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History and Contemporary Approaches

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The first psychology laboratory was established by
a)
Wilhelm Wundt.
b)
William James.
c)
Sigmund Freud.
d)
John B. Watson.
2.
The self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and feelings is called
a)
clinical psychology.
b)
introspection.
c)
spaced practice.
d)
humanism.
3.
Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different styles of parenting are encouraged among various ethnic communities?
a)
cognitive
b)
psychodynamic
c)
social-cultural
d)
biological
4.
Which approach to psychology focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
a)
biological
b)
cognitive
c)
evolutionary
d)
psychodynamic
5.
With which of the following statements would John B. Watson most likely agree?  
a)
Psychology should study the growth potential in all people. 
b)
Psychology should study the unconscious.
c)
Psychology should focus on observable behavior. 
d)
 Psychology should study mental thought processes.
6.
 A humanistic psychologist working with some poets might ask which of the following questions?  
a)
How can we get them to reach their highest potential?
b)
How did their childhood experiences impact their current behavior?
c)
 c. How have rewards and punishments shaped their behavior? 
d)
How do society’s attitudes affect their writing topics? 
7.
"The most important thing a psychologist can study is how a behavior or thought helps a person navigate the world, rather than how that thought comes to be or what it is made of."
This viewpoint probably comes from somebody who believes in what historical theoretical approach?
a)
Structuralism 
b)
Functionalism 
c)
Gestalt 
d)
Psychoanalysis 
8.
Functionalism was a school of psychology that focused attention on the 
a)
struggles with unconscious drives and conflicts.
b)
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
c)
treatment of psychological disorders. 
d)
adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions.
9.
Which of the following approaches seems to lack the most scientific support, since it seems to rely on after the fact explanations about correlations about childhood experiences and adult personality?
a)
Behavioral
b)
Psychoanalysis
c)
Evolutionary
d)
Cognitive 
10.
Amber believes that each thought or memory can be broken down into smaller elements, such as the emotions and concepts behind them.
In which historical approach to psychology would she find people who believe the same thing? 
a)
Psychoanalysis 
b)
Structuralism 
c)
Gestalt 
d)
Functionalism 
11.
A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 
a)
behaviorist
b)
humanist
c)
socio-cultural psychology
d)
psychoanalyst
12.
a psychologist who analyzes observable behavior & studies conditioning & reinforcement
a)
behaviorist
b)
functionalist
c)
structuralist
d)
psychoanalyst
13.
a psychologist who studied how mental processes help people & animals adapt to their environment
a)
behaviorist
b)
functionalist
c)
structuralist
d)
psychoanalyst
14.
approach in psychology in which the psychologist studies how unconscious motives & conflicts determines human behavior
a)
behaviorist
b)
functionalist
c)
structuralist
d)
psychoanalyst
15.
a psychologist who studies the effects that physical & chemical changes have on behavior
a)
behaviorist
b)
cognitivist 
c)
psychobiologist
d)
psychoanalyst
16.
The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
Francis Galton
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Ivan Pavlov
17.
Cognitivists, such as Jean Piaget, concern themselves with the way in which information is
a)
processed, stored, & used.
b)
encoded, decoded, & used.
c)
developed & processed.
d)
created & stored.
18.
The practice of examining bumps on a person's skull to determine that person's intellect and character traits used in the mid-1800s.
a)
lobotomy
b)
trephination
c)
phrenology
d)
skull mapping
19.
The notion that the mind and body are separate and distinct.
a)
monolism
b)
dualism
c)
funtionalism
d)
structuralism 
20.
Philosopher that proposed that a link existed between mind and body and that they influence each other to create a person's experiences. 
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
John Locke
c)
Aristotle
d)
Rene Descartes 
21.
a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
a)
structurlist
b)
functionalist
c)
dualist
d)
cognitivist
22.
This person father of psychology in the United States taught the first psychology class at Harvard in 1875. 
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Francis Gaulton
d)
Wolfgang Kohler
23.
This person introduced the concept of using reinforcement to increase the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated. 
a)
Carl Rogers
b)
John Watson
c)
Ivan Pavlov 
d)
B.F. Skinner 
24.
Which psychologist studied children’s thought processes (cognitive development)?
a)
Erik Erikson
b)
Carl Rogers
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Jean Piaget