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Goals of Pschology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

................................ are the ones involved in actively influencing behaviour by applying knowledge obtained by basic psychologists.

a)

Influential psychologist

b)

Applied psychologists

c)

Social Psychologists

d)

Clinical Psychologists

2.

The final goal of psychology is……………

a)

Influence behavior

b)

Understand behavior

c)

Prescribe behavior

d)

Explain behavior

3.

A psychologist has been able to identify the distinguishing features of depressive behavior, namely sad mood, weight loss or gain, loss of interest in everything, psychomotor retardation, sleep problems. Which goal of psychology is achieved in the above scenario?

a)

Describe behavior.

b)

Understand/ behavior

c)

Predict behavior

d)

Influence behavior

4.

A neuropsychologist is carrying out an experiment to know why people forget things. Which goal of psychology will he achieve if he successfully come out with “why people forget things”

a)

Understand/explain behavior.

b)

Predict behavior

c)

Control behavior

d)

Know behavior

5.

……………..“the scientific study of human behavior and that of other organisms(animals)”

(a)  

6.

humans and chimpanzees share about ……………….of their DNA

a)

98.8%

b)

98.0%

c)

99.9%

d)

100%

7.

Principle of parsimony states that…….

a)

if two or more theories are capable of explaining a phenomenon, the simpler, most basic one should be used.

b)

if two or more theories are capable of explaining a phenomenon, the complex one, should be used.

c)

Humans evolved from chimpanzees so it is knowledge gain from studying can be applied in humans

d)

It is not ethical to use animal in research works

8.

Which is of the following is a reason why animals are used in some psychological research instead of humans

a)

Animals and humans are different

b)

Similarities in central nervous system challenged

c)

Animal rights violations

d)

To avoid causing harm to humans through experimentation

9.

Psychologists believe that information obtained from animal studies can be applied to humans to some extent

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In their quest to understand and predict behaviour, psychologists use a lot of animals in their studies.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Darwin’s theory of evolution explains that …………………..

a)

Humans and animal are the same.

b)

humans evolved from similar species with animals

c)

Animals are higher mammals

d)

Animals are stronger and faster than humans

12.

There is scientific evidence showing that the structure and functions of the central nervous system are the same in humans and animals

a)

True

b)

False

13.

You don’t need the consent of human before you can involve him or her in a psychological experiment

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Involving humans in psychological experiments require that the participant give their consent before the research can proceed.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Who is the founder of psychology

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

G. Stanley Hall

c)

Benedict Bortsie

d)

John B. Watson

16.

All the following are classifications of behavior except

a)

Goal-directed behavior

b)

Reflex behavior

c)

Conditioned behavior

d)

Overt behavior

17.

Psychology used to be seen as the study of the ..................

a)

Mind

b)

Spirit

c)

Body

d)

Universe

18.

.....................is a systematic, rigorous process of obtaining information or data and through that generating knowledge

a)

Scientific study

b)

scientific experiment

c)

scientific method

d)

experiment predictions

19.

The first psychology lab. was set up in the year...........

a)

1930

b)

1879

c)

2020

d)

1979

20.

Who said “a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy

a)

Watson

b)

Newkirk

c)

Fayol

d)

Wudt