental method, the basic goal of the descriptive methods is to:observe and describe behavior.
38. Meta-analysis is: Used to analyze the results of several studies into a single analysis in order to identify overall