19. Dr. Calvin needs just one more participant to complete her experiment. Lisa, a student of Dr. Calvin, has almost completed the experiment when she announces she wants to quit because the experiment is boring. What options does Dr. Calvin have?
a. Dr. Calvin can require that Lisa finish because students don’t have the same rights to quit an experiment as the general public does.
b. Dr. Calvin can require that Lisa finish because boredom is not an acceptable excuse for quitting.
c. Dr. Calvin can make Lisa stay since she is a student of hers and she requires students to take part in her experiments.
d. Dr. Calvin must let Lisa go and find another participant.
20. A famous golfer advertises a new golf bracelet that helps minimize fatigue while playing. If Bethany decides to order the bracelet because she believes that such a well-known personality should know if it works or not, she has made an error in which of the following?
a. Few “truths” do not need to be tested.
b. All evidence is not equal in quality.
c. Authority or expertise does not make the claims of the authority or expert true.
d. Critical thinking requires an open mind.
EXTRA BANK OF QUESTIONS
1: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
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The Beginnings of Psychology
1. Wertheimer was associated with ________ psychology.
a. functionalist
b. psychoanalytic
c. Gestalt
d. existential
Answer c % correct 50 a= 23 b= 21 c= 50 d= 6 r = .43
2. John Watson was the founder of the school of thought that became known as ________.
a. functionalism
b. structuralism
c. behaviorism
d. humanism
Answer c % correct 50 a= 13 b= 20 c= 50 d= 17 r = .23
3. The first psychology laboratory was founded by ________.
a. Wundt
b. James
c. Titchener
d. Watson
Answer a % correct 60 a= 60 b= 7 c= 18 d= 16 r = .21
4. B. F. Skinner is associated with __________.
a. psychodynamic psychology
b. behaviorism
c. Gestalt psychology
d. existentialism
Answer b % correct 69 a= 12 b= 69 c= 12 d= 8 r = .39
5. Freud was the founder of ________.
a. existential psychology
b. behavioral psychology
c. psychoanalysis
d. behaviorism
Answer c % correct 70 a= 2 b= 22 c= 70 d=6 r = .49
6. Like Watson, Skinner believed that psychology should study only ________.
a. mental processes
b. perceptions
c. elements of thought
d. observable behavior
Answer d % correct 62 a= 23 b= 5 c= 10 d= 62 r = .31
7. By general agreement, psychology was born in ________.
a. 1642
b. 1853
c. 1879
d. 1906
Answer c % correct 32 a= 12 b= 50 c= 32 d= 6 r = .23
8. Freud's theories differed radically from the views of his predecessors because of ________.
a. its extensive use of laboratory research to support its claims
b. the emphasis it placed on Eastern philosophies and culture
c. the emphasis it placed on unconscious processes
d. its emphasis on environmental learning as the source for most personality characteristics
Answer c % correct 71 a= 6 b= 4 c= 71 d= 19 r = .40
9. Titchener was a member of the ________ school of thought.
a. structuralists
b. functionalist
c. behaviorist
d. reductionist
Answer a % correct 70 a= 70 b= 16 c= 12 d= 3 r = .39
10. The school of thought that became known as behaviorism was founded by ________.