WorksheetsHistory and Perspectives in Psychology
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?
Biological
Behavioral
Psychodynamic
Who is considered the "father of psychology" and began the first psychology lab?
Wilhelm Wundt
Wiliiam James
Sigmund Freud
Who wrote the first psychology textbook, was the first American psychologist, and believed psychology should study the functions of consciousness?
G. Stanley Hall
John Watson
William James
Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?
Biological
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Which psychologist studied children’s thought processes (cognitive development)?
Erik Erikson
Carl Rogers
Jean Piaget
Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?
Cognitive
Behaviorism
Humanism
Who established the first psychology lab in the U.S. and was the first president of the APA?
G. Stanley Hall
Sigmud Freud
WIlliam James
Researcher(s) whose work helped overturn segregation in schools.
Inez Prosser
Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Clark
Francis Sumner
Which psychological perspective studies how the situation and our upbringing influence our behavior?
Psychoanalysis
Social-Cultural
Behaviorism
Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.
Psychodymanic perspective
Cognitive perspective
Behavioral perspective
Exercising increases endorphins in the brain, thus improving mood.
Cognitive perspective
Biological perspective
Humanistic perspective
Perception, attention, thinking, language, memory
Cognitive perspective
Humanistic perspective
Psychodynamic perspective
True or false: Psychologists differ in their approaches to psychological thought.
True
False
According to this perspective, deep unconscious conflicts have a huge impact on our behavior and thought processes.
Cognitive
Psychoanalytic
Humanistic
Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?
Margaret Washburn
Mary Calkins
Charles Darwin
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is
psychology
biology
physiology
Student of James, became the first female president of the APA. Earned a doctorate degree but Harvard refused to grant it because of her gender.
Mary Whiton Calkins
Margaret Floy Washburn
Mamie Phipps Clark
Psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors
humanistic perspective
biopsychosocial perspective
social-learning theory
What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?
introspection
structuralism
functionalism
Who creates the theories that form Behaviorism?
John Watson
Wilhelm Wundt
Ivan Pavlov
Psychological perspective that emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
Behavioral Psychology
Analytical Psychology
Gestalt Psychology
Theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness or the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment
Functionalism
Behaviorism
Humanism
A therapeutic technique that attempts to provide insights into thoughts and actions by exposing and interpreting the underlying unconscious motives and conflicts
behaviorism
cognitive behavioral therapy
psychoanalysis
The theory that psychology should only study observable behaviors, not mental processes.
Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Humanism
A perspective that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual’s freedom to choose, and the capacity for personal growth
Humanistic Psychology
Analytical Psychology
Behaviorism
School of thought that focuses on how people think – how we take in, process, store, and retrieve information.
Gestalt Theory
Behaviorism
Cognitive perspective
School of thought that focuses on how thinking or behavior changes in different situations or as a result of cultural influences.
anthropological perspective
humanistic perspective
socio-cultural perspective
School of thought that focuses on the principles of natural selection to study the roots of behavior and mental processes.
Behavioral Psychology
Analytical Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Who was the first American psychologist?
Sigmund Freud
William James
Abraham Maslow
Who was the founder of psychoanalysis?
William James
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
Who discovered classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
Sigmund Freud
Martin Seligman
