Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

Define psychology

Answer 1

Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes.

Question 2

Explain why psychology is a science

Answer 2

Psychology is a science because it applies the scientific model in testing claims and beliefs in the light of evidence.

Question 3

___ is the earliest school of psychology.

Answer 3

Structuralism

Question 4

Who founded Structuralism?

Answer 4

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 5

What are the six major perspectives?

Answer 5

The behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, physiological, cognitive and sociocultural

Question 6

What is Behaviorism?

Answer 6

The belief that environmental influences determine behavior and that psychology should restrict itself to the study of observable behavior.

Question 7

Which perspective believes psychology should restrict itself to the study of observable behavior?

Answer 7

Behaviorism

Question 8

Who founded Functionalism?

Answer 8

William James

Question 9

What does Functionalism attempt to explain?

Answer 9

Functionalism attempts to explain our behavior in terms of the functions it serves in helping us adapt to the environment.

Question 10

What does behavioral perspective focus on?

Answer 10

Behavioral perspective focuses on observable behavior, the role of learning, and the importance of environment influences on behavior

Question 11

What do psychodynamic perspective believe in?

Answer 11

Psychodynamic perspective believes that our behavior and personalities are shaped by unconscious motives and conflicts that lie outside the range of ordinary awareness