PSY101 Midterm Quizzes from Assessments by Asfand Yarr

Lesson 01

1. Wilhelm Wundt founded the first Psychological laboratory in America.

(False)

2. Which of the following discipline/perspective of Psychology is NOT

elementary? (Existential)

3. Critical Thinking refers to the curiosity which drives us to test ideas. (True)
4. A psychologist can accurately predict a person’s future. (False)
5. Psychologists prescribe medications to their clients. (False)
6. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and soul. (False)
7. Anciently it was believed that mental illnesses are also caused by evil spirits.

(True)

8. Prediction is one of the main goals of Psychology. (True)
9. Criminal behavior is studied in: (Clinical Psychology)

10. Psychologists study behaviors of animals to predict behaviors of

humans. (True)

Lesson 02

11. Greeks presented the concept of soul in Psychology. This concept was

replaced by mind later on. (True)

12. Psychology is the study of conscious experiences. This was suggested

by: (Structuralists)

13. Philosophy has emerged from Psychology. (False)

14. Plato gave the theory of four humors. (Flase)

15. According to ________, if the soul rules over the body, the individual

remains mentally healthy. (Ibn-e-Muskavia)

16. According to Al-Ghazali, Qalb is the essence of man. (True)

17. Man is a part of God. This was suggested by Shah Wali Ullah. (False)

18. ________ model rejected psychology’s early emphasis on inner

working of mind. (Behavioristic)

19. Psychoanalysts believe that people will strive to reach their full

potential if given the opportunity. (False)

20. Al-Razi suggested that a man should love others through God. (True)

21. Particular psychic functions are presented by particular parts of the

brain. This was postulated by: (Franz Joseph Gall)

Lesson 03

22. The founder of scientific psychology is: (Wilhelm Wundt)

23. Wundtian psychologist studied immediate experiences. (True)

24. Emil Kraeplin gave the first: (Classification system of mental

disorders)

25. Gestalt Psychology came forward as a reaction to Structuralist school

of thought. (True)

26. The word Gestalt means introspection. (False)

27. Which of the following person is NOT associated with Gestalt school

of thought? (John Locke)

28. In Gestalt Psychology, the concept of generalization of knowledge from

one situation to another is known as ‘Insight'. (True)

29. Interrupted tasks are remembered better by us. This is because the

tension of the unfinished task helps us to remember it. This is known as

Isomorphism. (True)

30. The method of introspection was used by Functionalists. (True)