Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Summer 2022 » Chapter 1 Quiz

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Question #1
Critical Thinking is____________
A.   applying information to understand and evaluate social phenomena
B.   applying a set of skills to find information about a controversial topic
C.   reviewing information on the Internet to develop a critical opinion on it
D.   applying a set of skills to understand and evaluate information
Question #2
Which of the following defines hypothesis?
A.   way of looking at the world
B.   tentative explanation
C.   means of explaining social phenomena
D.   idea that proves a theory
Question #3
Psychology refers to the ________.
A.   empirical study of humanity
B.   experimental study of individuals
C.   scientific study of the mind
D.   systematic study of human interaction
Question #4
Which of the following refers to a broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistently supported by evidence over time?
A.   -ology
B.   hypothesis
C.   pseudoscience
D.   scientific theory
Question #5
Psychology is a social science discipline. Psychologists scientifically study ________.
A.   the mind and behavior
B.   the soul, the mind, and behavior
C.   only behavior
D.   only the mind
Question #6
The empirical method of study is based on ________.
A.   guesswork
B.   observation
C.   statistics
D.   practice
Question #7
What is a PsyD?
A.   Doctor of Psychoanalysis
B.   Doctor of Philosophy
C.   Doctor of Psychiatry
D.   Doctor of Psychology
Question #8
Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.
A.   her own conscious experience
B.   the social construction of consciousness
C.   another person’s consciousness
D.   her own subconscious experience
Question #9
According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ________.
A.   interpret dreams
B.   study the function of behavior
C.   study the structure and characteristics of the mind
D.   manipulate human behavior
Question #10
Behaviorists study ________.
A.   dreams
B.   a person’s unconscious mind
C.   learned behavior
D.   chemical and hormonal changes

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