ZAMBIA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND BEHAVIRUAL SCIENCES

INTRO PSYCHOLOGY

BSc SEMESTER ONE

MIDD SEMESTER ONE EXAMS

1. The school of thought stresses the basic unity of experiencing and the contribution in which
they occur
a. Behaviorism
b. Psycho-analytic
c. Humanistic
d. Gestalt
2. Jean Piaget is…….
a. An American psychologist associated with reinforcement theory
b. A Swiss biologist who studied cognitive stage
c. A Swiss education who is associated with early childhood education
d. An American psychologist linked to psychology of learning
3. According to John Locke a child is like
a. A wet cement
b. A training machines
c. A fixed of experiment
d. A blank slate
4. “Learning of animals was linked to the way how people learn” this is theory according
to…….
a. Ivan Pavlov
b. John Locke
c. William Wundt
 d. Sigmund Freud
5. Which German doctors is linked with personality studies?
a. William Wundt
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Ivan Pavlov
d. Jean Piaget
6. At which year a child becomes social
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
7. Which one is not true about development…….
a. Development is a chose
b. Development progress from the head downwards
c. Development is the period of the learning process
d. Development is from complex to simple
8. Psychology which is applied in social setting is called…..
a. Clinical psychology
b. Social psychology
c. Biological psychology
d. Development psychology
9. “Any manifestation of life is activity” who said these words
a. William Wundt
b. Charles Darwin
c. Woolworth
d. B.F skinner
10. What was the first ever definition of psychology
a. The study of soul
b. The study of behavior and the underlying mental
c. The study of science
d. The study of mental process
11. Define psychology
a. The study of science
b. The study of mental process
c. The study of mental and behavior
d. The study of soul
12. Who was the founder of behaviorism
a. Charles Darwin
b. B.F Skinner
c. William Wundt
d. John Broadus Watson
13. How many branches of psychology are there?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 8
d. 9
14. The branches of psychology which emphasize and integrates science theory and practice
in order to understand, predict and relieve maladjustment disability and discomfort and
promotes adaption, adjustment and personal development is called……
a. Clinical psychology
b. Health psychology
c. Occupation psychology
d. Social psychology
15. Which theory Sigmund Freud understood that the mind was mainly based on interpretive
method, introspective and clinical observation
a. Structuralism
b. Functionalism
c. Psychoanalysis
d. Behaviorism
16. Who emphasize on structuralism is interested in what is consciousness while functionalism
is interested in what is consciousness for?
a. Sigmund Freud
 b. E.B Titchener
c. John B Watson
d. B.F Skinner
17. In which year an American psychologist John B Watson founded a new movement that
altered the focus of psychology under behaviorism?
a. 1913
b. 1920
c. 1820
d. 1813
18. A theory that started in 1870s and is seen as the most recent school of thought in psychology
is called
a. Behavioral theory
b. Cognitive theory
c. Psycho-analytic theory
d. Humanistic theory
19. What other name can you give occupation psychology that studies the performance of
people at work and in training develops an understanding of how organization function and
how people and groups behave at work
a. Industrial psychology
b. Organization psychology
c. Medical psychology
d. Occupational psychology
20. What does behavior refers to……
a. Scientific method which study behavior and mental process in both human and
animals
b. All of our outward or overt actions and reaction
c. All the enteral, covert activities of our minds
d. Finding and background experience
21. What do you think is a school of thought is?
a. A school of thought is a system of thinking
b. A school of thought is about control or modify or change at behavior’s
 c. Is about prediction and determine what will happen in the future
d. It involves observing the behavior and noticing everything about it
22. Define psychology as the science of consciousness
a. Psychology must consider the science of sub-consciousness
b. Psychology must consider the science of unconsciousness
c. Psychology must consider the science of consciousness
d. Psychology must consider the science of middle age
23. What are the responsibilities of criminal psychology
a. To study the behavior and thought of criminals
b. To study the employees of work place
c. To diagnosis and treat mental health people
d. To describe, explain predict and modify the behavior
24. Where does the word “psychology” do it come from?
a. Italian
b. Greek
c. Latin
d. None of the above
25. Psychology is said to be the scientific study of …….and ……
a. Behaviors, mental process
b. Mental illness, mental states
c. Physical state, mental states
d. None of the above
26. Psychology is a…………
a. Biological science
b. Physical science
c. Social science
d. Nature’s science
27. Who is the father of experimental psychology?
a. William Wundt
b. G. Jung
c. Sigmund Freud
 d. None of the above
28. Which of the following part of the brain sends signals “alert” to the centers in responses to
incoming massage?
a. Reticular formation
b. Hippocampus
c. Limbic system
d. Amygdala
29. Psychology is study of…..
a. Perceptive illness
b. Movement perception
c. Psychological perception or physical stimuli
d. None of the above
30. Which of the following is an example of the negative attitude toward people?
a. Stereotypes
b. Prototype
c. Prejudice
d. Discrimination
31. Which of the following part of the brain is responsible for transferring short-term memory
of long-term memory
a. Cerebellum
b. Hippocampus
c. Amygdala
d. None of the above
32. From the list of below options, which does not contribute in memory
a. Some rest after learning
b. Gender
c. Goal behind learning
d. Interesting learning material
33. Different people offer react different to the same situation; in psychology it is referred to
a. Nativism
b. Individual difference
 c. Multiple determinates
d. None of the above
34. Which of the following Greek philosopher believed that knowledge is acquired through
learning and experience?
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Archimedes
d. None of the above
35. Which of the following is a belief that the mind is fundamentally different from the body?
a. Mind body dualism
b. Specialism
c. Centralism
d. Mindism
36. Which of the following is another term for reinforcement
a. Reward
b. Condition
c. Response
d. None of the above
37. Which of following is the idea by which we can access the personality of someone by
studying their face?
a. Physiognomy
b. Phenology
c. Physiology
d. Somatology
38. People lost their tough with reality when they are…….
a. Psychopathic
b. Psychotic
c. Manic
d. Neurotic
39. The process of using psychological method by a trained psychologist for helping people
with psychological problems is called as…….
 a. Psychoanalysis
b. Psychotherapy
c. Psychiatry
d. None of the above
40. The term used to refer the first two weeks of life is…..
a. The period of infancy
b. The neonatal stage
c. Early childhood
d. Preoperational stage