Question 1

Early dualists argued that the mind could control the body, but there was little influence in the opposite direction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to the theory called __________, the body is governed by physical laws but the mind is not.

Accepted Answer

A)   monism
B)   dualism
C)   pluralism
D)   bilingualismE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Cognitive psychologists study unobservable mental events with objective, scientific methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following individuals was NOT a British empiricist philosopher?

Accepted Answer

A)   Locke
B)   Berkeley
C)   Hume
D)   WatsonE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The structuralists are known for their use of the reaction-time experiment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Parallel distributed processing (PDP)  refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   an early method for measuring reaction time.
B)   the use of fMRI to study brain activity.
C)   a modern model of cognition.
D)   a method of statistical analysis.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

What is Weber's Law? Briefly describe the method used by Weber in investigating this law.

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Weber's Law, also known as the Weber-Fec...

Question 8

The British Empiricists believed that the mind could be modeled as a physical system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Wundt believed that higher mental processes such as memory and thought could not be studied experimentally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is true of behaviorism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Behaviorism had very little impact on scientific psychology.
B)   Behaviorists considered mental events such as consciousness and imagery to be the appropriate focus of psychological research.
C)   Behaviorism has been a major influence in experimental psychology.
D)   A behaviorist established the first laboratory of experimental psychology.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Recently, the trend in psychology has been toward specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Gustav Fechner is credited with opening the first psychology laboratory in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Many of the early German physiologists in the nineteenth century believed that forces in the human were

Accepted Answer

A)   mental and physical.
B)   chemical and physical.
C)   mental and chemical.
D)   chemical and biological.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

The introspective method was common to structuralism and behaviorism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Wilhelm Wundt has been credited with establishing

Accepted Answer

A)   the first laboratory of experimental psychology.
B)   the behaviorist school of psychology.
C)   the first psychology journal.
D)   psychoanalysis.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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