General Psychology Quiz#1

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• the scientific study of mental processes

• the scientific study of behavior

• the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes

Freud stressed the important of _____________.

• early childhood experiences

• adolescence

• early adulthood

• middle adulthood

John B. Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of __________.

• behavior

• the mind

• the brain

• conciousness

The psychodynamic perspective was based on the work of __________.

• Freud

• Watson

• Gestalt

• Wundt

Who claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement?

• B. F. Skinner

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

If you are interested in how patterns, beliefs, and customs influence behavior, you are interested in the __________ perspective.

• social-cultural

• behavioral

• psychodynamic

• cognitive

Father of Psychology

Views behavior as a result of nervous system functions and chemical changes in the body

• Behaviorism
• Cognitive
• Psychoanalytic
• Biophysiological

Which theory believes that personalities and behaviors are a result of our consequences, punishments and rewards.

• Sociocultural
• Behaviorism
• Humanistic
• Biophysiological

The first psychological laboratory was established by

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