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01 Ch 1 Intro & History

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Psychology is the scientific study of which two?

a)

behavior & mental processes

b)

mental processes & thinking

c)

society & evolution

d)

behavior & Freud

2.

Which is often the first goal of psychology?

a)

Description

b)

Explanation

c)

Prediction

d)

Control

3.

Which of the following goals of Psychology tries to find out why a particular phenomenon is happening?

a)

description

b)

explanation

c)

prediction

d)

control

4.

Which of the following goals of psychology asks, "How can a certain behavior be changed?"

a)

description

b)

explanation

c)

prediction

d)

control

5.

Who is considered the "father of psychology?"

a)

Wundt

b)

Freud

c)

James

d)

Pavlov

6.

Which of the following looks at how the mind helps people function in the real world?

a)

structuralism

b)

functionalism

c)

psychoanalysis

d)

behaviorism

7.

Which of the following was Freud known for starting?

a)

functionalism

b)

structuralism

c)

psychoanalysis

d)

behaviorism

8.

What did James Watson believe?

a)

that we should only study observable behavior

b)

that we should only study mental processes

9.

Watson believed that phobias are

a)

a result of a repressed conflict

b)

learned

10.

Psychology is a science.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

A theory is just a statement until research is done to provide evidence that either supports or refutes it.

a)

True

b)

False