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WorksheetsAp Psychology: History and Approaches
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?
a)
Personality psychology
b)
Clinical psychology
c)
Biological psychology
d)
Developmental psychology
2.
Instead of studying his spelling words like everyone else, Scott copies from other people when the teacher gives a test. B.F. Skinner would likely attribute Scott’s cheating to:
a)
A genetic tendency to maximize his opportunities for Promoting himself above others.
b)
His underdeveloped frontal lobe, which is used in Complex decision making and judgment.
c)
The fact that he was rewarded for cheating on a test in the past.
d)
Inner conflicts that are buried deep in his unconscious.
3.
Who, in opposition to Freud, was considered the father of behaviorism?
a)
Skinner
b)
Watson
c)
Thorndike
d)
Bandura
4.
Psychology's scientific origins are usually traced to the late 19th century when ___________ opened the first psychological laboratory.
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
John B. Watson
5.
Which of psychology's perspectives says that we should not study mental processes such as cognition or emotion?
a)
Trait
b)
Cognitive
c)
Behavioral
d)
Biological
6.
The cognitive view of psychology
a)
Has a special interest in how the operation of your brain influences personality
b)
Has a special interest in mental health and disorders
c)
Subscribes to the idea that thoughts and actions arise from the way we interpret experiences
7.
Behavior is primarily shaped by learning. The statement applies to the
a)
Cognitive view
b)
Trait view
c)
Behavioral view
d)
Developmental view
8.
Roger is a freshman in college and is having trouble adjusting to the changes in his life.
What type of psychologist should he be referred to?
What type of psychologist should he be referred to?
a)
Psychiatrist
b)
Developmental
c)
Clinical
d)
Counseling
9.
How do cognitive approaches to learning differ from traditional behaviorist explanations?
a)
Cognitive psychologists focus on the changes in neural networks that result from learning.
b)
Cognitive psychologists believe that learning involves some sort of thinking.
c)
Cognitive psychologists try to explain learning from an evolutionary perspective.
d)
Cognitive psychologists believe that researchers should only focus on observable behaviors.
10.
Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the
a)
struggles with unconscious drives and conflicts.
b)
treatment of psychological disorders.
c)
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
d)
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
11.
Studied children to learn more about developing minds
a)
Margaret Floy Washburn
b)
Socrates
c)
Wilhelm Wundt
d)
Jean Piaget
12.
Employers mostly use this kind of psychology
a)
Personality
b)
Psychometrics
c)
Humanistic
d)
Educational
13.
The shift away from strict behaviorism
a)
Cognitive realization
b)
Industrial revolution
c)
Cognitive actualization
d)
Cognitive revolution
14.
Studies into deep ocean biology is a type of
a)
Basic research
b)
Applied research
15.
This ancient psychologist believed that knowledge came from experience.
a)
Altaïr
b)
Socretes
c)
Ezio
d)
Aristotle
16.
Created the hierarchy of needs
a)
B.F. Skinner
b)
Edward B. Titchener
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
17.
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
a)
Psychology
b)
Cognitive Neuroscience
c)
Behaviorism
d)
Oceanology
18.
A method of self observation, used in Titchener's structuralist school of psychology.
a)
Empiricism
b)
Reflection
c)
Introspection
d)
Intrinsic thought
19.
Scientists have been trying to find ways to solve global warming, this is an example of
a)
Functionalism
b)
Applied research
c)
A study
d)
Oceanography
20.
A Russian psychologist who is famous for his study in dog salvation
a)
Jean Piaget
b)
B.F Skinner
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Ivan Pavlov
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