PSYCHOLOGY: QUIZ on Chapter 1 "What is Psychology?"

Psychology is defined as:

• the study of behavior and mental processes
• the study of behavior
• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
• the science of behavior and consequences

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

• Carl Rogers

Who is the founder of structuralism?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Rogers

• William James

• John Watson

Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?

• personality psychology

• biological psychology

• clinical psychology

• developmental psychology

Influential psychologist conducting research on operant conditioning; animals and humans can be trained using positive and negative reinforcement; as well as positive and negative punishment.

• B.F. Skinner

• Albert Bandura

• John Garcia

• Walter Mischel

Who had the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?

• William James
• Edward Titchner
• Wilhelm Wundt
• G. Stanley Hall

Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?

• Sigmund Freud
• B.F. Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov
• John B. Watson

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

• Human-Factors
• Clinical
• Neuro
• Developmental

Which "school" of psychology focused on components of the conscious experience?

• humanism
• behaviorism
• structuralism
• functionalism

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they 

• Help people cope with challenges and crisis 
• conduct research
• are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medicine 
• explore how we view and affect one another