24. Watson felt that psychologists should study ________.
a. consciousness
b. observable behavior
c. mental imagery
d. elements of thought
Answer b % correct 86 a= 2 b= 86 c= 1 d= 11 r = .31
25. Behaviorist J. B. Watson objected to early theories of psychology because of their focus on:
a. evolution.
b. science.
c. mental processes.
d. physical processes.
Answer c % correct 35 a= 16 b= 22 c= 35 d= 28 r = .21
26. Psychologists should only study observable behavior, according to ________.
a. Freud
b. Titchener
c. Galton
d. Watson
Answer d % correct 58 a= 14 b= 17 c= 12 d= 58 r = .41
27. John Watson was a behaviorist who argued that the science of psychology must concern itself only with
a. experiences as whole units.
b. observable events.
c. unconscious mental processes.
d. early childhood experiences.
Answer b % correct 93 a= 1 b= 93 c= 3 d= 3 r = .23
28. Which of the following is associated with Gestalt psychology?
a. Skinner
b. Wertheimer
c. James
d. Jones
Answer b % correct 80 a= 3 b= 80 c= 10 d= 7 r = .45
29. B. F. Skinner is most closely associated with which school of psychology?
a. cognitive
b. humanistic
c. functionalism
d. behaviorism
Answer d % correct 62 a= 10 b= 15 c= 12 d= 62 r = .50
30. Which school of psychology assumes that human activity cannot be broken down into separate units for analysis but must be evaluated as wholes?
a. humanism
b. Gestalt
c. functionalism
d. behaviorism
Answer b % correct 79 a= 7 b= 79 c= 8 d= 7 r = .43
31. Which one of the following psychologists was responsible for originating the behavioral school of psychology?
a. Pavlov
b. Watson
c. Skinner
d. Rayner
Answer b % correct 49 a= 10 b= 49 c= 38 d= 3 r = .23
32. B. F. Skinner is most closely associated with which school of psychology?
a. cognitive
b. humanistic
c. functionalism
d. behaviorism
Answer d % correct 78 a= 9 b= 6 c= 8 d= 78 r = .46
33. Wundt is to structuralism as ________ is to psychoanalysis.
a. Freud
b. Watson
c. Rogers
d. Maslow
Answer a % correct 95 a= 95 b= 3 c= 0 d= 3 r = .24
34. Watson is to behaviorism as ________ is to psychoanalysis.
a. Freud
b. James
c. Skinner
d. Wundt
Answer a % correct 91 a= 91 b= 1 c= 6 d= 2 r = .23
Modern Psychology
35. Which of the following is the correct order which psychologists use in studying a particular behavior?
a. describe, explain, predict, control
b. explain, describe, predict, control
c. predict, describe, explain, control
d. describe, predict, explain, control
Answer a % correct 60 a= 60 b= 3 c= 24 d= 13 r = .53
36. Naturalistic observation is ________.
a. re-creating natural conditions in the laboratory as closely as possible to make an experiment more valid
b. studying behavior in its natural context
c. basically the same process as objective introspection
d. observing behavior in the lab without taking formal notes or using technological equipment to measure the experiment findings
Answer b % correct 97 a= 3 b= 97 c= 0 d= 0 r = .23