Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
Multiple Choice



1.  

About half of all psychologists work in which area?



2.  

The processes involved in learning, memory, sensation, perception, and cognition are investigated by which type of psychologists?



3.  

Psychology is the study of behavior and



4.  

All of the following are goals of psychology EXCEPT



5.  

In an experiment to test the effects of stress on performance, the independent variable is



6.  

In an experiment, which group does not receive the treatment and is used for comparison?



7.  

Which of these psychologists opened the first psychology lab?



8.  

Structuralism emphasizes



9.  

Functionalists emphasize that



10.  

According to Freud, which of the following has the most control over our behavior?



11.  

Freud believed that unresolved conflicts during developmental stages may result in



12.  

Who founded Behaviorism?



13.  

An hypothesis is



14.  

What do you call research that records behavior in its actual setting without controlling anything?



15.  

What research method was used by Freud?

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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