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History and Perspectives

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?

a)

Biological

b)

Behavioral

c)

Cognitive

d)

Psychodynamic

2.

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

a)

Sociocultural

b)

Behavioral

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

3.

Which perspective would say that anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences?

a)

Psychodynamic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

4.

Which perspective would say that our behavior is a direct result of how we feel about ourselves?

a)

Humanistic

b)

Psychodynamic

c)

Behavioral

d)

Sociocultural

5.

Which perspective suggests that an imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior?

a)

Biological

b)

Psychodynamic

c)

Humanistic

d)

Cognitive

6.

Which perspective believes that fears are learned and can be unlearned?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Sociocultural

c)

Psychodynamic

d)

Humanistic

7.

Which perspective would agree with the following: "Change your thoughts, change your life"?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

8.

Which perspective includes perception, attention, thinking, language, and memory?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Humanistic

d)

Psychodynamic

9.

Which perspective would agree that eating disorders are more prevalent in the West because people are constantly bombarded with images of thin, perfect bodies.

a)

Sociocultural

b)

Behavioral

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

10.
Which perspective uses the metaphor of comparing the human mind to a computer?
a)
Sociocultural
b)
Psychodynamic
c)
Biochemical
d)
Cognitive
11.
Which perspective emphasizes the idea that the people and groups around us are important in understanding human behavior?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Sociocultural
c)
Behavioral
d)
Biochemical
12.

What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors?

a)

Introspection

b)

Structuralism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Empricism

13.

Although structuralism was short-lived, this approach made what important contribution to the science of psychology?

a)

It highlighted why different scientific methods are needed to study children and animals versus studying adult humans

b)

It established a model for the scientific study of mental processes

c)

It explained why individual experience stimuli differently

d)

It showed how separate thoughts combine to form an idea

14.

What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

a)

Introspection

b)

Structuralism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Empiricism

15.

What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

John Watson

d)

B. F. Skinner

16.

Which of the following schools of thought examines a person's total experience?

a)

Psychoanalysis

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Gestalt Psychology

d)

Introspection

17.

How did stone age humans get rid pf their "evil spirits?"

a)

Meditation

b)

Screamed at them

c)

Prayed

d)

Trephination