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Roots of psychology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emphasizes the role that thoughts and thinking and processing of information play in determining behavior  

a)
evolutionary perspective
b)
cognitive perspective
c)
biological perspective
d)
all of the above
2.

The first female president of the American Psychological Association

a)

Mary Calkins

b)

Jean Piaget

c)

Margaret Washburn

d)

William James

3.

Cognitive activities are mental processes, such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Define: Psychology

a)

Study of mental process

b)

Study of how humans think, feel and act

c)

Study of behavior

5.

Who was nicknamed the "Father of Psychology"?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

Edward Titchener

c)

William James

d)

Sir Francis Bacon

6.

An approach in psychology in which the psychologist studies how unconscious motives & conflicts determines human behavior

a)
behaviorist
b)
functionalist
c)
structuralist
d)
psychoanalyst
7.
The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
Francis Galton
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Ivan Pavlov
8.

This person who created the first psychology textbook. 

a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Francis Gaulton
d)
Wolfgang Kohler
9.
This person started the first lab for the study of psychology establishing modern psychology as a separate formal field of study. 
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Francis Gaulton
d)
Wolfgang Kohler
10.

A psychologist who analyzes observable behavior & studies conditioning & reinforcement

a)
behaviorist
b)
functionalist
c)
structuralist
d)
psychoanalyst