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1) Compared to “pop psych,” psychology: A) is based on empirical evidence. B) is less complex. C) addresses only human behaviour. D) is more narrow in the issues it addresses. 2) Which of the following is NOT one of the critical-thinking guidelines listed in the text? A) Ask questions and be willing to wonder. B) Define your terms. C) Accept all opinions as equally valid. D) Examine the evidence. 3) A difference between the great thinkers of history and today’s psychologists is that: A) modern psychologists want to describe, predict, understand, and modify behaviour. B) modern psychologists rely heavily on empirical evidence. C) modern psychologists wonder whether emotion controls us or is something we can control. D) modern psychologists want to know how people take in information through their senses and use that information to solve problems. 4) The first person to announce that he intended to make psychology a science was: A) William James. B) Joseph Gall. C) John Locke. D) Wilhelm Wundt. 5) ________ involved the analysis of the basic elements or building blocks of the mind. A) Functionalism B) Structuralism C) Humanism D) Behaviourism 6) Which of the following is NOT an important modern perspective in psychology? A) the structuralist perspective B) the biological perspective C) the psychodynamic perspective D) the sociocultural perspective 7) The founder of functionalism was: A) Sigmund Freud. B) William James. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) E. B. Titchener. 8) An important movement in psychology that emerged in the early 1970s was: A) the behaviourist movement. B) the humanist movement. C) the feminist movement. D) “positive psychology.” 9) Which of the following is NOT one of the major professional activities of psychologists? A) teaching B) conducting research C) providing mental-health services D) consulting 10) Which of the following practitioners typically has a graduate degree in psychology? A) a psychiatrist B) a psychotherapist C) a clinical psychologist D) a psychoanalyst