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Unit 1 Psychology Exam Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is considered the "Father of Psychology" and follower of structuralism?
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Sigmund Freud
2.
Who believed in the use of psychoanalysis to undercover patients unconscious mind?
a)
Wundt
b)
James
c)
Darwin
d)
Freud
3.
Which approach views the individual as a product of the unconscious mind, desires and aggressions?
a)
Biophysiological
b)
Psychoanalytic
c)
Humanistic
d)
Cognitive
4.
Views behavior as a result of nervous system functions and chemical changes in the body
a)
Behaviorism
b)
Cognitive
c)
Psychoanalytic
d)
Biophysiological
5.
Which theory believes that personalities and behaviors are a result of our consequences, punishments and rewards.
a)
Sociocultural
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Humanistic
d)
Biophysiological
6.
Theory that behavior is influenced by the rules and expectations of social groups
a)
sociocultural
b)
humanistic
c)
cognitive
d)
Biophysiological
7.
This approach emphasizes how humans use  mental processes to handle problems or develop personality
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Psychoanalytic
d)
Biophysiological
8.
True or False: Through the power of suggestion a placebo can actually impact a patient / study
a)
True
b)
False
9.
To study the effects of a damaged patients brain the best research method would be?
a)
Longitundinal study
b)
Case study
c)
Interview
d)
Survey
10.
If psychologist want to study how young children play by watching groups, what would be the best method?
a)
Case Study
b)
Interview
c)
Survey
d)
Naturalistic Observation
11.

How can one eliminate participant bias?

a)

Telling the participants who is observing them.

b)

Letting the participants know when they will be observed.

c)

Letting the participants know that they are being observed.

d)

Not letting the participants know that they are being observed.

12.

What is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context?

a)

Sociology

b)

Psychoanalysis

c)

Psychology

d)

Behavior Perspective

13.

________________ is the study of the elements of consciousness.

a)

Structuralism.

b)

Realism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Psychoanalysis

14.

Studying two variables and their relationship together is an example of:

a)

Experiment

b)

Correlational Data

c)

Survey

d)

Case study

15.

__________ is human behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Cognitivism

d)

Psychoanalytical

16.

_______________ focuses on the principles of natural selection to study the roots of behavior and mental processes.

a)

Behavior Perspective

b)

Psychology

c)

Mental Psychology

d)

Evolutionary Perspective

17.

Case studies, experiments, longitudinal studies, cross-sectional studies, and surveys are all examples of:

a)

Psychology

b)

Experiments

c)

Research Strategies

d)

Functionalism

18.

Which is correct?

a)

Freud: Behaviorism

b)

Maslow: Humanism

c)

Skinner: Gestalt Psychology

d)

Watson: Functionalism

19.

Which group receives the placebo?

a)

The control group

b)

The experimental group

c)

The chosen group

20.
Of the following, who was a functionalist?
a)
B. F Skinner
b)
 John Watson
c)
Wilhelm Wundt
d)
William James
21.
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
22.
A specific, testable prediction, narrower than a theory
a)
Theory
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Critical thinking
d)
Psychological reasoning
23.
Group that does receive the treatment
a)
Experimental group
b)
Control group
24.
Group that does not receive the treatment
a)
Experimental group
b)
Control group
25.
He was the first to propose a link b/w the mind and body.
a)
Gall
b)
Freud
c)
Pavlov
d)
Descartes
26.
I put a flower in front of you and then ask how the flower makes you feel.  I am using ___.
a)
group therapy
b)
introspection
c)
psychoanalysis
d)
hypnosis
27.
Psychodynamic psychologists emphasize
a)
intenitional rather than unintentional actions.
b)
mental processes of which the person is aware.
c)
observable behavior rather than mental processes.
d)
unconscious rather than conscious causes of behavior
28.

Describing, explaining, predicting and influencing human behavior are the?

a)

Goals Of Psychology

b)

Goals Of Politics

c)

Goals Of Archeology

d)

Goals Of Therapy