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Introduction to Psychology

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the best answer:

Psychology is defined as .....

a)
the study of behavior and mental processes
b)
the study of behavior
c)
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
d)
the science of behavior and consequences
2.

This approach to psychology focuses on how we process, store, and use information.

a)

Biological

b)

Sociobiological

c)

Cognitive

d)

Behaviorial

e)

Psychoanalytical

3.

This approach examines how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with our environment.

a)

Cross-Cultural Approach

b)

Biological Approach

c)

Sociobiological Approach

d)

Humanistic Approach

e)

Behavioral Approach

4.

This approach is based on the belief that childhood experiences greatly influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems.

a)

Social Learning Theory

b)

Psychodynamic Approach

c)

Biological Approach

d)

Behavioral Approach

e)

Cognitive Approach

5.

This approach analyses how we learn new behaviors or modify existing ones, depending on whether events in the environment offer rewards or punishments.

a)

Behaviourism

b)

Pscyhodynamic

c)

Humanistic

d)

Cognitive

e)

Biological

6.

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

a)

William James

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

John Watson

d)

Carl Rogers

7.

Which approach deals with behavior that can only be observed?

(a)  

8.

Freud suggested there are three (3) parts to human personality. What are these three parts? Tick all the correct answers.

a)

The ID

b)

The unconscious mind

c)

The ego

d)

The super ego

9.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
10.

What type of approach is interested in why we might copy other people's behaviour?

a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)

Social Learning Theory

d)
human-factors
11.

Choose the best answer:

The " Nurture" aspect of behavior focuses on

a)

Genetic traits that shape behavior

b)

How the environment influences human behavior

c)

How parenting styles affect behavior

12.

An imbalance of hormones can contribute to low mood - this belief is part of which approach?

(a)  

13.

Receiving a reward when a certain desirable behaviour is performed is called ..................... ...............................

(a)  

14.

When a certain undesired consequence is to be avoided by performing a particular behaviour, this is known as .................................. ...................................

(a)  

15.

Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiment studied which type of behaviour?

(a)  

16.

Use your knowledge and understanding of the Cognitive approach to come up with an explanation of what the image stands for (clue: what is our mind being compared to?)

(a)  

17.

........................... refers to whether an experiment or research study actually measures what it claims to be measuring

a)

Generalisability

b)

Reliability

c)

Validity

d)

Ethics

18.

An investigation/experiment is said have ................................ if the results are similar each time the experiment is carried out using the same design, same procedures and same measurements.

a)

generalisability

b)

reliability

c)

validity

d)

ethics

19.

If the sample of participants is representative of the population, an experiment is said to have ....................................

a)

generalisability

b)

reliability

c)

validity

d)

ethics

20.

.............................. refers to the correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research

a)

Generalisability

b)

Reliability

c)

Validity

d)

Ethics

21.

Write down as many ethics as you can think of.

4 lines
22.

Tick all the points which are 'nurture'.

a)

the way/manner in which we are raised

b)

surrounding culture

c)

our accent

d)

the life experiences you have

e)

what you learn in class/from books or the internet

23.

Is academic success due to nature or nurture? Cast your vote.

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture