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What Is Psychology?

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements is called _______.

a)

Structuralism

b)

Gestalt psychology

c)

Scientific observation

d)

Functionalism

2.

The Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called _______.

a)

Psychoanalysis

 

b)

Freudian theory

c)

Psychodynamic

 

d)

Neo-Freudianism

3.

What is functionalism?

a)

School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

b)

Study of thinking, learning, perception in whole units only, not parts

 

c)

School of psychology that studies individual sensations and personal experiences

d)

School of psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind

4.

Evolutionary psychologists would focus on which of the following?

a)

Physical features that help plants and animals adapt to their environments

b)

  Sensations and personal experiences analyzed as whole units only

 

c)

Thinking, learning, and perceptions analyzed as analysis parts only

d)

  Psychological features of people working in groups as studied by employers

5.

Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations?

a)

Gestalt psychology

 

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Functionalism

d)

  Structuralism

6.

Which of the following fields analyzes sensations and personal experience as basic elements?

a)

Structuralism

 

b)

Functionalism

 

c)

Behaviorism

 

d)

Biopsychosocial

7.

What is superstition?

a)

The tendency to remember or notice information that fits one’s expectations

Correct Answer

An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

b)

An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

c)

The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true

d)

Someone with a dominant personality that can strongly influence other people

8.

How is behaviorism defined?

 

a)

A school of thought in psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations

b)

  The view that any muscular action, glandular activity, or other identifiable aspect of behavior must be considered

c)

  The school of thought in psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind

d)

  Darwin’s theory that evolution favors those plants and animals best suited to their living conditions

9.

Personal observation of one's own thoughts, feelings, or behavior is called _______.

a)

Introspection

b)

  Cognitive unconscious

 

c)

Imageless thought

 

d)

Critical thinking

10.

The Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called _______.

a)

  Psychoanalysis

 

b)

Freudian theory

c)

Psychodynamic

 

d)

Neo-Freudianism

11.

What is confirmation bias?

 

a)

The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or it would be nice if they were true

b)

The tendency to remember information that fits one’s expectations while ignoring discrepancies

c)

Unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence

 

d)

Personal observation of your own thoughts, feelings, and behavior