Ch. 1.2 Psychology Quiz

Sigmund Freud is the acknowledged founder of psychology as a separate field of study.

• True

• False

Sir Francis Galton based his theory of inheritable traits on biographies.

• True

• False

Psychologists who studied the function of consciousness became known as psychoanalysts.

• True

• False

B.F. Skinner identified the fact that only punishment can cause changes in behavior.

• True

• False

Humanistic psychologists such as Rollo May describe human nature as evolving and self-directed.

• True

• False

The French philosopher Descartes proposed that

• the mind and the body are separate and distinct.

• the mind and the body are linked.

• cells are the building blocks of life.

• the human mind should be studied by modeling research on the natural sciences.

Which of the following psychologists is associated with Gestalt psychology?

• Wolfgang Köhler

• John B. Watson

• Jean Piaget

• Leonard Doob

Which of the following is credited with pioneering the psychoanalytic approach to psychology?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Sir Francis Galton

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

The concept of conditioning is most closely associated with which approach to psychology?

• psychoanalysis

• behaviorism

• Gestalt psychology

• sociocultural psychology

Humanism differs from behaviorism and psychoanalysis in that it

• stresses the influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences in behavior and social functioning.

• does not view humans as being controlled by external events or unconscious forces.

• emphasizes the impact of biology on behavior.

• denies the possibility of personal human growth and development.