Psychology Quiz

Who established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879?

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Which perspective in psychology focuses on how we know about the world and involves thinking, understanding, perceiving, memorising, and problem-solving?

• Behaviourism

• Psychoanalysis

• Cognitive perspective

• Humanistic perspective

Which psychologist viewed human behaviour as a dynamic manifestation of unconscious desires and conflicts?

• John Watson

• Abraham Maslow

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Rogers

What is the process of knowing, which involves thinking, understanding, perceiving, memorising, and problem-solving?

• Cognition

• Psychoanalysis

• Introspection

• Behaviourism

Which Indian psychologist was trained in the experimental tradition of Wilhelm Wundt and greatly influenced the development of modern psychology in India?

• G. Bose

• N.N. Sengupta

• John Dewey

• Durganand Sinha

Who rejected the ideas of mind and consciousness as subject matters of psychology and defined psychology as a study of behaviour or responses?

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

Which perspective in psychology focuses on the organisation of perceptual experiences and argues that our perceptual experience is more than the sum of its components?

• Psychoanalysis

• Humanistic perspective

• Behaviourism

• Gestalt psychology

Who developed psychoanalysis as a system to understand and cure psychological disorders?

• John Watson

• Abraham Maslow

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

Which psychologist emphasised the free will of human beings and their natural striving to grow and unfold their inner potential?

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Rogers

• John Watson

• Abraham Maslow

Which phase of Indian psychology was a phase with emphasis on experimental, psychoanalytic, and psychological testing research reflecting the development of the discipline in western countries?

• Phase till independence

• Phase of cognitive perspective

• Phase of expansion into different branches

• Phase of constructivism