WorksheetsAP Psychology History
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Who established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany?
a)
G. Stanley Hall
b)
William Wundt
c)
Francis Bacon
d)
Sigmund Freund
3.
Who usually has a PhD, PsyD, EdD and cannot prescribe medication?
a)
Psychiatrist
b)
Therapist
c)
Physical therapist
d)
Psychologist
4.
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
5.
Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?
a)
Margaret Washburn
b)
Mary Calkins
c)
Edward Titchener
d)
Charles Darwin
6.
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
7.
What is the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method?
a)
experimental psychology
b)
behaviorism
c)
humanistic psychology
d)
structuralism
8.
Who is the “father” of psychology?
a)
John Locke
b)
John B. Watson
c)
William Wundt
d)
Rene Descartes
9.
Which psychologist rejected introspection?
a)
Sigmund Freund
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
William James
d)
Edward Titchener
10.
The science of behavior and mental processes is ________
a)
Cognitive neuroscience
b)
behaviorism
c)
psychology
d)
structuralism
11.
Which of the 7 approaches would be used to look at a child's experiences and how they affected them today?
a)
Biology
b)
Psychoanalytic
c)
Behaviorism
d)
Cognitive
12.
Who was teh person that focused on humanistic psychology?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
John B. Watson
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Carl Rogers
13.
What is the term that goes with "blank slate"?
a)
Tabula rasa
b)
Structuralism
c)
Intuition
d)
Functionalism
14.
A psychologist wants to see if the kids around town have been influencing Billy. Which approach should be used?
a)
Behaviorism
b)
Biology
c)
Socio-Cultural
d)
Humanism
15.
Which prescientific psychologist thought that the fluid inside the spinal cavity was animal spirits?
a)
Socrates
b)
Descartes
c)
Aristotle
d)
Plato
16.
In most states what is the big difference between psychiatrist and psychologist?
a)
Psychologists are liscensed to give medicine
b)
Psychiatrist has no medical training
c)
Psychiatrist can prescibe medication
d)
Pshychologist only work with humans
17.
Who studied and realized that at birth your mind is a Tabula Rosa?
a)
William Wundt
b)
Fransis Bacon
c)
John Locke
d)
Rene Descartes
18.
What are some applied research positions?
a)
Psychometrics
b)
Counseling
c)
Educational
d)
Social
19.
Which one is not a focus learning through behavioral perspective?
a)
Rewards
b)
Unconscious
c)
Punishment
d)
Observations
20.
Who used introspection to study structures of mind?
a)
William James
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
John B Watson
d)
Edward Titchener
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Which philosopher suggested the idea that the mind is a blank slate on which experience writes?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
John Locke
d)
Jean Piaget
24.
Which of the following groups changed the definition of Psychology to "the scientific study of observable behavior"?
a)
Humanists
b)
Psychodynamic psychologists
c)
Cognitive psychologists
d)
Behaviorists
25.
What scientist is considered one of the founders of modern science?
a)
Francis Bacon
b)
Rene Descartes
c)
John Locke
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
26.
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
27.
Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?
a)
John Watson
b)
William James
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Max Wertheimer
28.
Which of the following deals with childhood memories and events?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Humanism
d)
Psychodynamic
29.
Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist?
a)
Abraham Maslow
b)
John Watson
c)
William James
d)
Sigmund Freud
30.
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
31.
Who was considered the father of psychology?
a)
James
b)
Wundt
c)
Wertheimer
d)
Freud
32.
What is the meaning of replicate?
a)
A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures
b)
A testable prediction
c)
A self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observations and predicts behaviors or events
d)
A recreating of the study with other participants in different situations to prove the feelings to be reliable
33.
Who was the first woman to recieve a psychology Ph.D.?
a)
Mary Calkins
b)
Francisca Bacon
c)
Margaret Floy Washburn
d)
Rosalie Rayner
34.
What type of psychologists promote psychological health in individuals, groups, and organizations?
a)
Clinical
b)
Sport
c)
School
d)
Counseling
35.
The research methodology Wilhelm Wundt used is called
a)
Introspection
b)
Structuralism
c)
Naturalistic Observation
d)
Scientific
36.
The science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study?
a)
Applied research
b)
Philosophy
c)
Basic research
d)
Psychology
37.
What is the sceintific study that aims to solve practical problems?
a)
Human Factors Psychology
b)
Applied research
c)
Developmental Psychology
d)
Testing Effect
38.
What is the definition of psychology?
a)
Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
b)
Study of behavior and logic
c)
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
d)
Study of how how our influences affect us
39.
what is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
a)
a psychologist can diagnose someone, a psychiatrist can t
b)
a psychologist can write prescriptions, a psychiatrist cant
c)
a psychiatrist has a Ph.D, a psychologist went to medical school
d)
a psychiatrist went to medical school, a psychologist has a Ph. D
40.
which approach focuses on concious experiences and choosing to take control of our lives and our destiny
a)
social- cultural approach
b)
humanistic approach
c)
behavioral approach
d)
psychodinamic approach
41.
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
42.
What approach focuses on childhood memories and events of the unconscious mind?
a)
Psychoanalitic
b)
cognitive
c)
behaviorism
d)
humanism
43.
“How can we achieve full potential?” What approach is being represented here?
a)
humanism
b)
behaviorism
c)
biological
d)
evolutionary
44.
What does cognitive thinking focus on?
a)
thoughts and decisions
b)
biological structures
c)
rewards and punishments
d)
natural selection
45.
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
46.
Hormones, heredity, tumors, and disease all fall into the category of what approach?
a)
Biological
b)
cognitive
c)
humanism
d)
evolutionary
47.
What did Socrates and Plato think psychology was?
a)
Mind is separable from body and especially in death and knowledge is born in us.
b)
Knowledge is from experiences and is stored in memories
c)
Person learns from the influences around us
d)
Memories formed as experiences opened pores in the brain
48.
Who is the father of Psychology?
a)
William Wundt
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
John Locke
d)
Aristotle
49.
Which Psychologist questioned how does our early childhood experiences affect our behavior?
a)
William James
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
John B. Watson
d)
Abraham Maslow
50.
What approach focuses on how childhood memories and events and the unconscious mind that affects behavior?
a)
Psychoanalitic
b)
Cognitive
c)
Humanism
d)
socio-cultural
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