Thinking About Psychology, Second Edition
Module 2:
History and Perspectives
iClicker Questions
Charles T. Blair-Broeker
Randal M. Ernst
Questions Written by Kent Korek, Germantown High School
1. The first psychology laboratory was
established in _____ by _____.
a. Russia; Ivan Pavlov
b. Germany; Wilhelm Wundt
c. Austria; Sigmund Freud
d. United States; William James
2. Which of the following does not
pertain to Edward B. Titchener?
a. structuralism
b. analyze the basic elements of thought
c. the whole is greater than the sum of the
parts
d. student of Wundt
3. Sigmund Freud was the founder of:
a. Gestalt psychology.
b. psychoanalysis.
c. behaviorism.
d. functionalism.
4. Psychological perspectives are:
a. ways to explain human behavior.
b. research methods used to test
hypothesis.
c. past historical movements like Gestalt
psychology that don’t really have any
relevance in current psychology.
d. biases that researchers avoid.
5. Dr. Albert believes that psychology should
restrict itself to the study of observable behavior.
Theories stressing the influences of internal
concepts such as the unconscious mind or
conscious experience should be avoided. Dr.
Albert would probably be labeled a:
a. Freudian.
b. humanist.
c. behaviorist.
d. structuralist.
6. Which of the following pair is
correct?
a. Maslow: humanism
b. Freud: behaviorism
c. Watson: functionalism
d. Skinner: Gestalt psychology
7. Which of the following is still active today
as a school of psychological thought?
a. structuralism
b. functionalism
c. Gestalt psychology
d. behaviorism
8. Bruce and Alan are both psychologists with
different points of view. Bruce believes that
psychology should focus on how people think and
solve problems, while Alan feels psychology
should instead deal with those physiological
causes of behavior. According to our text, Bruce
would probably be called a _____ psychologist,
while Alan would be labeled a _____ psychologist.
a. behavioral; social-cultural
b. cognitive; biological
c. psychodynamic; cognitive
d. psychodynamic; biological
9. Which of the following book titles would
be the most appropriate for a psychologist
from the psychodynamic perspective?
a. “The Way We Think”
b. “We are More than Our Parts”
c. “The Inner Conflicts”
d. “The Brain as the Key to Behavior”
10. The movement called positive
psychology investigates such topics as:
a. courage, originality, and wisdom.
b. positive (or active) symptoms in
schizophrenics.
c. conditioning developmentally disabled
children to function positively in society.
d. adding positive behaviors to the list of
symptoms used to diagnose psychological
disorders.