2024 History of Psychology Quiz

Who is considered the founding father of psychoanalysis?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Edward Titchener

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

What is the central claim of Cartesian dualism?

• The mind and body are two distinct substances

• The body is an immaterial substance

• The mind is a physical substance

• The mind and body are one substance

Which philosopher believed that the soul had three parts: logistikon, epithumetikon, and thumoeides?

• Aristotle

• René Descartes

• Sigmund Freud

• Plato

Who founded the first experimental psychology lab?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Titchener

• Sigmund Freud

What method did structuralists use to discover the basic elements of psychological processes?

• Observation

• Dualism

• Introspection

• Experimentation

Which school of thought focused on the role of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories in understanding behavior?

• Behaviorism

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

What did behaviorists believe psychology should study?

• Philosophical concepts

• Observable behavior

• Unconscious mind

• Conscious mind

Which psychologist is known for studying classical conditioning in dogs?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Titchener

What does cognitive psychology study?

• Mental processes like perception, thinking, and memory

• Unconscious thoughts

• Observable behavior only

• Moral conscience

Which field of psychology looks at how the mind changes over a lifetime?

• Social psychology

• Behaviorism

• Developmental psychology

• Cognitive psychology