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WorksheetsPsychology101
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:
a)
conscious and unconscious mental activity
b)
observable responses to the environment
c)
behavior and mental processes
d)
thoughts, feelings, and perceptions
2.
What makes psychology a science?
a)
Many psychologists have earned advanced college degrees.
b)
Psychologists may study the brain.
c)
The methods psychologists use to ask and answer questions.
d)
Psychologists focus on studying behavior and mental processes.
3.
The most common type of psychologist is:
a)
biological
b)
social
c)
experimental
d)
clinical
4.
Sadie believes that she is the Queen of England and that the CIA is out to get her. What type of psychologist would be most likely to treat her psychological disorder?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
clinical
d)
personality
5.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
6.
What type of psychologist is most likely interested in conditions that lead to the greatest conformity?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
social
d)
human-factors
7.
Which subspecialty in psychology focuses on the cognitive differences between a 6-year-old and a 12-year-old?
a)
neuropsychologist
b)
social
c)
developmental
d)
forensic
8.
Dr. Philip Zimbardo (1972) found that Stanford University students who had been randomly assigned to act as either a guard or prisoner in a simulated prison, adopted these roles completely. After 6 days the study had to be stopped as the guards became cruel and the prisoners suffered stress reactions. Dr. Zimbardo found that the behavior of the participants in the study began to shape their beliefs and attitudes. Dr. Zimbardo is most likely a:
a)
personality psychologist
b)
clinical psychologist
c)
forensic psychologist
d)
social psychologist
9.
A Psychiatrist is a
a)
Therapist
b)
Medical Doctor
c)
A nurse who treats mental illness
10.
Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
John B. Watson
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