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Quiz por lorenzol.valdez, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Questão 1
Questão
Clinical and counseling psychology are in which sub-discipline of psychology?
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academic psychology
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professional psychology
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experimental psychology
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basic psychology
Questão 2
Questão
A person who doubts a claim until he or she has made direct observations that provide adequate support for the claim would be referred to as a(n)
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skeptical determinist.
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skeptical empiricist.
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empirical naturalist.
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empirical materialist.
Questão 3
Questão
Which of the following best illustrates a subjective observation?
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My waist measures 32 inches around.
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The pizza tastes great.
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My left foot is half a shoe size bigger than my right foot.
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All the above are equally subjective observations.
Questão 4
Questão
Which of the following is a theory rather than a definition of a psychological concept?
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Memory is the set of mental processes that allow us to retain information for a period of time.
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Schizophrenia is caused by abnormal development of the brain during early life, which results in abnormal brain activity in adulthood.
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A cognitive process is any mental process involved in knowing the world, such as those involved in memory and perception.
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A sensation is a set of biological processes involving the activity of sensory receptors and parts of the nervous system stimulated by those receptors.
Questão 5
Questão
Which of the following is an example of a theory rather than an observation (or set of observations)?
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People tend to yawn when they see someone else yawning.
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Yawning involves movements of many facial muscles.
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Yawning is caused by the need to increase brain activity.
Questão 6
Questão
Which of the following is not one of the three functions of a scientific theory?
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The theory allows us to organize our observations.
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The theory allows us to explain our observations.
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The theory allows us to predict future observations.
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The theory allows us to make current and future observations.
Questão 7
Questão
In general, the main goal of scientific research is to
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make observations.
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develop theoretical approaches.
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derive predictions.
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test theories.
Questão 8
Questão
Alcoholism is associated with biological heredity (genes): children of alcoholics are more likely to develop alcoholism, even when they are brought up in adoptive families. Given this fact, would it be correct to conclude that alcoholism is caused solely by genes?
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Yes: children of alcoholics are more likely to develop alcoholism.
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Yes: these studies show that family environment is not important.
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No: alcoholism is a mental disorder and must have mental causes.
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No: alcoholism has many causes, one of which is biological heredity.
Questão 9
Questão
According to this Philosopher "Character and intelligence are inborn and inherited"
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Aristotle
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Socrates
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Ptolemny
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Plato
Questão 10
Questão
Which branch of psychology deals with the function of behavior on how a person adapts to its environment
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Behaviorism
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Gestalt
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Functionalism
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Structuralsim
Questão 11
Questão
Psychology is the study of
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors
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Emotion and Motivation
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Phrenology and Philosophy
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Mind and Behavior
Questão 12
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A stimulus refers to
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A sensory input from the environment
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A sexual desire, or turn on
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The amount of time it takes to respond to a sensation
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The knowledge of a person's experiences
Questão 13
Questão
Sigmund Freud believed that unconscious mental processes help shape emotions, feeling, thoughts, and behaviors. This theory is now known as:
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Hysteria
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Second Order Conditioning
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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Subconscious
Questão 14
Questão
The word Psychology comes from Ancient Greece. "Psych" meaning _____ and "ology" meaning _____
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Mind; Behavior
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Mind; To know
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Life; To study
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Soul; To study
Questão 15
Questão
_____ refers to the conceptual relation of a measurement and property, whereas _____ refers to tendency for the measurement to produce the same results if measured again
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Operability; Power
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Power; Operability
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Reliability; Validity
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Validity; Reliability
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