PSYCHOLOGY QUIZ - BASE LEVEL


1. Who introduced the concepts of ego, super-ego and id?
I. Pavlov
C.G. Jung
M. Klein
S. Freud
2. How do we name those processes that we use to protect ourselves from unacceptable thoughts?
Defense processes
Defense mechanisms
Protection mechanisms
Self-defense processes
3. Which one of the following is not a school of thought belonging to psychology?
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Positivism
Constructivism
4. According to Sigmund Freud, which ones are the two main elements motivating human behaviour?
Libido and magnitude
Instincts and impulses
Libido and destrudo
Needs and motivations
5. When has psychology officially become a science?
753 B.C.
Middle Ages
Renaissance
19th century
6. This professional deals with mental health, but does not prescribe medications:
Psichiatrist
Educator
Social assistant
Psychologist
7. In which period of life do anxiety disorders start?
Infancy
Adolescence
Adulthood
Any of the previous ones
8. After obtaining all necessary educational qualifications, what is also indispensable in order to legally practice the psychologist profession?
A clinical training
A state license
A medical degree
Nothing
9. Psychology originated mainly from:
Philosophy
Medicine
Politics
Astrology
10. One of the following disorders is not an anxiety disorder. Which one?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Panic attacks
Anorexia nervosa
11. What's the unconscious?
The hidden part of our mind
What we remember confusingly
What we would like to be
The sum of all impulses
12. Phobias are:
Unpleasant sensations
Uncontrollable fears for something
Personality disorders
Mood disorders
13. An obsession is:
A compulsive and intrusive thought
The fear of death
The need to repeat actions over and over
The need to collect good-luck charms
14. Homosexuality is:
A mental disorder
A personality disorder
A sexual orientation
A perversion
15. Mobbing is:
A therapeutical technique
A coping modality
A problematic situation at work
A defence mechanism
16. One of these is not a branch of psychology. Which one?
Education psychology
Animal psychology
Work psychology
Psychiatric psychology
17. Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav Jung were:
Psychoanalysts
Philosophers
Sociologists
Anthropologists
18. Which one is not a learning modality?
Imitation
Conditioning
Osmosis
Observation
19. Who wrote the treatise entitled "The interpretation of dreams"?
Carl Gustav Jung
Jean-Martin Charcot
Joseph Breuer
Sigmund Freud
20. Which one of the following disciplines belongs to psychology?
Astrology
Sociology
Anthropology
Cognitivism



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