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History and Perspectives in Psychology

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?

a)

Biological

b)

Behavioral

c)

Psychodynamic

2.

Who is considered the "father of psychology" and began the first psychology lab?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

Wiliiam James

c)

Sigmund Freud

3.

Who wrote the first psychology textbook, was the first American psychologist, and believed psychology should study the functions of consciousness?

a)

G. Stanley Hall

b)

John Watson

c)

William James

4.
Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
5.

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

6.

Which psychologist studied children’s thought processes (cognitive development)?

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Jean Piaget

7.

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

a)

Cognitive

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Humanism

8.

Who established the first psychology lab in the U.S. and was the first president of the APA?

a)

G. Stanley Hall

b)

Sigmud Freud

c)

WIlliam James

9.
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
a)
First female president of APA
b)
First woman author of a psychology book
c)
First woman to receive a Ph. D. in psychology
d)
Wife of G. Stanley Hall
10.

Researcher(s) whose work helped overturn segregation in schools.

a)

Inez Prosser

b)

Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Clark

c)

Francis Sumner

11.
Which psychological perspective would be most interested in studying our brain structures & chemistry, genetics, glands, etc.?
a)
Biological
b)
Structuralism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Humanistic
12.

Which psychological perspective studies how the situation and our upbringing influence our behavior?

a)

Psychoanalysis

b)

Social-Cultural

c)

Behaviorism

13.

Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.

a)

Psychodymanic perspective

b)

Cognitive perspective

c)

Behavioral perspective

14.

Exercising increases endorphins in the brain, thus improving mood.

a)

Cognitive perspective

b)

Biological perspective

c)

Humanistic perspective

15.

Perception, attention, thinking, language, memory

a)

Cognitive perspective

b)

Humanistic perspective

c)

Psychodynamic perspective

16.

True or false: Psychologists differ in their approaches to psychological thought.

a)

True

b)

False

17.
Who is known as the "Father of Psychology?"
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Wilhelm Wundt
c)
William James
d)
John Locke
18.

According to this perspective, deep unconscious conflicts have a huge impact on our behavior and thought processes.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Psychoanalytic

c)

Humanistic

19.

Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?

a)

Margaret Washburn

b)

Mary Calkins

c)

Charles Darwin

20.

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is

a)

psychology

b)

biology

c)

physiology

21.

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.

a)

Mary Whiton Calkins

b)

Margaret Floy Washburn

c)

Mamie Phipps Clark

22.

Psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors

a)

humanistic perspective

b)

biopsychosocial perspective

c)

social-learning theory

23.

What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

a)

introspection

b)

structuralism

c)

functionalism

24.

Who creates the theories that form Behaviorism?

a)

John Watson

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

Ivan Pavlov

25.

Psychological perspective that emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

a)

Behavioral Psychology

b)

Analytical Psychology

c)

Gestalt Psychology

26.

Theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness or the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment

a)

Functionalism

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Humanism

27.

A therapeutic technique that attempts to provide insights into thoughts and actions by exposing and interpreting the underlying unconscious motives and conflicts

a)

behaviorism

b)

cognitive behavioral therapy

c)

psychoanalysis

28.

The theory that psychology should only study observable behaviors, not mental processes.

a)

Psychoanalysis

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Humanism

29.

A perspective that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual’s freedom to choose, and the capacity for personal growth

a)

Humanistic Psychology

b)

Analytical Psychology

c)

Behaviorism

30.

School of thought that focuses on how people think – how we take in, process, store, and retrieve information.

a)

Gestalt Theory

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Cognitive perspective

31.

School of thought that focuses on how thinking or behavior changes in different situations or as a result of cultural influences.

a)

anthropological perspective

b)

humanistic perspective

c)

socio-cultural perspective

32.

School of thought that focuses on the principles of natural selection to study the roots of behavior and mental processes.

a)

Behavioral Psychology

b)

Analytical Psychology

c)

Evolutionary Psychology

33.

Who was the first American psychologist?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

William James

c)

Abraham Maslow

34.

Who was the founder of psychoanalysis?

a)

William James

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Carl Rogers

35.

Who discovered classical conditioning?

a)

Ivan Pavlov

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Martin Seligman