QUIZ #1 (Ch. 1) What is Psych

Question 1

__________psychology is designed to find solutions to specific personal, social, and scientific problems.

Answer 1

Applied

Question 2

Wilhelm Wundt was the founder of?

Answer 2

Structuralism

Question 3

The ______________ theory focused on the unconscious conflicts of the individual:

Answer 3

Psychoanalysis

Question 4

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

1. The science of behavior
2. The science of mental processes
3. The science of behavior and mental processes
   4 .The science of human behavior and mental processes

Answer 4

The science of behavior

Question 5

The perspective that seeks to link between the electrical and chemical activities of the body and brain to the mental processes

Answer 5

Biological

Question 6

Which type of Psychology Professional assists individuals and groups in improving performance

Answer 6

Sports

Question 7

Which type of early psychologist believed that “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”

Answer 7

Gestaltist

Question 8

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?

Answer 8

Unconscious mind

Question 9

A person who has suffered a major stroke and is now experiencing severe personality problems because of the damage would BEST be advised to see a:

Answer 9

Psychiatrist

Question 10

The individual who wrote the foundational book on Psychology Elements of Psychophysics was:

Answer 10

Gustav Theodore Fechner

Question 11

Which theory of Psychology is like putting a mental puzzle together?

Answer 11

Gestalt

Question 12

The use of learning with repetition and association is in which psychological perspective?

Answer 12

Behaviorism

Question 13

A neoanalysts who has impacted psychology is?

Answer 13

Erik Erikson

Question 14

A field that focuses on identifying and measuring human traits, determining influences on thought processes, feelings, and behaviors to explain psychological disorders.

Answer 14

Personality Psychologist

Question 15

A modern title for Freud’s original psychological concept:

Answer 15

Psychodynamic

Question 16

The title of “Founder of Psychology” is credited to?

Answer 16

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 17

Instinct relates more to which of the Psychological perspectives?

Answer 17

Evolutionary

Question 18

John B. Watson developed which of the psychological schools of thought?

Answer 18

Behaviorism

Question 19

The difference between School and Educational Psychologist is:

Answer 19

The School Psychologist is focuses on placement of students into special classes

Question 20

In psychology, the process of learning with stimuli, rewards, and punishment is:

Answer 20

Behaviorism

Question 21

The view that people are free to choose and be responsible for choosing actions and ethical conducts is?

Answer 21

Existential

Question 22

The tendency to organize perceptions into wholes and to integrate separate stimuli into meaningful patterns is?

Answer 22

Gestalt

Question 23

Which one of the four is a Medical Doctor in Psychology?

Answer 23

Psychiatrist