Sinclair Psychology Test 1

What is psychology?

• the scientific study of society

• the scientific study of the mind and behaviors

• the scientific study of government

• the scientific study of life

Who is known as the founder of modern psychology?

• Sigmund Freud in 1901

• Wilhelm Wundt in 1879

• William James in 1909

• Mary Calkins in 1905

Psychology has its roots in what two disciplines?

• physiology

• philosophy

• biology

• cosmetology

focused on what the mind is; studied the adult mind, not mental deficiencies, children, or animals

• functionalism

• structuralism

focused on what the mind does; included a wider range of approaches including comparative and animal studies

• functionalism

• structuralism

The psychological damage done by which war cause the US government to invest more in training psychologists?

• Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

The basic premise is that everything must be considered as part of a whole, not just the sum of its parts

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalysis

• Humanism

• Behaviorism

The basic premise is that human behaviour and cognition are largely determined by instinctual drives that are rooted in the unconscious

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalysis

• Humanism

• Behaviorism

Who were the founders of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• William James

• BF Skinner

Who were the founders of Behaviorism?

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• William James

• BF Skinner