Unit 1 Test Review

What is psychology?

• Psychology is the the study of the body

• Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes

• Psychology is the study of how people start businesses

• Psychology is the study of personal fitness

who is the father of psychology?

• Wilehm Wundt

• sigmund freud

• francis galton

• charles darwin

Perspective that focuses on people's inner potential for self-development.

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

• Biological

 Perspective that emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior  

• psychodynamic perspective

• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• behavioral perspective

 Perspective that emphasizes the influences of cultural and social norms on behavior and mental processes 

• humanistic perspective

• biological perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective

Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?

• Developmental

• Industrial-Organizational

• Clinical

• Forensic

Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Psychodynamic

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Humanism
• Biological

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a behaviour?

• It is observable

• It is an action

• It occurs inside your head

• It is made by living things

_____ is a mental process, whereas _____ is a behaviour.

• Planning a written response; writing an answer.

• Writing an answer; planning a written response.

• Brushing your teeth; remembering to brush your teeth.

• Planning to brush your teeth; remembering to brush your teeth.