DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Subject: General Psychology
Summative Test
Chapter I: Introduction to the Science of Psychology
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each statement carefully then choose the letter that
corresponds to your answer. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided before the number.
__1. Who is considered as the father of Psychology?
A. Freud B. Erikson C. Wundt D. Aristotle
__2. Which of the following is the Greek term for “study of the mind?”
A. Psyke B. Psyche C. Psi D. Phrenology
__3. Where is the first psychological laboratory established?
A. France B. Germany C. America D. Russia
__4. What is the method where subjects are taught to carefully observe, analyze,
and describe their own experiences?
A. Careful Observation
B. Self-reflection
C. Trained Introspection
D. Self-analysis
__5. Which experimentation fallacy refers to the tendency to treat animals as if they
have human characteristics?
A. Rattomorphic Fallacy
B. Anthropomorphic Fallacy
C. Animalistic Fallacy
D. Experimentation Fallacy
__6. Which refers to the transmission of hereditary traits from parents to offspring?
A. Environment B. Genetics C. Heredity D. Mendelian
__7. It involves behaviors and movements that an individual cannot control.
A. Covert B. Involuntary C. Overt D. Voluntary
__8. Which experimentation fallacy refers to the tendency to treat humans as if they
are rats?
A. Rattomorphic Fallacy
B. Anthropomorphic Fallacy
C. Animalistic Fallacy
D. Experimentation Fallacy
__9. Which among the perspectives of Psychology is concerned with how one’s
environment and experience affect his/her actions?
A. Learning B. Biological C. Psychodynamic D. Humanistic
__10. It is the perspective that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the
individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy.
A. Psychodynamic B. Learning C. Humanistic D. Cognitive
__11. Which perspective focuses on inferring mental processes from observable
behaviors?
A. Learning B. Humanistic C. Biological D. Cognitive
__12. It is the Psychological approach that focuses on how bodily events affect
behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
A. Biological B. Humanistic C. Humanistic D. Sociocultural
__13. It refers to the Psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural
forces outside the individual that shape various aspects of behavior
A. Cognitive B. Humanistic C. Humanistic D. Sociocultural
__14. Which of the following refers to the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the
nature and meaning of life?
A. Psychology B. Biology C. Philosophy D. Physiology
__15. It refers to the branch of science that deals with the functions and activities of
living organisms and the physical or chemical phenomena involved.
A. Psychology B. Biology C. Philosophy D. Physiology
II. IDENTIFICATION: Provide what is being asked in the following items:
____________________1. According to Freud, all behaviour is influenced by the
____________.
____________________2. Who is the psychologist associated with functionalism
and considered to be the founder of American
psychology?
____________________3. Who is the psychologist who challenged the use of
introspection and founded behaviorism as an extreme
form of environmentalism, viewing all behavior as
coming from experience interacting with the world?
____________________4. Who is the psychologist who developed a clinically
based approach to understanding and treating
psychological disorders that assumes the existence of
an unconscious mind that is the most powerful force
behind thought and behaviour?
____________________5. It is the field of science that refers to the scientific study
of behavior and mental processes
____________________6. This school of psychology is focused on structure or
basic elements of the mind and is called.
____________________7. The school of _____ focuses only on observable and
measurable behaviour.
____________________8. This perspective of psychology, after the German word
for “whole form,” proposed that perception occurs in
unified wholes where the whole is more than the sum of
its parts.
____________________9. This perspective focuses on personal growth and
meaning as a way of reaching one’s highest potential.
____________________10. This refers to the theory and therapy based on the
work of Sigmund Freud.
____________________11. The general explanation of a set of observations or
facts is called a _____.
____________________12. A tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on
observation is called a _______.
____________________13. Watching animals or humans behave in their normal
environment without interacting with them in a way is
called _______.
____________________14. This refers to the measure of the relationship between
two variables.
____________________15. When a researcher uses a variety of methods to gather
extensive information about one person, the researcher
is engaging in a _______.
III. APPLICATION: Read and answer the following questions.
1. Explain in your own words why psychology is a science. Provide examples for
your answer. (10 points)
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2. Enumerate and discuss in brief the four goals of psychology. Provide
examples in your discussion. (10 points)
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