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Unit 1 Review: Psychology

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Psychodynamic Psychology, what heavily influences our behavior and decision making?

a)

Unconscious

b)

Environment

c)

Culture

d)

Biology

2.

What does the correlational method attempt to establish?

a)

Causation

b)

Purpose of the unconscious mind

c)

A relationship between two variables

d)

A dependent variable

3.

an inactive substance or fake treatment used to control for confounding variable

a)

Causation

b)

Evolution

c)

Placebo

d)

Independent Variable

4.

True or False: The experimental group receives the independent variable.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

In order to replicate the experiment, what do you need to have?

a)

Hindsight Bias

b)

Self-Reflection

c)

Placebo Effect

d)

Operational Definitions

6.

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers believed in what psychological perspective?

a)

Humanism

b)

Structuralism

c)

Psychodynamic

d)

Behaviorism

7.

Behaviorism focuses their studies on _____.

a)

People's needs, attention, and love

b)

Blood Chemistry

c)

Observable Behavior

d)

Unconsciousness

8.

When a person behaves differently because they know they are being observed.

a)

Researcher Bias

b)

Participant Bias

c)

Confirmation Bias

d)

Hindsight Bias

9.

A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time.

a)

Cross-Sectional Study

b)

Longitudinal Study

10.

What research method should be used to attempt to prove causation?

a)

Survey

b)

Naturalistic Observation

c)

Correlational Method

d)

Experiment

11.

Scientific Method: A prediction that is testable

a)

Replication

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Survey

d)

Wording Effects

12.

The debate on the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as

a)

evolutionary analysis.

b)

behaviorism.

c)

the nature-nurture issue

d)

natural selection.

13.

Which of the following professionals is also a medical doctor?

a)

Psychiatrist

b)

Psychologist

c)

Counselor

d)

Biiologist

14.

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

a)

Sociocultural

b)

Behavioral

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

15.

Which perspective would agree with the following: "Change your thoughts, change your life"?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

16.
Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
17.
A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 
a)
behaviorist
b)
humanist
c)
socio-cultural psychology
d)
psychoanalyst
18.

Evaluate and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

a)

clinical psychologist

b)

counseling psychologist

c)

developmental psychologist

d)

personality psychologist

19.

They help people adapt to change or make changes in their lifestyle.

a)

clinical psychologist

b)

counseling psychologist

c)

school psychologist

d)

educational psychologist

20.

They study psychological growth & development throughout the lifespan.

a)

forensic psychologist

b)

developmental psychologist

c)

rehabilitation psychologist

d)

social psychologist

21.

Psychology is defined to as the

a)

science of mental phenomena.

b)

science of conscious and unconscious activity.

c)

science of behavior.

d)

science of behavior and mental processes.

22.
Which approach views the individual as a product of the unconscious mind, desires and aggressions?
a)
Biophysiological
b)
Psychoanalytic
c)
Humanistic
d)
Cognitive
23.
This approach emphasizes how humans use  mental processes to handle problems or develop personality
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Psychoanalytic
d)
Biophysiological
24.
What is the difference between independent and dependent variable?
a)
Independent does not change: dependent changes
b)
Independent and dependent change
c)
Dependent only changes if there is a control group
d)
independent only changes when there is a control group
25.
True or False: Through the power of suggestion a placebo can actually impact a patient / study
a)
True
b)
False
26.
To study the effects of a damaged patients brain the best research method would be?
a)
Longitundinal study
b)
Case study
c)
Interview
d)
Survey
27.
If psychologist want to study how young children play by watching groups, what would be the best method?
a)
Case Study
b)
Interview
c)
Survey
d)
Naturalistic Observation