AP Psychology Quiz 1A - Historic Foundations of Psychology (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with the Historic Foundations of Psychology based questions.

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1 Gestalt psychologists emphasized

	a person's total experience of the world
	the influence of the environment on behavior
	the unconscious mind
	the examination of observable behavior
	the unique identity of each individual human

2 Who was the founder of functionalism?

	William James
	Edward Titchener
	Wilhelm Wundt
	John B. Watson
	Charles Darwin

3 The person most interested in studying the structures that make up the mind was

	William James
	Edward Titchener
	Wilhelm Wundt
	John B. Watson
	Charles Darwin

4 A mother brings her daughter who has been diagnosed with autism to two different doctors. The first doctor tells her that autism is a genetic problem. The second doctor tells her it was caused by a vaccine the child received when she was younger.

These two dissenting opinions reflect the

	mind-brain problem
	psychodynamic perspective
	role of genetics
	nature vs nurture debate
	behaviorist viewpoint

5 The idea that behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions, not by other external factors is referred to as

	free will
	empiricism
	determinism
	structuralism
	functionalism

6 A psychologist who argues that everything people do in the observable world has a physical cause believes in

	free will
	mind-brain problem
	determinism
	humanism
	indeterminism

7 The Greeks' idea of one's personality being characterized by the four humors (blood, phlegm,melancholer, yellow bile) is akin to which modern day personality theory?

	Psychoanalytic theory
	Theory of mind
	Lateralization of emotion
	Trait theory
	Archetypes

8 Which of the following statements would Descartes, Socrates, and Plato all agree with?

	The greatest power lies in ideas and an educated mind
	People think with their hearts and feel with their bowels
	The mind and body exist as two distinct entities
	Knowledge is not preexistent; rather we learn from our experiences kept in our memories
	The mind and body are inseparable and coexist as one entity

9 William James was affiliated with which of the following perspectives of psychology?

	Structuralism
	Cognitive
	Psychodynamic
	Neoanalytic
	Functionalism

10 A psychologist who attempts to assign reasons and provide explanations for behaviors and processes of the body most likely follows which of the following perspectives of psychology?

	Monism
	Structuralism
	Behavioralism
	Functionalism
	Humanism

11 Which of the following involves engaging in self reflection and describing one's emotional experiences?

	Automatic processing
	Self-questioning
	Egoism association
	Introspection
	Meditation

12 Structuralism is most closely associated with which of the following scientists?

	William James
	Edward Titchener
	B.F. Skinner
	Charles Darwin
	Ivan Pavlov

13 Which of the following people is credited with establishing the first psychology laboratory?

	Edward Titchener
	Frances Bacon
	Wilhelm Wundt
	Ernest Hilgard
	William James

14 "The whole is different from the sum of its parts" best represents which of the following theories of psychology?

	Functionalism
	Gestalt psychology
	Behaviorism
	Humanistic
	Structuralism

15 Which of the following perspectives is characterized by the belief that the conscious mind can be broken down into identifiable,fundamental and scientific elements?

	Gestalt psychology
	Functionalism
	Determinism
	Structuralism
	Introspection

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