Social Science Quiz

Select the correct answer. Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the question, "Are teenagers from all societies rebellious?"

• an anthropologist

• a historian

• an economist

• a philosopher

Select the correct answer. Which social scientist would be most likely to work on understanding and interpreting the past?

• a geographer

• a lawyer

• an educator

• a historian

Select the correct answer. Which university housed the world’s first psychology laboratory?

• Leipzig University

• Harvard University

• Clark University

• Johns Hopkins University

Select the correct answer. Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud’s *The Interpretation of Dreams* support?

• cognitivist

• psychoanalysis

• structuralism

• functionalism

Select the correct answer. Which social science involves studying legal policies?

• political science

• history

• economics

• law

Select the correct answer. Which scientist’s experiments with dogs introduced classical conditioning?

• Hermann Ebbinghaus

• B. F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• John Watson

Select the correct answer. Who proposed the theory that mental processes originated in the brain?

• Franz Mesmer

• Francis Galton

• Plato

• Aristotle

Select the correct answer. Which approach to psychology did the publication of On Human Nature initiate?

• evolutionary psychology

• behaviorism

• functionalism

• Gestalt psychology

Type the correct answer in the box. Spell all words correctly. Who postulated the “nature versus nurture” hypothesis?

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Select the correct text in the passage. Which two statements are true about family psychologists?

• A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavior problems in children and teenagers.

• They would also help courts to determine the mental stability of accused criminals, as well as the motives behind crimes.

• Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of divorce.

• They would also help to design various living spaces for optimal functioning and mental health.