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Psychology U1 Ch1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a theory?

a)

Predictions without logic.

b)

A statement that tries to explain why things are the way they are.

c)

A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.

d)

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

2.

Who is Socrates?

a)

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery.

b)

German psychologist who founded psychology as a formal science.

c)

Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training rats & pigeons.

d)

A Greek philosopher; Socratic method --questioning.

3.

Learning is...

a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Behavior is...

a)

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

b)

A statement that tries to explain why things are the way they are.

c)

Any action that people can observe or measure.

d)

The psychological view that stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment.

5.

Socrates was a (a)   philosopher

6.

B.F. Skinner is...

a German psychologist.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Wilhelm Wundt founded which school of psychology?

a)

Structuralism.

b)

Behaviorism.

c)

Functionalism.

d)

Humanism.

8.

What is structuralism?

a)

School of psychology that was founded by William James.

b)

The psychological view that stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment.

c)

The school of psychology that conscious experience breaks down into sensations.

d)

Any action that people can observe or measure.

9.

Who opened the first psychology research laboratory?

a)

Socrates.

b)

B.F. Skinner.

c)

William James.

d)

Wilhelm Wundt.

10.

Type of psychologists who focus on the study of mental disorders.

a)

Counseling.

b)

Environmental.

c)

Experimental.

d)

Clinical.

11.

William James is the founder of functionalism.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Psychoanalytic is the study of...

a)

How psychological processes affect and can enhance learning and teaching.

b)

Social interaction.

c)

Unconscious, includes childhood and aggression issues.

d)

How humans use perception to function in our environment.

13.

What is a survey?

a)

Any action people can observe or measure.

b)

Research technique that helps obtain data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people

c)

The scientific study of behavior or mental processes.

d)

The psychological view that shows the influence of biology on behavior.

14.

Type of psychologist working in the criminal justice system.

a)

Environmental.

b)

Forensic.

c)

Counseling.

d)

Clinical.

15.

(a)   is any action that people can observe or measure.

16.

Cognitive activities are...

a)

Activities you do concerning coordination.

b)

Statements that explain why things are the way they are.

c)

Private, unmeasurable mental processes.

d)

Social interaction and the cultural determinants of behavior & mental processes.

17.

Social interaction and the cultural determinants of behavior

and mental processes is called...

a)

Sociocultural.

b)

Experiment.

c)

Behavior.

18.

Psychology is the scientific behavior of and mental processes.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

This photo is an example of what?

a)

Theorizing.

b)

Functionalism.

c)

Cognitive activities.

d)

Surveys.

20.

Studying the psychological effect of the environment

on people's behavior.

a)

Environmental

psychologist.

b)

Counseling

psychologist.

c)

Clinical

psychologist.

d)

Experimental

psychologist.

21.

Founded by John Watson, this defines psychology

as the scientific study of observable behavior.

a)

Humanism.

b)

Functionalism.

c)

Structuralism.

d)

Behaviorism.