Worksheets1.1-1.4 Note Check
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Rupert believes that focusing on problems and bad feelings makes them persist. As a therapist, working with people who are struggling, Rupert prefers to emphasize their strengths and help them find an individualized path to a more satisfying life. What is Rupert's primary area of practice?
biopsychology
positive psychology
behaviorism
cognitive psychology
Glorietta is a psychologist who focuses on the role of the conscious and unconscious mind in shaping a person's lifelong identity and basic motivations. To which perspective does Glorietta subscribe?
humanistic
cognitive
psychodynamic
behavioral
How does humanistic psychology differ from psychodynamic theory and behaviorism?
It focuses on the ability of people to direct their own lives.
It stresses how people think and remember.
It is less abstract and more practical.
It studies humans in relation to nonhuman animals.
Thuy is 45 years old and is suffering from hot flashes and extreme moodiness. From a(n) perspective, Thuy's symptoms can be attributed to menopause.
cognitive
psychoanalytical
psychodynamic
biopsychological
Wilhelm Wundt referred to the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities as:
dualism
focus of control
objective introspection
evolutionary consciousness
Which early perspective in psychology, associated primarily with William James, focused on how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play in their surroundings?
functionalism
internal conflict theory
structuralism
psychoanalysis
Who was the first female president of the American Psychological Association?
Francis Cecil Sumner
Mamie Clark
Margaret F. Washburn
Mary Whiton Calkins
Which underlying psychological process trains young children to quiet down and sit up straight at their desks when they see the school principal walking into the classroom?
counterconditioning
repression
self-actualization
conditioning
According to the behavioral perspective, a child who cries and is rewarded by getting a parent's attention will:
become more attached to the parent.
stop crying so much in the future.
cry again in the future.
become indifferent to the parent.
The psychological perspective that is most closely associated with Edward Titchener is:
psychoanalysis
functionalism
structuralism
conflict
Freud believed that personality was formed:
around puberty, when the sex organs develop.
after a traumatizing event.
in the first 6 years of life.
in the first 2 years of life.
What did Watson believe about behavior?
that lifelong behavior patterns are set within the first 6 years of life
that it is learned
that it is an outward indicator of repressed conflict
that it stems from unconscious motivation
John Watson would propose that phobias:
are the result of a traumatic event experienced early in life.
cannot be eliminated entirely.
are learned through the process of conditioning.
are an indication of a deeper internal psychological conflict.
Freud believed that created the nervous disorders seen in his patients.
a lack of objective introspection
repressed urges
mental processes
genetics
A doctor informs the parents of a 13-year-old that, without hospitalization, the patient's anorexia nervosa will worsen and cause grave medical conditions. The doctor is making a(n):
diagnosis
educated guess
prediction
hypothesis
Which example BEST illustrates psychology's goal of control?
observing the behavior of children in preschool
predicting students' university grades based on their high school grades
giving psychological tests to a new therapy client to determine the client's symptoms
using rewards to help a smoker give up cigarettes
Dr. Ramirez wanted to determine what would happen if rats were given food every time they successfully completed a maze. He believed they would complete the maze faster in future trials. This belief is called
an explanation.
control.
a prediction.
a description.
________ are personal judgments based on beliefs rather than facts.
Perspectives
Predictions
Observations
Biases
Talking, facial expressions, and movements are aspects of:
humanism.
biopsychology.
behavior.
mental processes.
Within the field of psychology, mental processes refer to:
behavior displayed by humans.
internal or hidden activity of people's minds.
outward reactions and responses.
overt or automatic actions.
Which psychological perspective places primary emphasis on the concepts of free will and self-actualization?
the behavioral perspective
the humanistic perspective
the sociocultural perspective
the evolutionary perspective
Which psychological perspective focuses on understanding behavior in the contexts of family, social groups, and culture?
the positive evolutionary perspective
the cognitive neuroscientific perspective
the sociocultural perspective
the neuropsychological perspective
Dr. Farzad's psychological research is focused on the biological bases for mental characteristics that all humans share in common. What is Dr. Farzad's field of study?
evolutionary psychology
humanistic psychology
cognitive psychology
sociocultural psychology
The theory of operant conditioning was developed by:
John B. Watson.
Abraham Maslow.
B. F. Skinner.
Carl Rogers.
________ proposes that behavioral responses are reinforced when they are rewarded with pleasurable consequences.
The psychodynamic perspective
Self-actualization
Cognitive psychology
Operant conditioning
