WorksheetsGeneral Psychology
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Psychology is defined as:
a)
the study of behavior and mental processes
b)
the study of behavior
c)
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
d)
the science of behavior and consequences
2.
Which perspective would be most useful when explaining how people from different countries express anger?
a)
Psychodynamic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Social-cultural
d)
Biological
3.
Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of
a)
evolution versus natural selection.
b)
continuous versus non-continuous.
c)
structuralism versus functionalism.
d)
nature versus nurture.
4.
Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?
a)
personality psychology
b)
biological psychology
c)
clinical psychology
d)
developmental psychology
5.
Which of these IS NOT a behavioral psychologist
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Sigmund Freud
6.
Rewards and punishment are closely associated with
a)
Classical Conditioning
b)
Operant Conditioning
c)
Humanism
d)
Unconsciousness
7.
Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ________ perspective on depression.
a)
biological
b)
psychodynamic
c)
behavioral
d)
cognitive
8.
Nathan believes that humans are not programmed robots and believes that humans have free will and that personality is about motive. What field of psychology would he agree with?
a)
Psychoanalysis
b)
Humanistic
c)
Cognitive
d)
Behaviorism
9.
In Russia, I studied physiology and discovered the basic learning process called classical conditioning.
a)
John Locke
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
10.
A medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems is a
a)
health psychologist
b)
psychiatrist
c)
developmental psychologist
d)
research psychologist
11.
Laboratory observation enables use of sophisticated equipment for measuring and recording __________.
a)
hypotheses
b)
behavior
c)
natural behavior
d)
validity
12.
Who is considered a Humanistic Psychologist?
a)
Freud
b)
Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Maslow
13.
any action that people can observe or measure
a)
behavior
b)
psychology
c)
sociology
d)
cognition
14.
Cognitive activities are mental processes, such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Most psychologists are interested mainly in animal behavior.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?
a)
free will
b)
brain physiology
c)
the unconscious mind
d)
external consequences
17.
Which of the following statements is correct?
a)
A psychologist has no medical training.
b)
A psychiatrist generally goes to graduate school, not medical school.
c)
Psychiatric social workers can prescribe medication.
d)
An M.D. and a Ph.D. are pretty much the same thing.
18.
The three anatomical distinctions in gender include...
a)
Male, Female, Transgender
b)
Transgender, Intersex, Asexual
c)
Male, Female, Asexual
d)
Male, Female, Intersex
19.
conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.
a)
Asexual
b)
Gender Confusion
c)
Intersex
d)
Transexual
20.
An individual sense of identity which can be diverse, fluid and is regardless of physical anatomy.
a)
Gender Identity
b)
Anatomical Gender
c)
Gender Confusion
d)
Gender Fluidity
21.
The experience of feelings such as fear, joy, surprise and anger.
a)
Drive
b)
Motivation
c)
Emotion
d)
Interaction
22.
A specific need or desire that arouses the organism and directs its behavior toward a goal.
a)
Motivation
b)
Emotion
c)
Drive
d)
Cause
23.
Maslow described the process of reaching Self-Actualization using a model called the...
a)
Triangle of Death
b)
Triangle of Needs
c)
Hierarchy of Needs
d)
Drive Reduction
24.
A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do is ________________
a)
A principle
b)
A theory
c)
A Research
d)
A goal
25.
Scientific study of observable behavior.
a)
Structuralism
b)
Functionalism
c)
Psychoanalysis
d)
Behaviorism
26.
Which of the following is NOT an example of pseudoscience?
a)
Phrenology
b)
Palmistry
c)
Psychology
d)
Numerology
27.
What is a pseudoscience?
a)
A field or theory that is not tested under empirical (scientific, reliable, valid) conditions
b)
A field or theory that draws conclusions from unreliable and non-systematic data collection procedures
c)
A field or theory that is created under influence of personal bias
d)
All of these are correct
28.
Which part of a neuron receives neural information from another neuron?
a)
Soma
b)
Axon terminal
c)
Myelin sheath
d)
Dendrites
29.
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
30.
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
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