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Approaches to Psychology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist? (HINT: Who was the first person we discussed?)

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

Carl Jung

d)

Ivan Pavlov

2.

What did functionalism focus on?

a)

The structure of the mind

b)

How mental activities helped an organism adapt to fit into its environment

c)

The interpretation of dreams

d)

The treatment of mental disorders

3.

According to Freud, what is the unconscious mind a repository of?

a)

Memories and thoughts

b)

Urges and Motivations

c)

Skills and habits

d)

Knowledge and beliefs

4.

What is the focus of psychoanalytic theory?

a)

Conscious thoughts and behaviors

b)

The role of a person's unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences

c)

Social interactions and relationships

d)

Biological processes and genetics

5.

What is Abraham Maslow best known for in the field of psychology?

a)

Developing the theory of classical conditioning

b)

Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs

c)

Creating the concept of operant conditioning

d)

Introducing the idea of the unconscious mind

6.

What approach has cognitive psychology taken due to cooperation between all different disciplines?

a)

A disciplinary approach

b)

A monodisciplinary approach

c)

An interdisciplinary approach

d)

A unidisciplinary approach

7.

What does cognitive psychology generally reject as a valid method of investigation because it is too subjective? (HINT: It is the process that structuralism uses to examine thoughts and feelings.)

a)

The scientific method

b)

Introspection

c)

Behavioral analysis

d)

Cognitive analysis

8.

Which of the following is a key characteristic of cognitive psychology?

a)

Accepting the use of the scientific method

b)

Introspection

c)

Focus is on unconscious thoughts, urges, and motivations

d)

Emphasizing behavior over mental processes

9.

Early psychological perspective that emphasized the structure or characteristics of the mind/thought and identification of elements of thought using introspection

a)

Structuralism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Monism

d)

Dualism

10.

Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential because people are basically good.

a)

behavioral

b)

biological

c)

socio-cultural

d)

humanistic

11.

The psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior.

a)

functionalism

b)

behavioral

c)

psychoanalytic

d)

humanistic

12.

Approach that believes people are influenced by consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.

a)

Humanism

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Psychoanalytic

13.

Examine how people think through and store info (memory). Language, decision-making, deductive reasoning, problem-solving

a)

Biological Domain

b)

Clinical Domain

c)

Cognitive Domain

d)

Counseling Domain

e)

Developmental Domain

14.

Study and understand human mental, social, and emotional growth over the course of life.

a)

Biological Domain

b)

Clinical Domain

c)

Cognitive Domain

d)

Counseling Domain

e)

Developmental Domain