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1.1-1.4 Note Check

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

biopsychology

b)

positive psychology

c)

behaviorism

d)

cognitive psychology

2.

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?

a)

humanistic

b)

cognitive

c)

psychodynamic

d)

behavioral

3.

How does humanistic psychology differ from psychodynamic theory and behaviorism?

a)

It focuses on the ability of people to direct their own lives.

b)

It stresses how people think and remember.

c)

It is less abstract and more practical.

d)

It studies humans in relation to nonhuman animals.

4.

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.

a)

cognitive

b)

psychoanalytical

c)

psychodynamic

d)

biopsychological

5.

Wilhelm Wundt referred to the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities as:

a)

dualism

b)

focus of control

c)

objective introspection

d)

evolutionary consciousness

6.

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?

a)

functionalism

b)

internal conflict theory

c)

structuralism

d)

psychoanalysis

7.

Who was the first female president of the American Psychological Association?

a)

Francis Cecil Sumner

b)

Mamie Clark

c)

Margaret F. Washburn

d)

Mary Whiton Calkins

8.

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?

a)

counterconditioning

b)

repression

c)

self-actualization

d)

conditioning

9.

According to the behavioral perspective, a child who cries and is rewarded by getting a parent's attention will:

a)

become more attached to the parent.

b)

stop crying so much in the future.

c)

cry again in the future.

d)

become indifferent to the parent.

10.

The psychological perspective that is most closely associated with Edward Titchener is:

a)

psychoanalysis

b)

functionalism

c)

structuralism

d)

conflict

11.

Freud believed that personality was formed:

a)

around puberty, when the sex organs develop.

b)

after a traumatizing event.

c)

in the first 6 years of life.

d)

in the first 2 years of life.

12.

What did Watson believe about behavior?

a)

that lifelong behavior patterns are set within the first 6 years of life

b)

that it is learned

c)

that it is an outward indicator of repressed conflict

d)

that it stems from unconscious motivation

13.

John Watson would propose that phobias:

a)

are the result of a traumatic event experienced early in life.

b)

cannot be eliminated entirely.

c)

are learned through the process of conditioning.

d)

are an indication of a deeper internal psychological conflict.

14.

Freud believed that created the nervous disorders seen in his patients.

a)

a lack of objective introspection

b)

repressed urges

c)

mental processes

d)

genetics

15.

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):

a)

diagnosis

b)

educated guess

c)

prediction

d)

hypothesis

16.

Which example BEST illustrates psychology's goal of control?

a)

observing the behavior of children in preschool

b)

predicting students' university grades based on their high school grades

c)

giving psychological tests to a new therapy client to determine the client's symptoms

d)

using rewards to help a smoker give up cigarettes

17.

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

a)

an explanation.

b)

control.

c)

a prediction.

d)

a description.

18.

________ are personal judgments based on beliefs rather than facts.

a)

Perspectives

b)

Predictions

c)

Observations

d)

Biases

19.

Talking, facial expressions, and movements are aspects of:

a)

humanism.

b)

biopsychology.

c)

behavior.

d)

mental processes.

20.

Within the field of psychology, mental processes refer to:

a)

behavior displayed by humans.

b)

internal or hidden activity of people's minds.

c)

outward reactions and responses.

d)

overt or automatic actions.

21.

Which psychological perspective places primary emphasis on the concepts of free will and self-actualization?

a)

the behavioral perspective

b)

the humanistic perspective

c)

the sociocultural perspective

d)

the evolutionary perspective

22.

Which psychological perspective focuses on understanding behavior in the contexts of family, social groups, and culture?

a)

the positive evolutionary perspective

b)

the cognitive neuroscientific perspective

c)

the sociocultural perspective

d)

the neuropsychological perspective

23.

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?

a)

evolutionary psychology

b)

humanistic psychology

c)

cognitive psychology

d)

sociocultural psychology

24.

The theory of operant conditioning was developed by:

a)

John B. Watson.

b)

Abraham Maslow.

c)

B. F. Skinner.

d)

Carl Rogers.

25.

________ proposes that behavioral responses are reinforced when they are rewarded with pleasurable consequences.

a)

The psychodynamic perspective

b)

Self-actualization

c)

Cognitive psychology

d)

Operant conditioning