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Perspectives Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
2.
Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?
a)
Biological
b)
Humanistic
c)
Psychodynamic
d)
Behavioral
3.
Which psychological perspective focuses on how we think about information?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behavioral
c)
Evolutionary
d)
Psychodynamic
4.
Which psychological perspective would be most interested in studying our brain structures & chemistry, genetics, glands, etc.?
a)
Biological
b)
Structuralism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Humanistic
5.
Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Humanism
d)
Evolutionary
6.
What is the definition of psychology?
a)
Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
b)
Study of behavior and logic
c)
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
d)
Study of how how our influences affect us
7.

Which perspective says our unconscious drives, such as neurotic needs or birth order, shape behavior?

a)

sociocultural

b)

psychodynamic

c)

behavioral

d)

humanistic

8.
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
9.
If a student can't learn in the classroom, it might be because he doesn't feel safe there, and thus cannot reach his full potential.
a)
Biological perspective
b)
Psychodynamic perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Cognitive perspective
10.
An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.
a)
Biological perspective
b)
Psychodynamic perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Cognitive perspective
11.
Treat mental illness with medication.
a)
Biological approach
b)
Psychodynamic approach
c)
Humanistic approach
d)
 Behavioral approach
12.

Which perspective says that our behavior is shaped by how society dictates us to act?

a)

evolutionary

b)

sociocultural

c)

psychoanalytic

d)

behavioral

13.
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
14.

Identify the perspective - Professor A is interested in studying the different attitudes about the elderly among North American and Japanese adults. Dr. A has found that the Japanese show more respect and responsibility toward elderly parents, and wished to understand the cultural norms that contribute to these attitudes.

a)

Psychodynamic

b)

Behavioral/Learning

c)

Cognitive

d)

Social-Cultural

15.

Identify the perspective - Professor B studies the attentional processes involved when

people search for specified objects by measuring the amounts of blood flow to various portions of the brain while a participant engages in a letter detection task.

a)

Psychanalytic

b)

Behavioral/Learning

c)

Cognitive

d)

Biological

16.

Identify the perspective - Dr. C tries to help a client stop smoking by understanding the

unconscious reasons for the client’s need to smoke. Dr. C encourages the client to talk about his childhood conflicts with his parents.

a)

Psychoanalytic

b)

Behavioral/Learning

c)

Cognitive

d)

Biological

17.

Identify the perspective - Dr. D tries to help a client stop smoking by telling her to keep a

careful record of the number of cigarettes smoked and the particular people or situations who are part of her smoking behavior. She keeps these records as a way of uncovering the factors that reward her for smoking, so that she may later remove those rewards.

a)

Biological

b)

Behavioral/learning

c)

Cognitive

d)

Social-Cultural

18.

Identify the perspective - . Professor E studies the factors that help or hinder students in

memorizing information from textbooks. The professor systematically varies task characteristics such as textbook difficulty in an effort to understand the underlying memory processes involved in reading a textbook.

a)

Biological

b)

Behavioral/Learning

c)

Cognitive

d)

Social-Cultural

19.
He continued research in classical conditioning and developed a theory of how voluntary behavior is learned called operant conditioning.  who is he?
a)
John Watson
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Wilhelm Wundt
d)
George Washington
20.

A therapist asks you to focus on the ways in which your negative thoughts affect your life.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Social-cultureal

d)

Biological

e)

Behavioral