Introduction to Psychology Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Which eating disorder is characterized by periods of binging followed by inappropriate attempts to compensate for the binge, including induced vomiting?

A schizophrenia B marasmus C anorexia nervosa D bulimia nervosa

2. According to Jean Piaget, what process goes through sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages?

A the mental growth of children B treatment of the mentally ill C grief D behaviour modification

3. What movement in psychology rejected behaviourism and psychoanalysis as being too deterministic and instead advocated treating the person as a free individual able to direct their own behaviour?

A sensitivity therapy B free-will movement C transactional analysis D humanistic psychology

4. What is the name for fear of open spaces?

A agoraphobia B necrophobia C claustrophobia D acrophobia

5. What is the method of psychological therapy in which group discussions are used to create greater awareness of oneself and others?

A Gestalt therapy B sensitivity training C psychoanalysis D behaviour modification

6. What term did James Braid introduce in the 1840s for a psychological state that previously was thought to be induced by animal magnetism?

A amnesia B hypnosis C catatonia D nostalgia

7. Which psychologist developed the concept of the collective unconscious?

A Abraham H. Maslow B Anna Freud C Carl Jung D Karen Horney

8. Who was the founder of child psychoanalysis?

A Otto Rank B Josef Breuer C Anna Freud D Philip G. Zimbardo

9. In the early 20th century, what name did Eugen Bleuler give to a group of mental illnesses that have in common symptoms such as hallucinations, disordered thinking, and a withdrawal from reality?

A schizophrenia B neurosis C bipolar disorder D autism

10. What is the name of the mental disorder in which one is subject to repetitive thoughts and actions?

A personality disorder B schizophrenia C bipolar disorder D obsessive-compulsive disorder