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PSY 201 A23 Chpt 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The goals of psychology are

a)

discover, explain, describe and prevent

b)

understand, explain, predict and prevent

c)

describe, explain, predict and control

d)

describe, explain, prevent and control

2.

Psychology is ________________________.

a)

A. the study of how the mind effects the behaviour

b)

B. the study of how the mind gives perception

c)

C. the study of how ergonomic gives effects to human anthropometry

d)

D. the study of how human develops

3.

Who is considered the "father of psychology?"

a)

Wundt

b)

Freud

c)

James

d)

Pavlov

4.

Who is credited with creating functionalism?

a)

Sir Francis Bacon

b)

Edward Titchener

c)

William James

d)

G. Stanley Hall

5.

First woman president of the American Psychological Association

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Mary Whiton Calkins

c)

Margret Floy Washburn

d)

John Watson

e)

Jean Piaget

6.
Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
Skinner
d)
E.L Thorndike 
7.
Which branch of psychology would argue that a child who is hungry will not be able concentrate on schoolwork or being good in class?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Socio-Cultural
d)
Biopsychosocial
8.

Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?

a)

Biological

b)

Humanistic

c)

Psychodynamic

d)

Behavioral

9.

Dealing with understanding and explaining the structure or function of the nervous system and brain.

a)

neuroscience

b)

cerebrum

c)

cerebellum

d)

brainstem

e)

frontal lobe

10.

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

a)

William James

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

John Watson

d)

Carl Rogers

11.

What makes psychology a science?

a)

Many psychologists have earned advanced college degrees.

b)

Psychologists may study the brain.

c)

The process/steps psychologists use to ask and answer questions.

d)

Psychologists focus on studying behavior and mental processes.

12.

Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Humanism

d)

Structuralism

13.
Who was Margaret Floy Washburn?
a)
First female to receive a Ph. D. in psychology
b)
Studied with Mary Calkins at the APA
c)
Studied under Willhelm Wundt
d)
Used strenuous mental testing on humans