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Module 1 Test - Psychology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is known as?

a)

Psychology

b)

Biology

c)

Anatomy

d)

Anthropology

2.

All of the internal or covert activity of our minds such as thinking, feeling, and remembering are referred to as?

a)

Observation

b)

Description

c)

Mental Processes

d)

Kinetic Processes

3.

What method is used to study Psychology?

a)

Kinetic Method

b)

Descriptive Method

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Biopsychosocial Method

4.

What theory of psychology did William James discover?

a)

functionalism

b)

behaviorism

c)

psychoanalysis

d)

classical conditioning

5.

Who developed the theory on operant conditioning?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Ivan Pavlov

c)

Wilhelm Wundt

d)

Mary Jones

6.

The Goal of explanation in psychology is to help build the

a)

theory

b)

explanation

c)

discription

d)

control

7.

How long has the field of psychology been around?

a)

1,000 years

b)

1 million years

c)

130 years

d)

60 years

8.

This type of research is aimed at answering real-world practical problems. What is it?

a)

Basic Research

b)

Applied Research

c)

Introspective Research

d)

Humanistic Research

9.

Who was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology?

a)

Margaret Washburn

b)

Mary Cover Jones

c)

Mary Calkins

d)

Mamie Clark

10.

Who is considered to be the father of psychology?

a)

Ivan Pavlov

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

B.F. Skinner

d)

Abraham Maslow

11.

Who discovered the theory behind classical conditioning?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Ivan Pavlov

c)

Margaret Washburn

d)

Wilhelm Wundt

12.

John Watson discovered this theory or type of psychology.

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Modernism

d)

Positive Psychology

13.

The current trend in psychology is focused towards this new perspective?

a)

Positive

b)

Humanistic

c)

Psychodynamic

d)

Behavioral

14.

Who is the father of African American psychology?

a)

Kenneth Clark

b)

Robert Williams

c)

Dr Francis Cecil Sumner

d)

Albert Beckham

15.

Which of these three psychologists is not considered to be one of the three OG psychologists we discussed in class?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

Edward Titchener

c)

William James

d)

John Anderson