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AP Psych Unit 1 Part 1 Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The psychoanalytic approach in psychology believes

a)

all of our behavior is learned.

b)

people are capable of self-actualization

c)

much of our behavior stems from unconscious wants and desires.

d)

memory formation depends on sensory input.

2.

This early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?

a)

introspection

b)

structuralism

c)

functionalism

d)

empricism

3.

What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors?

a)

introspection

b)

structuralism

c)

functionalism

d)

empricism

4.

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

d)

empiricism

5.

Who was the first woman to earn her PhD in psychology?

a)

Margaret Floy Washburn

b)

Mary Whiton Calkins

6.

Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Humanism

d)

Structuralism

7.
Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
8.
Which perspective believed psychology should only study observable and objectively described acts?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Structuralism
9.
Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Humanism
d)
Evolutionary
10.
Which psychological perspective would be most interested in studying our brain structures & chemistry, genetics, glands, etc.?
a)
Biological
b)
Structuralism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Humanistic
11.

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility"?

a)

Social-cultural

b)

Psychodynamic

c)

Behavioral

d)

Functionalist

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

a)

Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Biological

d)

Psychodynamic

14.

What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

John Watson

d)

B. F. Skinner

15.
Who developed the theory of "Functionalism?"
a)
Wundt
b)
Titchener
c)
Freud
d)
James
16.
A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 
a)
behaviorist
b)
humanist
c)
socio-cultural psychology
d)
psychoanalyst
17.

____________ refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits

a)

nature

b)

nurture

18.
Humanistic psychologists focused on the importance of 
a)
childhood memories.
b)
unconscious thoughts. 
c)
healthy growth potential.
d)
punishment and reinforcement.
19.

SQ3R

a)

see, Question, read, reveal, recite

b)

survey, question, read, retrieve, review

c)

source, quote, read, write, remember

d)

site, quality, realize, re-learn, repeat

20.

What is psychiatry?

a)

a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy.

b)

a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being

c)

pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

d)

scientific study that aims to solve practical problems (perhaps in the workplace)

21.

Which approach is most directly concerned with assessing the relative impact of both nature and nurture on our psychological traits?

a)

biopsychosocial

b)

cognitive

c)

humanistic

d)

social-cultural

e)

pyschodynamic

22.

Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of

a)

biological processes

b)

unconcious thoughts

c)

natural selection

d)

past conditioning

23.
Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  
a)
structuralism
b)
introspection
c)
functionalism
d)
psychometrics
24.

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.

25.

What is structuralism?

a)

full of introspection/self-reflection based on the five senses. Failed because sometimes we don't know why we feel what we do!- Titchener (Wundt's student)

b)

focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function, and how they help us survive. -William James

c)

study of brain activity linked with mental activity

d)

the science of behavior and mental processes

26.

The idea that knowledge comes from experience

a)

Empiricism

b)

functionalism

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

structuralism

27.
Who would be the most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Carl Rogers
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
William James
28.
John Locke came up with “Tabula Rasa” that helped form empiricism, what does “Tabula Rasa” mean?
a)
Blank slate
b)
Structuralism
c)
Thoughtful mind
d)
Mental process
29.
What is cognitive psychology?
a)
Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processes
b)
Focus on biological structures and process
c)
Focus on the conscious experiences and choices in our lives
d)
How the natural selection of traits prompted survival of genes
30.
Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?
a)
Margaret Washburn
b)
Mary Calkins
c)
Edward Titchener
d)
Charles Darwin
31.
What two men asked the question “how can the environment nurture human growth”?
a)
Sigmund Freud and John Locke
b)
Francis Bacon and Aristotle
c)
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
d)
John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
32.
What did the huministic psychologists disagree with?
a)
Freudian & Behavioral
b)
Behavioral & cognative
c)
cognative & social cultural
d)
freudian & evolutionary
33.
Who is the “father” of psychology?
a)
John Locke
b)
John B. Watson
c)
William Wundt
d)
Rene Descartes
34.
Which psychologist rejected introspection?
a)
Sigmund Freund
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
William James
d)
Edward Titchener
35.
Which prescientific psychologist thought that the fluid inside the spinal cavity was animal spirits?
a)
Socrates
b)
Descartes
c)
Aristotle
d)
Plato
36.
Who used introspection to study structures of mind?
a)
William James
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
John B Watson
d)
Edward Titchener
37.
What us the definition of evolutionary psychology?
a)
Focus on learning through rewards, punishments, and observatins
b)
How the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival genes
c)
Examines our thought processes, how we solve problems, make decisions and develop language
d)
Interactions we have with enviornment and other people in the environment
38.
When was the birth of psychology as we know it in a small room of Germany's University of Leipzig?
a)
March 1403
b)
July 1746
c)
July 1820
d)
December 1879
39.
What scientist is considered one of the founders of modern science?
a)
Francis Bacon
b)
Rene Descartes
c)
John Locke
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
40.
Who was denied the claim to being psychology's first female psychology Ph.D.?
a)
Rene Descartes
b)
Mary Whiton Calkins
c)
Rosalie Rayner
d)
Margaret Floy Washburn
41.
Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?
a)
John Watson
b)
William James
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Max Wertheimer
42.
Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist?
a)
Abraham Maslow
b)
John Watson
c)
William James
d)
Sigmund Freud
43.
If Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience, were alive today, they would best agree with the:
a)
Behavior Approach
b)
Psychoanalytic Approach
c)
Humanistic Approach
d)
Biological Approach
44.
which two people both believed that the mind is seperable from the body especially in death and knowlegde is innate?
a)
socrates and aristotle
b)
plato and aristotle
c)
socrates and plato
d)
descartes and plato
45.
What does cognitive thinking focus on?
a)
thoughts and decisions
b)
biological structures
c)
rewards and punishments
d)
natural selection
46.
Putting up your middle finger as an example of a learned behavior is an example of what approach?
a)
Biological
b)
cognitive
c)
behaviorism
d)
socio-cultural
47.
Hormones, heredity, tumors, and disease all fall into the category of what approach?
a)
Biological
b)
cognitive
c)
humanism
d)
evolutionary
48.
Who believed psych was an observable behavior?
a)
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
b)
John B. Watson and B.F Skinner
c)
William James
d)
Edward Titchener
49.
Which viewpoint would John Watson MOST likely agree with?
a)
Psychology should only study the observable and measurable
b)
The subconscious is the key to mental health issues
c)
All animals have thoughts and feelings that guide their behavior
d)
All people have thoughts that are worthy of study
50.
Which researcher is most closely associated with the founding of humanistic psychology?
a)
Freud
b)
Wertheimer
c)
James
d)
Rogers
51.
Maslow was a member of what branch of psychology?
a)
Trait
b)
Behavioral
c)
Evolutionary
d)
Developmental
52.
The statement "the mind has developed over thousands of years" reflects the perspective of what branch of psychology?
a)
Developmental
b)
Behavioral
c)
Evolutionary
d)
Functionalist
53.
"People undergo predictable patterns of change throughout their lives." This statement applies to the _________ of psychology. 
a)
cognitive view
b)
trait view
c)
developmental view
d)
behavioral view
54.
"Our actions are primarily shaped by our environment." The statement applies MOST to the...
a)
Cognitive View
b)
Trait View
c)
Developmental View
d)
Behavioral View
55.
Which school of thought is followed by a researcher who attributes an abnormal behavior to a neurotransmitter or its receptor in the brain?
a)
Biological
b)
Psychodynamic
c)
Cognitive 
d)
Humanistic
56.
Psychiatry differs from psychology in that their practitioners...
a)
Help people with challenges and crisis
b)
Conduct research
c)
Experiment with how people perceive, think, and solve problems
d)
Are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medication
57.
A humanistic psychologist working with some Jay students would MOST likely ask which question?
a)
How can we get them to reach their highest potential?
b)
How did their childhood experience impact their current writings?
c)
How do society's attitudes affect their writing topics?
d)
How do their brains differ from those of other successful people?
58.
Who studied the unconscious mind and stated that we all have conflicts in our minds that we cannot perceive?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
John B. Watson
59.
Which "school" of psychology focuses on how the brain works by studying human tendencies in perception and perceptual thinking?
a)
Humanism
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Structuralism
d)
Gestalt
60.
In the 17th century French philosopher ________ argued that human sensations and behaviors were based on activity in the nervous system.
a)
Sanchez
b)
Descartes
c)
Freud
d)
Pythagoras
61.
Which psychological theory/view is a combination of the best of Structuralists, Functionalists and Gestalt traditions and ideas?
a)
Functionalism
b)
Cognitive View
c)
Biological View
d)
Behaviorism

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