Question 1: Which of the following is a function of modern-day psychologists?

• Read your thoughts
• Study conformity
• Study the future

Study how the positions of planets influence a person's personality

Question 2: Which of the following is the BEST example of psychology's goal of describing behavior?

a) Giving an interest-inventory (test) at a college counseling center to determine what career or college choices would best suit a student

b) Conducting an experiment to determine if watching violent cartoons increases aggressive behavior in preschoolers

c) Videotaping an intersection with four-way stop signs and measuring the ratio of complete to incomplete stops made by drivers

d) Sending first-time drug offenders to an inpatient treatment program rather than to jail

Question 3: Most practicing psychologists earn degrees in the area of _____.

a) Educational psychology

b) School psychology

c) Clinical psychology

d) Cognitive psychology

Question 4: _____ investigates how mental processes help people adapt to their environment.

a) Structuralism

b) Gestalt

c) Cognitive processing

d) Functionalism

Question 5: Dr. Watson, from the _____ School of psychology, focused on objective, observable behavior rather than on the unconscious.

a) Behaviorism

b) Cognitive

c) Developmental

d) Conditional