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History of Psych and Research Methods

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who is the founder of psychology

a)

Freud

b)

James

c)

Wundt

d)

Hall

2.

what is the definition of psychology?

a)

study of brain

b)

study of behavior

c)

study of sleep

d)

study of personality

3.

what are some examples of things that psychologists do?

a)

help people with mental illness

b)

send people to insane asylums

c)

diegnose people as insaine

d)

help people with their breathing

4.

Operant conditioning and reinforcement are the more modern versions of

a)

humanism

b)

psychodynamism

c)

behaviorism

d)

cognitive perspective

5.

Which perspective emphasized the importance of upbringing?

a)

psychoanalytic

b)

behavioral

c)

humanistic

d)

cognitive

6.

The first psychological lab was started in ___ by ____.

a)

Austria; Sigmund Freud

b)

Germany; Wilhelm Wundt

c)

Russia; Ivan Pavlov

d)

United States; William James

7.

If we think of an experiment as a cause & effect relationship, which variable shows the effect?

a)

Confounding variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Dependent variable

d)

Very Variable

8.

FINDING THE CAUSE OR PURPOSE OF OUR BEHAVIORS IS AN EXAMPLE OF?

a)

STRUCTURALISM

b)

FUNCTIONALISM

c)

BEHAVIORISM

d)

INTROSPECTION

9.

WHICH ARE TRUE ABOUT FUNCTIONALISM?

a)

TRANSITIONED THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

b)

ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS

c)

INFLUENCED BEHAVIORISM AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

d)

FOCUSED ON THE PURPOSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND OUR ACTIONS

e)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

10.

Wilhelm Wundt is associated with what form of psychology?

a)

structuralism

b)

behaviourism

c)

psychoanalysis

d)

functionalism

11.

Which early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?

a)

introspection

b)

structuralism

c)

functionalism

d)

empricism

12.
Sam wanted to know if the color of the chair you sat in when taking a test affected your test grade. What is the independent variable.
a)
Color or chair
b)
Grade on test
c)
Age of students
13.

Individuals will respond more to a person in uniform than to a person not in uniform. What is the independent variable?

a)

individuals

b)

person in uniform

c)

response to uniform

d)

none of these work

14.
What type of correlation does this graph have?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
all of the above
15.
What type of correlation does this graph have?
a)
positive 
b)
negative
c)
none
d)
all of the above