Chapters 1 & 2 Review
PSYCH 001


1. The view that knowledge can be gained through logic and careful reasoning is

rationalism
empiricism
functionalism
behaviorism


2. The view that knowledge can be gained through careful observation is referred to as

phenomenology
rationalism
evolutionary psychology
empiricism


3. The individual who founded the American Psychological Association is

B.F. Skinner
Wilhelm Wondt
G. Stanley Hall
Gustav Fechner


4. William James and other psychologists felt that psychology should not focus on the elements of consciousness, but on how consciousness help humans cope, which began the approach called

behaviorism
structuralism
functionalism
interactionism


5. Which of the following argued that psychology should only involve the study of observable events?

rationalists
structuralists
functionalists
behaviorists


6. The ______ point of view is that humans really do have free will, and are motivated by plans and by future goals.

functionalist
behavioristic
humanistic
structuralist


7. Standardization has to do with

keeping both observer and participant blind
guarding against observer bias
guarding against confounding variables
keeping the observer blind


8. A major advantage of naturalistic observation as a research method is that it provides ______ than other types of research.

more scientific data
better information about animals
a larger number of measures
more realistic observations


9. If larger values of one variable are associated with small values of another variable, the correlation between the two is probably

zero
positive
negative
greater than +1.00


10. In an experiment on how seating affects grades, a researcher had students sit in randomly assigned seats for a lecture and then take a test. The researcher found that those sitting in front got higher test scores. In this experiment, the independent variable would be

the test scores
the lecture
the college students
the seating location

Name:

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