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Psychology Chapter 1

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Greek philosopher encouraged people to "Know thyself."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Watson

d)

Hippocrates

2.

The founder of structuralism

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

William James

c)

Psamtik I

d)

Sigmund Freud

3.

This very famous psychologist emphasized the influence of unconscious thoughts on people's behaviors.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

John Watson

c)

Gestalt

d)

William James

4.

Founded behaviorism: psychology is the study of observable behavior.

a)

John Watson

b)

BF Skinner

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Gestalt

5.

In 1879, established the first psychology

laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

Sigmund FreudI

c)

John B. Watson

d)

Ivan Pavlov

6.

He was the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology through his development of the id, ego, and

superego.

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Alfred Binet

c)

Abraham Maslow

d)

Sigmund Freud

7.

55 % of all Psychologists are what type?

a)

Clinical

b)

Forensic

c)

Engineering

d)

Educational

8.

Which theory of behavior believes that we think and perceive in whole units rather than the parts?

a)

Introspection

b)

Gestalt

c)

Structuralism

d)

Functionalism

9.

Which type of Psychologist helps solve crimes?

a)

Engineering

b)

Consumer

c)

Clinical

d)

Forensic

10.

The frontal lobe of the brain is in control of….

a)

a. Visual perception

b)

b. Auditory perception

c)

c. Personality

d)

d. A and B only

11.
What is psychology? 
a)
The study of food 
b)
The study of genetics 
c)
Study of the mind 
d)
The study of society 
12.
Freud was a psychologist?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
DNA is?
a)
inside you
b)
Genetic makeup
14.
What is your enviroment?
a)
Place you sleep at night
b)
Place or condition in which a person/animal lives
15.
What are norms?
a)
Wrong doings in the world.
b)
How the government works.
c)
Social behavior of a group.
16.
What are behavior genes?
a)
Positive psychology 
b)
Study of genetic and environmental influences on behaviors.
c)
Negative psychology.
17.
The most common type of psychologist is:
a)
biological
b)
social
c)
experimental
d)
clinical
18.
Sadie believes that she is the Queen of England and that the CIA is out to get her. What type of psychologist would be most likely to treat her psychological disorder?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
clinical
d)
personality
19.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
20.
What type of psychologist is most likely interested in conditions that lead to the greatest conformity?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
social
d)
human-factors
21.
A Psychiatrist is a 
a)
Therapist 
b)
Medical Doctor
c)
A nurse who treats mental illness
22.
Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
John B. Watson
23.

To look inward at you own thoughts and feelings is the theory of?

a)

Psychoanalysis

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Introspection

d)

Structuralism

24.
What's the unconditioned stimulus in Pavlov's experiment?
a)
food
b)
salvation
c)
bell
d)
Pavlov
25.

What's the unconditioned response in Pavlov's experiment?

a)

food

b)

salivating

c)

bell

d)

Pavlov

26.
Aristotle believed that the only way to truly experience the world around us was through:
a)
Our senses
b)
Our reason
c)
Our knowledge