If psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are, this would indicate that wealth and martial satisfaction are ____________?

A. Casually related
B. Negatively correlated
C. Independent variables
D. Dependent variables

The perception of a relationship between two variables that does not actually exist is called ___________?

A. The hindsight bias
B. The false consensus effect
C. An illusion of control
D. Illusory correlation

The first school of psychology is ___________?

A. Structuralism
B. Behaviorism
C. Gestalt school
D. Functionalism

If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?

A. Behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot
B. Behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot
C. Behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
D. All of above

An experiment psychology lab was first established in 1879 by ____________?

A. Rene descartes
B. William james
C. Sigmund freud
D. None of the above

The specialist most likely to prescribe a drug for the treatment of psychological disorder is ___________?

A. Developmental psychologist
B. Clinical psychologist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Personality psychologist

One of the Darwin’s key ideas is that, because of natural selection, animals have an inborn tendency to behave in ways that ____________?

A. Require the lowest energy expenditure
B. They individually select from various natural alternative
C. They learn from their parents
D. Help them to survive and reproduce

One of the major goals of humanistic therapy is to aid the individual in developing ____________?

A. Stable family relations
B. Unconscious thought processes
C. Strong ego defenses
D. Positive self-concepts

Charles Darwin’s concept of natural selection is most important for which of the following general perspectives in psychology?

A. Functionalism
B. Structuralism
C. Reflexology
D. Psychoanalysis

Information-processing theorists belong to ____________?

A. Psychoanalysts
B. Behavioral psychologists
C. Cognitive psychologists
D. Functionalists