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AP Psych Unit 1 History & Approaches TEST
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceJohn Locke came up with “Tabula Rasa” that helped form empiricism, what does “Tabula Rasa” mean?Blank slateStructuralismThoughtful mindMental process
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWho established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany?G. Stanley HallWilliam WundtFrancis BaconSigmund Freund
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho usually has a PhD, PsyD, EdD and cannot prescribe medication?PsychiatristTherapistPhysical therapistPsychologist
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is cognitive psychology?Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processesFocus on biological structures and processFocus on the conscious experiences and choices in our livesHow the natural selection of traits prompted survival of genes
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?Margaret WashburnMary CalkinsEdward TitchenerCharles Darwin
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat two men asked the question “how can the environment nurture human growth”?Sigmund Freud and John LockeFrancis Bacon and AristotleCarl Rogers and Abraham MaslowJohn B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method?experimental psychologybehaviorismhumanistic psychologystructuralism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho is the “father” of psychology?John LockeJohn B. WatsonWilliam WundtRene Descartes
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich psychologist rejected introspection?Sigmund FreundB.F. SkinnerWilliam JamesEdward Titchener
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe science of behavior and mental processes is ________Cognitive neurosciencebehaviorismpsychologystructuralism
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the 7 approaches would be used to look at a child's experiences and how they affected them today?BiologyPsychoanalyticBehaviorismCognitive
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho was teh person that focused on humanistic psychology?Sigmund FreudJohn B. WatsonB.F. SkinnerCarl Rogers
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the term that goes with "blank slate"?Tabula rasaStructuralismIntuitionFunctionalism
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA psychologist wants to see if the kids around town have been influencing Billy. Which approach should be used?BehaviorismBiologySocio-CulturalHumanism
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich prescientific psychologist thought that the fluid inside the spinal cavity was animal spirits?SocratesDescartesAristotlePlato
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn most states what is the big difference between psychiatrist and psychologist?Psychologists are liscensed to give medicinePsychiatrist has no medical trainingPsychiatrist can prescibe medicationPshychologist only work with humans
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho studied and realized that at birth your mind is a Tabula Rosa?William WundtFransis BaconJohn LockeRene Descartes
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat are some applied research positions?PsychometricsCounselingEducationalSocial
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich one is not a focus learning through behavioral perspective?RewardsUnconsciousPunishmentObservations
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho used introspection to study structures of mind?William JamesB.F. SkinnerJohn B WatsonEdward Titchener
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat us the definition of evolutionary psychology?Focus on learning through rewards, punishments, and observatinsHow the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival genesExamines our thought processes, how we solve problems, make decisions and develop languageInteractions we have with enviornment and other people in the environment
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhen was the birth of psychology as we know it in a small room of Germany's University of Leipzig?March 1403July 1746July 1820December 1879
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher suggested the idea that the mind is a blank slate on which experience writes?Charles DarwinIvan PavlovJohn LockeJean Piaget
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following groups changed the definition of Psychology to "the scientific study of observable behavior"?HumanistsPsychodynamic psychologistsCognitive psychologistsBehaviorists
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat scientist is considered one of the founders of modern science?Francis BaconRene DescartesJohn LockeWilhelm Wundt
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWho was denied the claim to being psychology's first female psychology Ph.D.?Rene DescartesMary Whiton CalkinsRosalie RaynerMargaret Floy Washburn
- 27. Multiple ChoiceOf the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?John WatsonWilliam JamesIvan PavlovMax Wertheimer
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following deals with childhood memories and events?CognitiveBehaviorismHumanismPsychodynamic
- 29. Multiple ChoiceOf the following, who is a humanistic psychologist?Abraham MaslowJohn WatsonWilliam JamesSigmund Freud
- 30. Multiple ChoiceIf Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience, were alive today, they would best agree with the:Behavior ApproachPsychoanalytic ApproachHumanistic ApproachBiological Approach
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWho was considered the father of psychology?JamesWundtWertheimerFreud
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the meaning of replicate?A carefully worded statement of the exact proceduresA testable predictionA self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observations and predicts behaviors or eventsA recreating of the study with other participants in different situations to prove the feelings to be reliable
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first woman to recieve a psychology Ph.D.?Mary CalkinsFrancisca BaconMargaret Floy WashburnRosalie Rayner
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of psychologists promote psychological health in individuals, groups, and organizations?ClinicalSportSchoolCounseling
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe research methodology Wilhelm Wundt used is calledIntrospectionStructuralismNaturalistic ObservationScientific
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study?Applied researchPhilosophyBasic researchPsychology
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the sceintific study that aims to solve practical problems?Human Factors PsychologyApplied researchDevelopmental PsychologyTesting Effect
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the definition of psychology?Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one anotherStudy of behavior and logicScientific study of behavior and mental processesStudy of how how our influences affect us
- 39. Multiple Choicewhat is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?a psychologist can diagnose someone, a psychiatrist can ta psychologist can write prescriptions, a psychiatrist canta psychiatrist has a Ph.D, a psychologist went to medical schoola psychiatrist went to medical school, a psychologist has a Ph. D
- 40. Multiple Choicewhich approach focuses on concious experiences and choosing to take control of our lives and our destinysocial- cultural approachhumanistic approachbehavioral approachpsychodinamic approach
- 41. Multiple Choicewhich two people both believed that the mind is seperable from the body especially in death and knowlegde is innate?socrates and aristotleplato and aristotlesocrates and platodescartes and plato
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat approach focuses on childhood memories and events of the unconscious mind?Psychoanaliticcognitivebehaviorismhumanism
- 43. Multiple Choice“How can we achieve full potential?” What approach is being represented here?humanismbehaviorismbiologicalevolutionary
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWhat does cognitive thinking focus on?thoughts and decisionsbiological structuresrewards and punishmentsnatural selection
- 45. Multiple ChoicePutting up your middle finger as an example of a learned behavior is an example of what approach?Biologicalcognitivebehaviorismsocio-cultural
- 46. Multiple ChoiceHormones, heredity, tumors, and disease all fall into the category of what approach?Biologicalcognitivehumanismevolutionary
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Socrates and Plato think psychology was?Mind is separable from body and especially in death and knowledge is born in us.Knowledge is from experiences and is stored in memoriesPerson learns from the influences around usMemories formed as experiences opened pores in the brain
- 48. Multiple ChoiceWho is the father of Psychology?William WundtFrancis BaconJohn LockeAristotle
- 49. Multiple ChoiceWhich Psychologist questioned how does our early childhood experiences affect our behavior?William JamesSigmund FreudJohn B. WatsonAbraham Maslow
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWhat approach focuses on how childhood memories and events and the unconscious mind that affects behavior?PsychoanaliticCognitiveHumanismsocio-cultural
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