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101. In the beginnings of psychology there were eight schools of thought, each one differing in the method of treatment. These eight included:
  1. Functionalism, Introspection, Behaviorism
  2. Structuralism, Behaviorism, Sensationalism
  3. Gestalt, Psychobiology, Humanistic
  4. Hypothesism, Experimentalism, Structuralism
102. Some of the well known names in the history of psychology include:
  1. Ivan Pavlov, Carl Sandburg, Alfred Binet
  2. Mary Calkins, Erik Erikson, Albert Bandura
  3. Sigmund Freud, B F Skinner, Mae West
  4. All of the above
103. Structuralism was one of the earliest schools. What was the focus or theory of that school?
  1. Focused on the basic sensations and feelings of experiences
  2. Focused on the study of mental processes
  3. Focused on touchy, feely things
  4. Both A and B
104. How has the history of psychology and all its many methods affected the psychology methods or practices we use today?
  1. Very much; we use a little from many of the older schools
  2. Not at all; we use very little or none of the old school ways
  3. Psychology didn’t even really start until the 1980’s
  4. None of the above
105. Sigmund Freud’s theory is still controversial and receives a lot of criticism. Why?
  1. Much of his theory had no basis for belief
  2. Its base is individual case study without a control of ‘normal’ people
  3. His concepts and techniques are difficult to study scientifically
  4. All of the above

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