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Reading Quiz Practice- Unit 1.1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By seeking to measure "atoms of the mind," who established the first psychology laboratory?

a)

Edward Bradford Titchener

b)

Margaret Floy Washburn

c)

WIlhelm Wundt

d)

William James

2.

Which philosopher proposed that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes?

a)

Socrates

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

John Locke

d)

Rene Descartes

3.

Who coined the term "tablua rasa" (blank slate) to help explain the impact experience has on shaping an individual

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Edward Bradford Titchener

d)

John Locke

4.

Which of the following best describes research typical of Wilhelm Wundt's first psychology laboratory?

a)

Testing ESP using a wall to observe auras above a participants head

b)

measuring the reaction time between hearing a sound and pressing a button

c)

Studying helping behavior, based on the premise that all people are good

d)

making careful observations of animal spirits

5.

With which of the following statements would John B. Watson most likely agree

a)

Psychology should study the growth potential in all people

b)

Psychology should study the unconscious mind

c)

Psychology should focus on observable behavior

d)

Psychology should duty mental thought process

6.

Which of the following is a major issue in modern-day psychology?

a)

nature-nurture

b)

evolutionary-biological

c)

pyschodynamic-cognitive

d)

social- culture-behavioral

7.

Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how the encoding, storing and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts

a)

Evolutionary

b)

Psychodynamic

c)

Humanistic

d)

Cognitive

8.

Which of the following perspectives would be most likely to examine unconscious motives of a person who is overly aggressive on the basketball court?

a)

Psychodynamic

b)

Social-Cultural

c)

Positive

d)

Humanistic

9.

Positive Psychology, which studies the ideas behind human flourishing, is connected to which psychologist?

a)

John Locke

b)

Martin Seligman

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

John B. Watson

10.

Who among the following would most likely study the interaction of people, machines, and physical environments?

a)

Human Factors Psychologist

b)

Personality Psychologist

c)

Industrial-Organizational Psychologist

d)

Educational Psychologits

11.

Psychiatrists differ from clinical psychologists in that they what?

a)

help people cope with challenges and crises

b)

conduct research

c)

are medical doctors licensed to perscibe medicine

d)

explore how we view and affect one another

12.

Which of the following psychologists most strongly emphasize that human behavior is powerfully influenced by the interaction between people and their physical, social and economic environments?

a)

Community

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Educational

d)

Rehabilitation

13.

Which of the following psychologists would be most likely to investigate biological, psychological, cognitive and social changes over a lifetime?

a)

Educational

b)

Experimental

c)

Developmental

d)

Cognitive

14.

A psychologist investigates the methods teachers use to enhance student learning. IN which of the following sub-field is the psychologist most likely working?

a)

Educational Psychology

b)

Experimental Psychology

c)

Social Psychology

d)

Forensic Psychology

15.

A Psychologist works with children whose parent are divorcing. She helps them develop skills they need to cope with the situation. Which of the following psychologists is most likely to be helping these children?

a)

Industrial-organizational

b)

Social

c)

Reseaching

d)

Counseling

16.

Dwayne is interested in helping people make good decisions reagrding their physical well-being. Dwayne should consider a career an a(n)?

a)

community psychologist

b)

social psychologist

c)

health psychologist

d)

sports psychologist

17.

What perspective is sometimes referred to as the "third force," since it offered a more optimistic alternative to Freud's psychoanalysis and Skinner's behaviorism?

a)

Biological Psychology

b)

Humanistic Psychology

c)

Cognitive Psychology

d)

Evolutionary Psychology

18.

A psychologist who uses aversive conditioning to treat a child's bed-wetting problem is using which of the following approaches?

a)

Cognitive

b)

BIological

c)

Behavioral

d)

Social-cultural

19.

Which of the following statements is most typical of the approach of a cognitive therapist?

a)

"Let's go back to your statement about your happiness as a child?"

b)

"When you say 'No one likes me' that's illogical because you do have close friends"

c)

"what I hear you saying is you are angry and I can hear the frustration in your voice"

d)

"I'm perscirbing you and SSRI will increase your postie mood over the next few weeks"

20.

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." This core idea in humanistic psychology is a quotation from whom?

a)

Sigmund Frued

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Martin Seigman

d)

B.F. Skinner