AP Psych Unit 1 Test

What was the name of the American Psychologist wrote the first textbook and established the first laboratory.

• William James
• Wilhelm Wundt
• B.F. Skinner
• John Watson
• Max Ertheimer

The research methodology Wilhelm Wundt used as part of his structuralism theory is called?

• introspection
• experiments
• natrualistic observation
• inferential
• scientific

Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker's actions and the way he THINKS that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective?

• behavioral
• cognitive
• psychoanalytic
• humanist
• social-cultural

Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of which of the following?

• past conditioning (learning) Environment

• unconscious behavioral impulses
• natural selections
• biological processes
• individual choice

Which of the following concepts is most integral to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory?

• trephining
• structuralism
• the unconscious mind
• the concpet of Gestalt
• behaviorism

This is the person credited for evolutionary psychology

• Piaget

• Freud

• Darwin

• Bandura

Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious mind

• was revolutionary because it was the first comprehensive explanation of human thought and behavior
• resulted from discoveries about hte human brain obtained by cadavering dissection
• is outdated and has no relevance for modern psychology
• focused entirely on human male's sex drive
• depends on the idea that humans can remember past events but not be consciously aware of the memory

Which of the following psychologists most strongly emphasize that human behavior is powerfully influenced by interaction between people and their physical, social, political, and economic environments

• Community
• Clinical
• Counseling
• Industrial-organizational
• Rehabilitation

This psychologists would study a people as they grow up and progress through life.

• Educational
• Experimental
• Social
• Cognitive
• Developmental

A psychologist investigates the methods teachers use to enhance student learning. With which of the following subfields is the psychologists most likely aligned?

• Educational psychology
• Experimental psychology
• Social psychology
• Forensic psychology