Part 1 Test Yourself

TEST
YOUR-
SELF THE STORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.

What Is Psychology?

Question

1. In 1879, in psychology’s first experiment, and his students measured the time lag between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key.

Question

2. William James would be considered a(n) ________. Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would be considered ________.

A.
B.
C.
D.
3
Correct!

Question

3. In the early twentieth century, ________ redefined psychology as “the science of observable behavior.”

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct!

Question

4. Nature is to nurture as

A.
B.
C.
D.
3
Correct!

Question

5. “Nurture works on what nature endows.” Describe what this means, using your own words.
Answer: The environment (nurture) has an influence on us, but that influence is constrained by our biology (nature). Nature and nurture interact. People predisposed to be very tall (nature), for example, are unlikely to become Olympic gymnasts, no matter how hard they work (nurture).
Page 17

Question

6. A psychologist treating emotionally troubled adolescents at a local mental health agency is most likely to be a(n)

A.
B.
C.
D.
3
Correct!

Question

7. A mental health professional with a medical degree who can prescribe medication is a .

Question

8. A psychologist conducting basic research to expand psychology’s knowledge base would be most likely to

A.
B.
C.
D.
3
Correct!