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Introduction to psychology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Psychology is ________________________.

a)

A. the study of how the mind effects the behaviour

b)

B. the study of how the mind gives perception

c)

C. the study of how ergonomic gives effects to human anthropometry

d)

D. the study of how human develops

2.

Which of the fields below is a subfield of psychology?

a)

A. Engineering

b)

B. Natural Science

c)

C. Behavioural Neuroscience

d)

D. Biology

3.

Which perspective views behaviour from the perspective of biological functioning?

a)

A. Neuroscience

b)

B. Cognitive

c)

C. Psychodynamic

d)

D. Humanistic

4.

According to Freud, the part of the personality that provides a buffer between the id and the outside world is known as the ______________.

a)

A. Ego

b)

B. Superego

c)

C. Conscience

d)

D. Conscious

5.

The first psychology laboratory is enaugurated by____________.

a)

A. B. F. Skinner

b)

B. Sigmund Freud.

c)

C. John B. Watson

d)

D. Wilhelm Wundt

6.

Which perspective suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behaviors?

a)

A. Psychodynamic

b)

B. Humanistic

c)

C. Cognitive

d)

D. Behavioral

7.

Scientific method is a systematic observation used to test hypotheses about behaviour and mental event. What are the SIX (6) elements of scientific method?

a)

A. Empirical evidence, sample, operational definitions, theories, hypothesis and replication

b)

B. Sample, theories, internal validity, hypothesis, external validity and replication

c)

C. Observation, empirical evidence, hypothesis, sample, theories and replication

d)

D. Operational definitions, hypothesis, internal validity, empirical evidence, theories and replication

8.

___________ is a requirement that participants be assigned randomly to experimental conditions in formal experiments rather than in a systematic way.

a)

A. Experimental control

b)

B. Random assignment

c)

C. Random selection

d)

D. Matching

9.

__________is a research method that allows the researcher to manipulate the independent variable to study its effect on the dependent variable.

a)

A. Clinical method

b)

B. Formal experiment

c)

C. Survey method

d)

D. Correlational studies

10.

What is structuralism?

a)

A. Concentrated on how behaviour functions and the role of behaviour in allowing people to adapt to their environments.

b)

B. Focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a “whole” sense rather than on the individual elements of perception.

c)

C. Focuses on analysing sensations and personal experience into basic elements (structure of mental life).

d)

D. Examines how people understand and think about the world.