General Psychology Preliminary Examinations

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General Psychology
Preliminary Examinations
Prepared by: James Brian G. Garay Tuesday 9:30/1:30

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Directions: Read the questions carefully before answering on the test booklet (if test booklets are
given) or in the test paper directly.
Test I: Multiple Choices. Write the letter of the correct answer. (15 Points)
1. He is the Father of Psychology:
a.Wilhelm Wundt b..B.F. Skinner

c.Aristotle d.Sigmund Freud
2. He believed that human mind is a blank slate or “tabula rasa” without rules for processing data, and
that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences.
a. Rene Descartes b. John Locke

c. Wilhelm Wundt d. Charles Darwin
3. It is defined as the scientific study of human behavior of living organism, with special attention to
human behavior.
a. Psychology b. Behaviorism
c. Introspection d. Observation
4. A branch of psychology that deals with the study basic fundamental principles of human behavior.
a. Comparative Psychology c. General Psychology

b. Physiological Psychology d. Abnormal Psychology
5. This study the application of psychological principles to educational problem.
a. Industrial Psychology c. educational Psychology

b. Social Psychology d. school psychology
6. It is a kind of tool used in Psychology to gather data that consist of list of question to be answered by
individual.
a. Observation c. Questionnaires
b. Introspection d. Inversion
7. In this field the psychologist adopts the machine and processes them to replace the capabilities and
limitation of a human being.
a. Psychometric Psychology c. Legal Psychology

b. Therapy and counseling d. Engineering Psychology
8. He is the psychologist who broke consciousness into three elements: physical sensations, feelings and
images (memories)
a. Charles Darwin b. Wilhelm Wundt

c. St. Augustine d. Bradford Titchener
9. He is the proponent of functionalism:
a. William James b. Wilhelm Wundt

c. St. Augustine d. Bradford Titchener
10. It refers to the behavior wherein the individual applies only one sense or one system in a particular
situation at a given moment.
a. Complex b. Overt
c. Simple d. Rational
11. Method for identifying cause-and-effect relationship by following a set of rules and guidelines that
minimized the possibility of error and bias and chance occurrences.
a. Survey b. Correlational
c. Experimental d. Case Study
12. He introduced and used the method of Introspection:
a. Rene Descartes b. St. Augustine

c. John Locke d. Wilhelm Wundt
13. This theory stressed the role of motives and cravings, often hidden and repressed in the
subconscious mind, which result in abnormal behavior.
a. Psychoanalysis b. Structuralism
c. Humanistic d. Cognitive
14. Refers to action to the actions or activities of the individual.
a. Attitude b. Perception
c. Behavior d. Psyche
15. Processes within our body that go even while we asleep or awake without our control and
manipulation.
a. Voluntary b. Involuntary
c. Conscious d. Unconscious
Test II. Write True if the statement is correct, and False if the statement is wrong. (10 Points)
1. The tiles psychologist and psychiatrist refer to the same profession.

2. If two things are correlated, that means that one thing CAUSES the other.
3. Psychologists conduct surveys but do not conduct experiments.
4. Palm reading or “panghuhula” is an example of psychology.
5. Psychology is considered a science because it studies human behavior.
6. Genetic disorders are influenced by nature.
7. Aristotle distinguished the three functions of the soul, which is vegetative, appetitive, and
rational.
8. William James opened up a psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
9. Knowledge is derived from the acquisitions of experiences.
10. Questioning is one of the ways of research of psychology.
Test III. Enumerate the following (25 Points)
1-2. 2 Greek words of psychology.
3-7. 5 School of thoughts in Psychology.
8-13. 3 Goals of Pscyhology
14-. 22. 8 Fields of Specialization in Psychology
23.-25 2 Characteristics of Human Behavior
TEST IV. Explain of what is being asked (10 Points)
1. Why is psychology considered a science?
-End of the Examination-
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Prepared by: James Brian G. Garay Tuesday 9:30/1:30

1. He is the Father of Psychology:

a.Wilhelm Wundt b..B.F. Skinner

a. Rene Descartes b. John Locke

a. Comparative Psychology c. General Psychology

5. This study the application of psychological principles to educational problem.

a. Industrial Psychology c. educational Psychology

a. Psychometric Psychology c. Legal Psychology

a. Charles Darwin b. Wilhelm Wundt

9. He is the proponent of functionalism:

a. William James b. Wilhelm Wundt

12. He introduced and used the method of Introspection:

a. Rene Descartes b. St. Augustine

14. Refers to action to the actions or activities of the individual.

1. The tiles psychologist and psychiatrist refer to the same profession.

Test III. Enumerate the following (25 Points)

1-2. 2 Greek words of psychology.

3-7. 5 School of thoughts in Psychology.

8-13. 3 Goals of Pscyhology

14-. 22. 8 Fields of Specialization in Psychology

23.-25 2 Characteristics of Human Behavior

TEST IV. Explain of what is being asked (10 Points)

1. Why is psychology considered a science?

-End of the Examination-

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