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PSY Test 1

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  1. 1A 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 principals of ________.
    1. Ahumanism
    2. BGestalt psychology
    3. Cpsychoanalytic theory
    4. Dstructuralism
  2. 2According to Sigmund Freud, all of the following represent ways to access the unconscious mind except through ________.
    1. Adream analysis
    2. Bexamination of the first words that come to someone's mind
    3. Cthe use of reinforcement and punishment
    4. Dseemingly innocent slips of the tongue
  3. 3According to the biopsychosocial model, what determines health?
    1. Ainteraction of biological, psychological, and social factors
    2. Bapplying biological principles to the psychology of a healthy social life
    3. Csuccessful application of biopsychological principles to social life
    4. Dprimarily biology; individual psychology and social factors are sometimes relevant
  4. 4Ashya wants to focus on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior. What area of psychology should she work in?
    1. Acognitive psychology
    2. Borganizational psychology
    3. Cclinical psychology
    4. Dsocial psychology
  5. 5Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ________.
    1. Astudying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes
    2. Bstudying the genetic basis for behavior and theorizing how instincts influence behavior
    3. Cstudying how emotional responses influence behavior while deemphasizing the importance of the subconscious
    4. Dstudying implicit motivations for behavior through the use of implicit association tests
  6. 6Char heard from her friends that marijuana use can cure glaucoma so it should be legal in all 50 states. Char knows that she is biased in favor of marijuana legalization, so she decides to exercise some skepticism about this claim. She researches where her friends got their information, how reliable it is, and what other sources say about legalizing marijuana. Char is ________.
    1. Ahypothesizing
    2. Btheorizing
    3. Cacting unconsciously
    4. Dthinking critically
  7. 7Cognitive psychology focuses on studying ________.
    1. Asensation and the effect of culture on perception
    2. Bthoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions
    3. Cgenetics and the effect of genetics on behavior
    4. Dthe effect of gender, race, and class on behavior
  8. 8Critical thinking is ________.
    1. Areviewing information on the Internet to develop a critical opinion on it
    2. Bapplying a set of skills to understand and evaluate information
    3. Capplying a set of skills to find information about a controversial topic
    4. Dapplying information to understand and evaluate social phenomena
  9. 9For a scientific explanation to be testable, it must also be ________.
    1. Aconscious and unconscious
    2. Bhypothesized and theoretical
    3. Cperceivable and measurable
    4. Dexperimental and provable
  10. 10I provide Ralph with the positive reinforcement of a candy bar when he does something I like. I punish him by squirting him with a squirt gun when he does something I don't like. I am applying the principles of ________ in an attempt to modify Ralph's behavior.
    1. Aclassical conditioning
    2. Bfunctionalism
    3. Chumanism
    4. Doperant conditioning

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