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Psychology Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is correct?

a)

Freud: Behaviorism

b)

Maslow: Humanism

c)

Skinner: Gestalt Psychology

d)

Watson: Functionalism

2.

Which is still active as a school of psychological thought?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Gestalt Psychology

d)

Structuralism

3.

Rich people are less satisfied with marriage than the poor. Wealth and marital satisfaction are ____.

a)

causally related

b)

dependent variables

c)

independent variables

d)

negatively correlated

4.

Mr. Bartolone gave a quiz to his Social Problems class. The scores were 2, 3, 5, 10, 15. What is the mean?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

13

d)

35

5.

10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 14, 15. Median?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

15

6.

Humanistic psychologists focused attention on the importance of _________.

a)

Biology factors

b)

unconscious thoughts

c)

healthy growth potential

d)

punishment and reinforcement

7.

Focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders

a)

personality psychology

b)

social psychology

c)

clinical psychology

d)

developmental psychology

8.

Scientific research that aims to solve practical problems

a)

basic research

b)

applied research

c)

The scientific method

d)

inquisition

9.

Gestalt psychology has to do with groups. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

10.

This perspective is a more modern version of the Humanistic Perspective.

a)

Evolutionary

b)

Behavior Genetics

c)

Functionalism

d)

Positive Psychology

11.
Psychology was formally established by ______, who believed in this type of psychology.
a)
Wundt, functionalism
b)
Wundt, structuralism
c)
Frued, psychodyanmic
d)
Freud, structuralism
12.
Freud was the founder of this psychological perspective.
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behavioral
c)
Humanistic
d)
Psychodynamic
13.

Which group receives the placebo?

a)

The control group

b)

The experimental group

c)

The chosen group

14.
According to the ethical guidelines set by the American Psychological Association  (APA), which of the following is true of psychological research in which animals are used as subjects?
a)
It must not involve the use of surgical  procedures.
b)
It is no longer permitted  by the APA without special authorization.  
c)
It should conform to all APA ethical guidelines for animal research
d)
It may not be conducted by psychologists who do not have a license
15.
The kind of therapy developed by Freud is called
a)
Gestalt therapy.
b)
Psychoanalysis
c)
Behavior modification
d)
S-R therapy.
16.
Of the following, who was a functionalist?
a)
B. F Skinner
b)
 John Watson
c)
Wilhelm Wundt
d)
William James
17.
An experiment where neither the participants nor the experimenter know who has received the treatment, until the experiment has concluded, is known as what?
a)
Random Experiment
b)
Single-blind Experiment
c)
Stratified Experiment
d)
Double-blind Experiment
18.
When everybody has an equal chance of being included in a study, this process is called
a)
unbiased reporting
b)

survey
c)
random sample
d)
reliability
19.
Which type of research would allow you to determine whether students' grades accurately predict later income?
a)
case study
b)
naturalistic observation
c)
experimentation
d)
correlation
20.
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
a)
Experimental condition
b)
Control condition
c)
Independent variable
d)
Dependent variable
21.
A specific, testable prediction, narrower than a theory
a)
Theory
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Critical thinking
d)
Psychological reasoning
22.
Group that does receive the treatment
a)
Experimental group
b)
Control group
23.
Group that does not receive the treatment
a)
Experimental group
b)
Control group
24.
Mean, Median, and Mode are three measures of 
a)
Central Tendency
b)
Inferential Statistics
c)
Experimental Statistics
d)
Standard Deviations
25.
The standard deviation
a)
indicates the average difference between each score in a group and the mean for that group of scores
b)
reveals the degree of skew for a a group of scores 
c)
is sensitive to scores at the extremes of a distribution of scores
d)
is used to determine whether a data set is positively or negatively skewed