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WorksheetsLecture 1 MBBS Psychology
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is Psychology
A branch of science that deals with the mind as an entity and its relationship to the body and to the environmental or social context
A branch of sociology that is based on behavioural observation
The study of the unconscious
A branch of psychiatry that explains how mental illness develops
This French philosopher argued that human sensations and behaviors were based on activity in the nervous system
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
Sigmund Freud
William James
He was the first person to declare himself a psychologist
Sigmund Freud
Albert Ellis
B.F. Skinner
Wilhelm Wundt
understanding the mind as the sum of different underlying parts is the definition of
psychiatry
psychology
functionalism
structuralism
What two schools of thought rely on introspection, or the process of reporting one’s own conscious mental experiences
structuralism & functionalism
psychoanalysis and structuralism
psyhology and psychiatry
clinical psychology and research psychology
He was the first U.S. psychologist and believed that psychology should look at function and not just structure.
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Sigmund Freud
Aristotle
Functionalism is
the cousin of structuralism
the study of the way humans function
a theory that emphasizes the functions of consciousness and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment.
a theory that emphasizes the functionality of the brain in our everyday world
This branch of psychology focuses on Darwinism
philosophical psychology
evolutionary psychology
scientific psychology
adaptive psychology
mental disorders resulted from conflicts of the unconscious mind. This describes
all psychology
behaviourism
cognitivism
psychoanalysis
This person founded behaviourism
watson
freud
skinner
wundt
Watson believed that
a true and objective science of psychology should only deal with observable events
a true and objective science of psychology should only deal with stimuli from the environment and the organism’s response to that stimuli
both of the above
none of the above
"Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes". this is an example of
cognitivism
positive psychology
behaviourism
none of the above
Most of his research was gathered studying salivating dogs
skinner
pavlov
freud
james
The theoretical orientation that emphasizes unique qualities of humans
gestalt psychology
Humanism
positive psychology
functionalism
The following is not an element of humanistic psychology
Focuses on the present
Rewards
Unconditional positive regard
Being genuine
the belief that psychological disturbance is due to a unique human need to reach potential is held by
cognitivists
structuralists
humanists
all psychologists
