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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the contemporary definition of psychology?
The study of the brain and all it's processes.
The study of the mind and how it interacts with the outside world.
The study of human's thoughts and mental processes.
The systematic, scientific study of behavioral and mental processes of human and other animals
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who conducted the psychological experiment testing reaction time, which is regarded as the birth of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Margaret Floy Washburn
William James
- 3. Multiple Choice
Edward Titchener is most associated with which early branch of psychology?
Functionalism
Biological
Structuralism
Behaviorism
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who is most associated with Functionalism?
Wilhelm Wundt
Titchener
William James
Mary Whiton Calkins
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who defined psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior"?
Charles Darwin
John B. Watson
Sigmund Freud
René Descartes
- 6. Multiple Choice
What psychological perspective was used in Ivan Pavlov's experiment with dogs?
Evolutionary
Primal
Behavioral
Cognitive
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the goal of a basic psychologist?
To create innovative medications that treat psychological disorders.
To find solutions to practical problems.
To study phenomena in order to accumulate accurate knowledge.
To make as much money as possible.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the primary focus of an applied psychologist?
To create resources that teach the concepts of psychology.
To increase popularity in the field of psychology.
To expand the knowledge base.
To find solutions to practical problems.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which early psychologist viewed the mind and the body as two separate entities?
René Descartes
Charles Darwin
John Locke
Plato
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who supported the notion that the mind is a blank slate?
Plato
Charles Darwin
John Locke
Tabula D. Rasa
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBehaviorists dismissed the value ofscience.introspection.spaced practice.neuroscience.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the psychoanalytic perspective focus on?
rewards and punishments
self-esteem and self-actualization
biology and genetics
internal conflict and unconscious desires
sensation and perception
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who was a student of William James and the first female president of the American Psychological Association?
Jean Piaget
Sych O. Soshaal
Rosalie Rayner
Mary Whiton Calkins
Margaret Floy Washburn
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which approach is most directly concerned with assessing the relative impact of both nature and nurture on our psychological traits?
biopsychosocial
cognitive
humanistic
social-cultural
pyschodynamic
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe biopsychosocial approach emphasizes the importance ofdifferent levels of analysis in exploring behavior and mental processes.basic research over pure research.pure research over basic research.having a single academic perspective to guide research.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and feelings is calledclinical psychology.introspection.spaced practice.humanism.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n)clinical psychologist.developmental psychologist.psychiatrist.biological psychologist.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich approach to psychology focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?biologicalcognitiveevolutionarypsychodynamic
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following subfields of psychology conducts applied research?developmentalsocialpersonalityclinical
- 20. Multiple ChoiceRoger is a freshman in college and is having trouble adjusting to the changes in his life.
What type of psychologist should he be referred to?Developmental.Psychiatrist.Clinical.Counseling - 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich field of psychology is most interested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity.Humanistic psychologyGestalt psychologyCognitive neurosciencePsychodynamic perspective
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe first two major "schools" of Psychology werebehaviorism and psychoanalysisfunctionalism and behaviorismstructuralism and functionalismpsychoanalysis and Gestalt
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