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Unit 1 Intro to Psych

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name

Class

Date

What are the basic hereditary units found on chromosomes?

Genes

Proteins

Enzymes

RNA

Every nongenetic influence, starting with prenatal nutrition and involving the people and areas around you

Environment

Genes

Norms

Culture

The proportion of variation in a trait due to genetic factors is called

Heritability

Environment

Adaptation

Learning

Random errors in gene replication that lead to a chance in the individual’s genetic code: the source of all genetic diversity

Mutation

Genes

Norms

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

A complex molecule containing all the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Genes

Norms

Culture

Mutation

Sigmund Freud is associated with this psychological perspective

Humanistic

Psychodynamic

Psychoanalysis

Functionalism

Founder of the field of psychology as an academic subject and also known as the “father of psychology”

B.F. Skinner

Wilhelm Wundt

Ivan Pavlov

Abraham Maslow

Advocated for the rights and conditions of the mentally ill in America

Margaret Floyd Washburn

Wilhelm Wundt

Ivan Pavlov

Dorothea Dix

Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes. We each have 46.

DNA

Behavior genes

Chromosomes

Mutation

10.

All of the following are ways genes could be switched off EXCEPT for which one?

IVF (in vitro fertilization)

famine

environmental

genetic mutation

11.

True or False: the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians did not theorize about psychology

True

False

12.

examines the importance of social learning, social interactions, and cultural perspectives

Socio-cultural approach

Structuralism

Behaviorism

Psychodynamic approach

13.

it examines our mental thoughts and processes as the root of our behavior, but it focuses on the positives

Humanistic approach

Structuralism

Behaviorism

Psychodynamic approach

14.

Looks at how our physical make up and our brains impact our personality, preferences, behavior patterns, and abilities

Biological approach

Structuralism

Functionalism

Behaviorism

15.

focused solely on observable events. did not think the mind could be understood

Behaviorism

Functionalism

Psychodynamic approach

Biological approach

16.

looks at behaviors through the lens of natural selection

Evolutionary approach

Structuralism

Behaviorism

Psychodynamic approach

17.

we are driven by irrational desires generated in our unconscious minds

Psychodynamic approach

Structuralism

Functionalism

Behaviorism

Biological approach

18.

Theory that focuses on the functions of consciousness and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment

Functionalism

Structuralism

Behaviorism

Biological approach

19.

The study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptance needs best describes which school of psychology.

Behavioral

Functionalist

Humanistic

Structuralist

20.

Which of the following is a key assumption of the Biological Approach in psychology?

Behaviour is learned through experience.

Behaviour is influenced by genetic and biological factors.

Behaviour is shaped by social interactions.

Behaviour is determined by unconscious motives.

21.

According to the Behaviourist Approach, which of the following is the primary method of learning?

Insight

Observation

Conditioning

Introspection

22.

Which of the following is a key feature of the Cognitive Approach?

Emphasis on free will

Focus on unconscious processes

Use of scientific methods to study mental processes

Emphasis on the role of reinforcement

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Unit 1 Intro to Psych

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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