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ACC - Psychology #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the "father" of modern psychology (for opening the first medical lab dedicated to the study of behavior)?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

William James

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

Sigmund Freud

2.

True or false: Edward Titchener introduced Structuralism in 1901.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which psychologist was the founder of Functionalism?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

John Watson

c)

William James

d)

Ivan Pavlov

4.
 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
a)
psychology
b)
biology
c)
morality
d)
behavior
5.

Which psychological approach focused on understanding the "what" of mental processes or thinking rather than the "why" or the "how"?

a)

Structuralism

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Psychoanalysis

6.

private, unmeasurable mental processes such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories

a)

behavior

b)

action initiative

c)

cognitive activities

d)

psychology

7.

What is an example of a mental process?

a)

someone's perception

b)

thinking

c)

a memory

d)

all of them

8.
Psychologists study human _______________________ by observing and measuring how people act. 
a)
behavior
b)
natural
c)
bilogy
d)
none of the above
9.
If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.
a)
Social-cultural perspective
b)
Behavioral perspective
c)
Biological perspective
d)
Psychodynamic perspective
10.
Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.
a)
Psychodymanic perspective
b)
Cognitive perspective
c)
Behavioral perspective
d)
Biological perspective
11.

Examines how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with the environment to influence learning, personality, memory, motivation, emotions, and other traits and abilities.

a)

Biological Approach

b)

Cognitive Approach

c)

Behavioral Approach

d)

Pyschoanalytic Approach

12.

Analyzes how childhood experiences influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems.

a)

Psychoanalytic Approach

b)

Cognitive Approach

c)

Biological Approach

d)

Behavioral Approach

13.

Emphasizes that each individual has great freedom in directing his or her future, a large capacity in achieving personal growth.

a)

Humanistic Approach

b)

Cross-cultural Approach

c)

Behavioral Approach

d)

Psychoanalytic Approach

14.
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
15.
Sadie believes that she is the Queen of England and that the CIA is out to get her. What type of psychologist would be most likely to treat her psychological disorder?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
clinical
d)
personality
16.

It stresses the influence of unconcious fears, desires, motivation, on thoughts and behavior.

a)

Cognitive Approach

b)

Behavioral Approach

c)

Psychoanalytic Approach

d)

Biological Approach

17.

Which subspecialty in psychology focuses on the cognitive differences between a 6-year-old and a 12-year-old?

a)

neuropsychologist

b)

social

c)

developmental

d)

forensic

18.
Which branch of psychology would argue that a child who is hungry will not be able concentrate on schoolwork or being good in class?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Socio-Cultural
d)
Biopsychosocial
19.

True or false: Humanism begins in 1954 and it’s led by Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following is known as the founder of Psychoanalysis?

a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
B.F. Skinner
21.

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?

a)

the unconscious mind

b)

free will

c)

brain psychology

d)

external consequences

22.

John B. Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of __________.

a)

behavior

b)

the mind

c)

the brain

d)

conciousness

23.

The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov discovered that __________.

a)

dogs would salivate to the sound of a ticking metronome due to a learned reflexive response called conditioning

b)

dogs would salivate to the sound of a ticking metronome due to habituation

c)

dogs would salivate to the sounds of a ticking metronome due to reflexology

d)

dogs would salivate to the sounds of a ticking metronome due to their fear response

24.

True or false: Mental processes include everything people can do with their mind.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Evolutionary Theory, Natural Selection, Humans evolved from less complex organisms

a)

Dorthea Dix

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Wilhelm Wundt

d)

William James

e)

Ivan Pavlov