wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Psychology Chapter 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Psychology is the scientific study of ____________________ and __________________ processes.

a)

Behavior and Facial expressions

b)

Language and Customs

c)

Behavior and Mental

d)

Movement and Environment

2.

1. __________________ is what we are born with, ______________________ is what happens to us after we are born.

a)

Nurture, Experiences

b)

Nature, Nurture

c)

Nature, Events

d)

Personaltiy, Nurture

3.

1. French Philosopher, Rene Descartes argued that sensations and behaviors are based on activity in ___________________ system.

a)

Cardiovascular

b)

Blood Stream

c)

Muscular

d)

Nervous

4.

1. What are the 5 steps, in order, to conducting psychological research?

a)

Formulate a question, Form Hypothesis, Test hypothesis, Draw conclusions and Report your research

b)

Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis, Draw conclusions, Formulate questions and Report research

c)

Report Research, Draw conclusions, Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis and Formulate question

d)

Formulate question, Form Hypothesis, Test Hypothesis, Report research and Draw conclusion

5.

What is one reason why a persons hypothesis might fail?

a)

The research was done in a lab

b)

The Research consisted of factors that were not under their control and therefore interfered with the study

c)

The people gave the wrong answers

d)

The monkeys did not behave in the manner they were supposed to.

6.

What type of Observation consists of the Research observing animals or humans in their normal environment?

a)

Survey

b)

Case Study

c)

Laboratory Observation

d)

Naturalistic Observation

7.

What is the advantage of a Laboratory Observation?

a)

Bad weather is not an issue

b)

The degree of control that it gives the observer

c)

People know that they are being observed

d)

Observers will always get the correct answers

8.

Which is not a form of a Survey?

a)

Interview

b)

Questionnaire

c)

Card Game

d)

Telephone Interview

9.

A correlation is a measure of the relationship between how many variables

a)

1

b)

1.5

c)

0

d)

2 or more

10.

The main advantage of a survey is that

a)

Only a small number of subjects need to be accessed.

b)

A large amount of data can be gathered

c)

The chance of experimenter error is removed

d)

Subjects will not know if they are part of a control or experimental group.

11.

Modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning.

a)

Cognitive Perspective

b)

Evolutionary Perspective

c)

Functionalsim

d)

Humanistic Perspective

12.

Modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations

a)

Humanistic Perspective

b)

Behaviorist Persepective

c)

Structuralism

d)

Psychodynamic Perspective

13.

Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of the study is the structure or basic elements of the mind

a)

Behaviorist Perspective

b)

Functionalism

c)

Structuralism

d)

Bio psychological Perspective

14.

Tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations. (EDUCATED GUESS)

a)

Humanistic Perspective

b)

Survey

c)

Case Study

d)

Hypothesis

15.

Early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.

a)

Science experiment

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Functionalism

d)

Big Bang Theory

16.

Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share.

a)

Evolutionary Perspective

b)

Behaviorist Perspective

c)

Cognitive Perspective

d)

Adam and Eve Theory

17.

Perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.

a)

Biology

b)

Biopsychological Perspective

c)

Humanistic Perspective

d)

Hypothesis

18.

A _________________ is anything that can change or vary in an experiment

a)

Subject

b)

Variable

c)

Relationship

d)

Weather

19.

A type of Variable that is manipulated

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Research Labs

d)

Groups

20.

According to Freud, by what age do we develop our personalities?

a)

5

b)

15

c)

6

d)

21