Beh Week 9 Final Test

BEH 225 Final Exam

NAME: Kathy H |

Instructions: Indicate your answer to each question below by highlighting your choice. Each question is worth 4 points.

1. B. F. Skinner is associated with ________.

a. psychodynamic psychology

b. Gestalt psychology

c. existentialism

d. behaviorism

2 All of the following are considered important steps in critical thinking except:

a. Consider every alternative explanation

b. Suggest a theory or reasonable explanation

c. Define the problem or question

d. Argue your position

3. Personality theories contending that personality results from various psychological forces that interact within the individual, often outside the conscious awareness of the individual, are ________ theories.

a. behavioral

b. existential

c. psychodynamic

d. structural-functional

4. When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you are engaging in a form of ________.

a. case study research

b. survey research

c. psychometric study

d. naturalistic observation

5. Correlational research is useful for all of the following except:

a. Identifying relationships between variables

b. Determining whether variable A causes Variable B

c. Allowing researchers to make predictions

d. Clarifying relationships that cannot be examined by other methods

6. . The function of the neuron's axon is to ________.

a. conduct electrical impulses toward other neurons, muscles, or glands

b. receive messages from neighboring neurons

c. regulate the neuron's life processes

d. insulate against leakage of electrical impulses

7. When a neural impulse crosses the synaptic space, it does so ________.

a. via direct contact between the axon and the dendrite

b. through some, as yet, unknown process

c. through chemicals

d. like an electric spark

8. According to Rosenzweig’s research, which of the following is important to neural development?

a. A high-protein diet

b. An...