Quiz 1: Introduction - What is psychology?

• In the psychological thriller film, The Joker (2019), Arthur Fleck is discriminated and disregarded by society. His history of abuse eventually causes him to become a nihilistic criminal with a clown motif and he turns into The Joker, despite being a good person for the most part of his life. Which aspect of psychology best explains the contention that Arthur Fleck was inherently a good person but became The Joker largely because of the failures of the society?

  1. Humanistic psychology
  2. Behaviorism
  3. Functionalism
  4. Structuralism
  5. Gestalt psychology

  humanistic psychology
• Which of the following methods are still being used in psychological research to this day?

  1. Introspection
  2. Self-report
  3. Brain Imaging
  4. b) and c) only
  5. All of the above

  all of the above
• Even though drug abuse and substance abuse are behaviours which are harmful to an individual’s long-term health, patients who suffer from addiction continue to perform such actions. This is an example of the flaws in the theory of ________.

  1. Functionalism
  2. Structuralism
  3. Gestalt Psychology
  4. Psychodynamic Theory
  5. None of the above

  functionalism
• What role does data play in the verification and falsification of a theory?

  1. Data cannot verify theories but can falsify theories.
  2. Data can verify theories but cannot falsify theories.
  3. Data can verify and falsify theories.
  4. Data cannot verify and falsify theories.

  data cannot verify theories but can falsify theories