WorksheetsPerspectives in Psychology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The unconscious mind influences everything we do.
a)
Biological perspective
b)
Behavioral perspective
c)
Cognitive perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
2.
If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.
a)
Social-cultural perspective
b)
Behavioral perspective
c)
Biological perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
3.
Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.
a)
Psychodymanic perspective
b)
Cognitive perspective
c)
Behavioral perspective
d)
Biological perspective
4.
Our behavior is a direct result of how we feel about ourselves.
a)
Humanistic perspective
b)
Psychodynamic perspective
c)
Behavioral perspective
d)
Social-cultural perspective
5.
An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.
a)
Biological perspective
b)
Psychodynamic perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Cognitive perspective
6.
Fears are learned and can be unlearned.
a)
Behavioral perspective
b)
Social-cultural perspective
c)
Psychodynamic perspective
d)
Humanistic perspective
7.
Teachers will get students to study more by offering extra credit.
a)
Humanistic perspective
b)
Social-cultural perspective
c)
Behavioral perspective
d)
Cognitive perspective
8.
Exercising increases endorphins in the brain, thus improving mood.
a)
Cognitive perspective
b)
Biological perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
9.
"Change your thoughts, change your life."
a)
Behavioral perspective
b)
Cognitive perspective
c)
Biological perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
10.
Treat mental illness with medication.
a)
Biological approach
b)
Psychodynamic approach
c)
Humanistic approach
d)
Behavioral approach
11.
Perception, attention, thinking, language, memory
a)
Behavioral perspective
b)
Cognitive perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
12.
Eating disorders are more prevalent in the West because we are constantly bombarded with images of thin, perfect bodies.
a)
Social-cultural perspective
b)
Behavioral perspective
c)
Biological perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
13.
Which perspective uses the metaphor of comparing the human mind to a computer?
a)
Sociocultural
b)
Psychodynamic
c)
Biochemical
d)
Cognitive
14.
Which perspective emphasizes the idea that the people and groups around us are important in understanding human behavior?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Sociocultural
c)
Behavioral
d)
Biochemical
15.
Which perspective emphasizes the idea that we learn behaviors through rewards and punishment?
a)
Behavioral
b)
Humanistic
c)
Biochemical
d)
Cognitive
16.
Which perspective would be most likely to state behavior is motivated by self-actualization and the promise of human potential?
a)
Evolutionary
b)
Humanistic
c)
Biochemical
d)
Sociocultural
17.
Which perspective would be most likely to state human thought and behavior can be understood in terms of activity at the neural level?
a)
Biochemical
b)
Evolutionary
c)
Humanistic
d)
Behavioral
18.
Dr. Y is a cognitive psychologist. She is probably most interested in
a)
cultural variations in behavior.
b)
how people process information.
c)
change & consistency in behavior.
d)
the causes of psychological disorders.
19.
Behavior is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.
a)
Humanistic
b)
Sociocultural
c)
Neurobiological
d)
Behavioral
20.
Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience.
a)
Cognitive
b)
Sociocultural
c)
Humanistic
d)
Neurobiological
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