PLATO Psychology 1 En d of Sem ester Test
Questions w ith 100% Ver ified Cor r ect Answ er s
1. Which social science involves studying legal policies?
A. political science
B. history
C. economics
D. law
Correct D. law
2. Which of the following is true about a family psychologist?
A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavioral
problems in children and teenagers.
B. They would also help courts to determine the mental stability of accused
criminals, as well as the motives behind crimes.
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of
divorce.
D. They would also help to design various living spaces for optimal functioning
and mental health.
Correct A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavioral problems in children
,and teenagers.
and
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of divorce.
3. Who postulated the "nature versus nurture" hypothesis?
Correct Sir Francis Galton
4. Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams
support?
A. cognitivist
B. psychoanalysis
C. structuralism
D. functionalism
Correct B. psychoanalysis
5. Which scientist's experiments with dogs introduced classical conditioning?
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Ivan Pavlov
D. John Watson
Correct C. Ivan Pavlov
, 6. Who proposed the theory that mental processes originated in the brain?
A. Franz Mesmer
B. Francis Galton
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
Correct C. Plato
7. Which university housed the world's first psychology laboratory?
A. Leipzig University
B. Harvard University
C. Clark University
D. Johns Hopkins University
Correct A. Leipzig University
8. Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the question, "Are
teenagers from all societies rebellious?"
A. an anthropologist
B. a historian
C. an economist
D. a philosopher
Correct A. an anthropologist
Questions w ith 100% Ver ified Cor r ect Answ er s
1. Which social science involves studying legal policies?
A. political science
B. history
C. economics
D. law
Correct D. law
2. Which of the following is true about a family psychologist?
A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavioral
problems in children and teenagers.
B. They would also help courts to determine the mental stability of accused
criminals, as well as the motives behind crimes.
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of
divorce.
D. They would also help to design various living spaces for optimal functioning
and mental health.
Correct A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavioral problems in children
,and teenagers.
and
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of divorce.
3. Who postulated the "nature versus nurture" hypothesis?
Correct Sir Francis Galton
4. Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams
support?
A. cognitivist
B. psychoanalysis
C. structuralism
D. functionalism
Correct B. psychoanalysis
5. Which scientist's experiments with dogs introduced classical conditioning?
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Ivan Pavlov
D. John Watson
Correct C. Ivan Pavlov
, 6. Who proposed the theory that mental processes originated in the brain?
A. Franz Mesmer
B. Francis Galton
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
Correct C. Plato
7. Which university housed the world's first psychology laboratory?
A. Leipzig University
B. Harvard University
C. Clark University
D. Johns Hopkins University
Correct A. Leipzig University
8. Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the question, "Are
teenagers from all societies rebellious?"
A. an anthropologist
B. a historian
C. an economist
D. a philosopher
Correct A. an anthropologist
