Question

Which person is most closely associated with the study of human behavior as it pertains to the unconscious mind?

Select one:

a. Albert Bandura

b. Sigmund Freud

c. Margaret Floy Washburn

d. Ivan Pavlov

2.

The ______ perspective had its greatest influences from social anthropology.

Select one:

a. sociocultural

b. neo-behavioristic

c. psychoanalytic

d. neuroscience

3.

When a researcher says she is concerned about experimenter bias, what is she concerned about?

Select one:

a. She is concerned about influencing the behavior of the participants because she knows what condition of the study they are in.

b. She is concerned about the outcomes of the study because her next federal grant is dependent upon what happens next.

c. She is concerned about the study because the experimental group and the control group are both receiving placebo controls.

d. She is concerned about the study because the population of interest has been recruited and is the same as the sample.

4.

A psychologist who gathers data while watching managers interact with their employees is using

Select one:

a. a correlational strategy.

b. naturalistic observation.

c. the survey technique.

d. a Gallup poll.

5.

Another name for the eardrum is the

Select one:

a. tympanic membrane.

b. organ of Corti.

c. cochlear window.

d. internal auditory canal.

6.

Gender differences in emotion and social behavior tend to be

Select one:

a. larger than differences in cognitive behavior.

b. of very little significance.

c. very reliable indicators of a person's personality.

d. much smaller than other gender differences.

7.

Because of the amount of effort put forth to give birth to a child and to nurture a child after it is born, women have a higher ______ children than men.

Select one:

a. ability to educate

b. curiosity about

c. parental investment in

d. lack of desire for

8.

Which of the following statements is true regarding Sigmund Freud's theory of behavior?

Select one:

a. Environmental factors influence our behavior much more than hereditary factors.

b. Unconscious sexual and aggressive motives greatly influence our behavior.

c. The best way to raise our children is to treat them like little adults.

d. Behavior can best be analyzed by breaking the mind into its structural elements.

9.

From childhood through adulthood, the ______ increases in size and becomes larger in women than men.

Select one:

a. hypothalamus

b. hippocampus

c. amygdala

d. thalamus

10.

Recessive traits appear only when the mother's gene is ______ and the father's gene is ______.

Select one:

a. dominant; recessive

b. dominant; dominant

c. recessive; dominant

d. recessive; recessive

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The correct answer is b. Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud did an extensive research in the field of consciousness of our mind, which later paved the way for psychotherapy.

2. The correct answer is a. sociocultural

3. The correct answer is a. She is concerned about influencing the behavior of the participants because she knows what condition of the study they are in.

4. The correct answer is b. naturalistic observation.

5. The correct answer is a. tympanic membrane.

7. The correct answer is c. parental investment in

8. The correct answer is b. Unconscious sexual and aggressive motives greatly influence our behavior.

9. The correct answer is b. hippocampus

10. The correct answer is d. recessive; recessive