psychology, eighth edition by david g. myers psychology’s roots early science contemporary...
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Psychology, Eighth Editionby David G. Myers
Psychology’s roots
Early Science
Contemporary Psychology
Subfields
Study Skills
A) the study of behavior and mental processes.
B) the study of behavior. C) the scientific study of behavior and
mental processes. D) the science of behavior and
consequences.
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A) knowledge is something we are born with.
B) knowledge is something taught and learned.
C) the mind is the result of bodily fluids. D) the mind is the activity of the
brain.2
A) Socrates B) Plato C) Descartes D) Aristotle
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A) Plato B) Bacon C) Aristotle D) Descartes
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A) Bacon B) Locke C) Descartes D) Plato
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A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Sigmund Freud. C) John Locke. D) B.F. Skinner.
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A) the experimental method B) cause-and-effect
relationships C) introspection D) psychoanalysis
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A) John Locke B) Charles Darwin C) Sigmund Freud D) Francis Bacon
5
A) being the first female president of the APA.
B) being a leading proponent of structuralism.
C) being the first female graduate student, thanks to Titchner.
D) all of the above.
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A) Washburn. B) Titchner. C) Wundt. D) James.
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A) high esteem of psychoanalysis. B) dismissal of introspection. C) definition of psychology as the study
of behavior and mental processes. D) study of cognitive neuroscience.
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A) biological. B) psychological. C) psychoanalytical. D) social-cultural.
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A) social-cultural B) neuroscience C) evolutionary D) biological
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A) nature works on what nature endows. B) learning is far more important than
genetics. C) genetics is far more important than
learning. D) we are born with a blank slate until
learning occurs.
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A) neuroscience B) evolutionary C) cognitive D) psychodynamic
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A) counseling psychologist. B) clinical psychologist. C) personality psychologist. D) developmental psychologist.
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A) clinical psychologist B) neuropsychologist C) psychiatrist D) all of the above
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A) industrial/organizational psychologist.
B) clinical psychologist. C) social psychologist. D) cognitive psychologist.
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A) applied research. B) academic research. C) basic research. D) theoretical research.
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A) Biological Psychology. B) Cognitive Psychology. C) Personality Psychology. D) Industrial/Organizational
Psychology.
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A) survey, question, review, read, reflect. B) survey, question, read, review, reflect. C) survey, question, read, reorganize,
regurgitate. D) study, question, re-study, re-read,
review.
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A) short-term memory is more accurate than long-term memory.
B) studying right before the test is better than the day before.
C) spaced practice is more effective. D) as long as he follows the SQ3R
model, he should do fine.
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A) asking questions. B) write down main ideas. C) thinking about what is
being said. D) all of the above.
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A) cover the answers first. B) weigh the potential of each answer. C) eliminate the wrong answers first. D) imagine how each answer could be
the right one.
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A) Sigmund Freud B) William James C) John Locke D) Wilhelm Wundt
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1. C
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. C
20. D
21. B
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. B