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Name_______________________ Date__________ Period____ Ms. Gabriel/Mr. McManus/Mr. Muller AP Psychology 

Unit 1 – How do we explain and measure behavior? 

Unit Guide #_______ – Intro and History 

The unit guides are aligned with your textbook, and the underlined titles refer to the sections in the chapter. Please use your textbook or class notes to complete these  sheets. While you may be able to find these terms on the internet, the answers are often wrong for a variety of reasons. 

Psychological Science Develops  

1) psychology  

Psychology’s Big Issues 

2) nature-nurture  

Psychology’s Perspectives 

3) neuroscience perspective  

4) evolutionary perspective  

5) behavior genetics perspective  

6) psychodynamic perspective  

7) behavioral perspective  

8) cognitive perspective  

9) social-cultural perspective 

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Psychology’s Subfields 

10) industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists 

11) clinical psychology  

12) psychiatry  

Not in Your Textbook 

13) introspection 

14) gestalt psychology 

15) positive psychology

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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Psychoanalysis 1) 

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Behaviorism 1) 

2) 

3) 

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Humanism 1) 

2) 

3) 

4)  

Modern Perspectives/Approaches to Psychology 

Cognitive 1) 

2) 

Biological 1) 

2) 

3) 

Biopsychosocial 1) 

2) 

3)

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Name_______________________ Date__________ Period____ Mr. McManus/Ms. Gabriel/Mr. Muller AP Psychology 

Next Level – Intro and History

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Practice Multiple Choice 

1) What is the correct order of the following perspectives of psychology, from past to present? 

I Behaviorism 

II Psychoanalysis 

III Humanism 

a. I, II, III 

b. II, III, I 

c. I, III, II 

d. II, I, III 

2) What field of psychology is most appropriate to analyze the efficiency of businesses in their hiring, basic training, and  management leadership skills training? 

a. Clinical  

b. Quantitative 

c. Industrial/organizational 

d. Educational 

3) Cognitive psychologists are most likely to study 

a. The acquisition of knowledge, planning and problem solving 

b. How infants move from basic trust to autonomy 

c. The conflicts of the conscious and the unconscious 

d. The relationship of cephalocaudal and proximodistal development 

4) In the early years of psychology, a research participant might have been asked to observe carefully and systematically their  conscious experiences. What method would the participant be using? 

a. Functionalism 

b. Introspection 

c. Biofeedback 

d. Dream analysis 

5) The notion of self-actualization is most closely associated with which of the following approaches to explaining personality? a. Sociocultural 

b. Biological 

c. Behavioral 

d. Humanistic 

6) An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, social acceptance, and social affiliation  due to a need for 

a. achievement 

b. individualism 

c. behavioral change 

d. survival 

7) The belief that human behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts represents which of the following theoretical  perspectives? 

a. behavioral  

b. biological 

c. humanistic 

d. psychoanalytic 

8) B.F. Skinner’s claim that the environment determines an individual’s behavior was criticized for  a. failing to explain how personality can change over time 

b. failing to acknowledge cognitive influences on behavior 

c. attributing behavior solely to genetics 

d. failing to acknowledge situations factors

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9) Which of the following would an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likely to study? a. managerial skills 

b. employee motivation 

c. corporate profitability 

d. pay incentive programs 

Multiple Choice Answers 

1) D 

2) C 

3) A 

4) B 

5) D 

6) D 

7) D 

8) B 

9) C