AP Psychology Unit 1 Module 1-2 Quiz

The first psychological laboratory was established by

• William James.
• John Watson.
• Wilhelm Wundt.
• Sigmund Freud.

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics

Which philosopher would have been most enthusiastic about modern empiricism? (knowledge is gained by experimentation and observation)

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Buddah

Who was a prominent American functionalist?

• John B. Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Jean Piaget

• William James

Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?

• John B. Watson

• Edward Titchener

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Jean Piaget

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of 

• conscious and unconscious mental activity.
• observable responses to the environment.
•  behavior and mental processes.
•  thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

The inheritance of behavioral characteristics was emphasized by  

• John Locke.
• John Watson. 
• Charles Darwin.
• B. F. Skinner.

The most adaptive behaviors are the ones most likely to grow stronger and become habitual.

• Wilhelm Wundt 
• Francis Galton
• William James 
• Sigmund Freud 

This theory of psychology does not recognize free will when it comes to making decisions and believe we are mechanically constrolled by our environment.

• psychoanalytic
• humanist 
• cognitive
• behaviorist

Who believed that the mind and body were connected?

• Aristotle
•  Descartes
• Socrates
•  Plato