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Quiz about Psychologists and Their Theories
Quiz about Psychologists and Their Theories

Psychologists and Their Theories Quiz


About psychologists and the theories they developed.

A multiple-choice quiz by sinjun. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
sinjun
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
20,686
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
3814
Last 3 plays: Guest 124 (11/15), Guest 174 (3/15), Guest 182 (11/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. This psychologist followed in the footsteps of her famous father to become a leading psychoanalyst. In particular, she specialized in child psychoanalysis. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This Canadian born psychologist defined the theory of reciprocal determinism. This means that just as the environment causes behaviors, behaviors have an effect on the environment. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This theorist is famous for his Hierarchy of Needs which states that people and animals are more concerned about meeting those needs necessary for survival than they are concerned about becoming geniuses. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who developed the theory of drive reduction? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This English psychologist worked closely with Anna Freud for a time and was an expert on child psychoanalysis. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. The 'collective unconscious' is this psychologist's claim to fame. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Two words ... salivating dogs. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Teachers love him, as his theory of development has been the basis for educational theory for many decades. He stated that there were exactly four stages of development. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. He believed that changes in behavior are a result of a person's response to events that occur in the environment. You know, stimulus, behavior, reward. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. He believed that there are two types of learning, cognitive, which is meaningless, and experiential, which is not meaningless. Clearly, in his mind, experiential learning was the best way to go. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. This man was the founder of psychoanalysis.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 12 of 15
12. He developed the theory of multiple intelligences. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This behaviorist got bored with behaviorism and became an advertising executive. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. He founded the first formal psychology laboratory in the world in 1879. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. He developed the concept of id, ego and superego.

Answer: ( One Word .. think pipe, couch and fixation on relationships with mothers)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This psychologist followed in the footsteps of her famous father to become a leading psychoanalyst. In particular, she specialized in child psychoanalysis.

Answer: Anna Freud

Anna Freud was the General Secretary of the International Psychoanalytic Association from 1927 to 1934 and Director of the Vienna Psychoanalytical Training Institute in 1935. This was an incredible accomplishment for a woman at a time when women in the sciences were often given little recognition. Of course, it didn't hurt that her father was the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund himself.
2. This Canadian born psychologist defined the theory of reciprocal determinism. This means that just as the environment causes behaviors, behaviors have an effect on the environment.

Answer: Albert Bandura

After receiving his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Iowa in 1952, he proceeded to conduct the famous 'Bobo Doll Studies.' He showed that kids who watch adults beat up a doll will then proceed to beat the doll up themselves. Or maybe he just proved that everyone likes to beat up on Bobo.
3. This theorist is famous for his Hierarchy of Needs which states that people and animals are more concerned about meeting those needs necessary for survival than they are concerned about becoming geniuses.

Answer: Maslow

This Brooklyn born psychologist divided needs into four categories and then ranked them in order of what needed to be met first before moving on to the next step of the hierarchy. He said that physiological needs must be met before the needs for safety and security were addressed. Safety and security came before love and belonging, and love and belonging came before the esteem needs. Imagine that, you'd need to stop dying of thirst before you worried about what clique you'd fit into!
4. Who developed the theory of drive reduction?

Answer: Clark Hull

He said that the most important role in behavior is need satisfaction. He also fancied himself a mathematician and designed his theoretic framework around postulates in mathematical form.
5. This English psychologist worked closely with Anna Freud for a time and was an expert on child psychoanalysis.

Answer: Melanie Klein

She considered the death drive to be important at infancy.
6. The 'collective unconscious' is this psychologist's claim to fame.

Answer: Carl Jung

He believed that 'a person's unconscious is supplemented by universal images.' He also believed that spiritual needs are at least as, if not more important than biological needs.
7. Two words ... salivating dogs.

Answer: Pavlov

This Russian was actually a religious scholar turned physiologist turned psychologist. He used his dogs to develop the theory of classical conditioning.
8. Teachers love him, as his theory of development has been the basis for educational theory for many decades. He stated that there were exactly four stages of development.

Answer: Jean Piaget

Born in Switzerland, Piaget believed that the sensorimotor stage lasted from age 0-2 and was then replaced by the preoperational stage. This stage lasted until age 7 when the child developed concrete operations. Concrete operations were replaced at about age 12 with formal operations. At which time, a person was capable of abstract thinking and reasoning.
9. He believed that changes in behavior are a result of a person's response to events that occur in the environment. You know, stimulus, behavior, reward.

Answer: Skinner

Skinner was a behaviorist and created the Skinner box. PETA would definitely have a problem with that if it were still in operation.
10. He believed that there are two types of learning, cognitive, which is meaningless, and experiential, which is not meaningless. Clearly, in his mind, experiential learning was the best way to go.

Answer: Carl Rogers

This former fellow at Center for Studies of the Person also taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin.
11. This man was the founder of psychoanalysis.

Answer: Freud

He was also a cocaine addict. Wonder what his momma did to him to make him turn out that way?
12. He developed the theory of multiple intelligences.

Answer: Gardner

The seven primary forms are linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, budoy-kinesthetic, intrapersonal and interpersonal.
13. This behaviorist got bored with behaviorism and became an advertising executive.

Answer: Watson

Not too much interesting info, except he was an American.
14. He founded the first formal psychology laboratory in the world in 1879.

Answer: Wundt

Without him, psychology would still be considered to be a non-science.
15. He developed the concept of id, ego and superego.

Answer: Freud

If you didn't know that, you need to take psych 101!
Source: Author sinjun

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