Deck 13: Theories From the Sociologic Sciences

Question 1

Which of the following is an appropriate focus of applied sciences?

A) Empirical testing of basic science
B) Research related to application of concepts
C) Application of scientific method
D) Addition of knowledge to a field

Answer 1

Research related to application of concepts

Question 2

Theories from the behavioral sciences look at which of the following?

A) Physiological development
B) Physically manifested illness symptoms
C) An individual's psychological response to stimuli
D) A person's growth in response to environment

Answer 2

An individual's psychological response to stimuli

Question 3

Which of the following theorists did not develop a psychodynamic theory?

A) Freud
B) Erickson
C) Sullivan
D) Beck

Answer 3

Beck

Question 4

Which theorist was considered "radical" when describing his work on human thoughts and behaviors in the early 1900s?

A) Erickson
B) Freud
C) Sullivan
D) Skinner

Question 5

Which system did Freud describe as focusing on the moral issues of "what is right" and "what is wrong" in his theory?

A) Id
B) Ego
C) Superego
D) Self

Question 6

Which developmental theorist continued his theory of human development throughout adulthood?

A) Freud
B) Erickson
C) Sullivan
D) Skinner

Question 7

Which theorist based his developmental theory on the premise that an individual does not and cannot exist apart from his or her relations with other people?

A) Erickson
B) Ellis
C) Freud
D) Sullivan

Question 8

Which nursing theorist based her nursing theory, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, on Sullivan's theory of Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry?

A) Watson
B) Rodgers
C) Peplau
D) Roy

Question 9

Which theory did Skinner develop?

A) Operant conditioning theory
B) Cognitive theory
C) Rational emotive theory
D) Human needs theory

Question 10

Which theorist developed a theory based on his work with depressed patients?

A) Skinner
B) Beck
C) Erickson
D) Ellis

Question 11

Which theory was developed with a focus on the underlying premise that an individual has the cognitive ability to think and that he or she thinks either rationally or irrationally?

A) Cognitive theory
B) Rational emotive theory
C) Operant conditioning
D) Human needs theory

Question 12

Which theorist is considered the father of humanistic psychology?

A) Maslow
B) Freud
C) Erickson
D) Skinner

Question 13

Which of the following theories is based on a model of psychotherapy that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual?

A) Human needs theory
B) Stress, coping, adaptation theory
C) Person-centered theory
D) General adaptation syndrome

Question 14

Which theory was developed by Hans Selye who defined stress as wear and tear on the body?

A) General Adaptation Syndrome
B) Stress, Coping, Adaptation Theory
C) Health Belief Model
D) Person-Centered Theory

Question 15

Which theorist developed the stress, coping, and adaptation theory?

A) Selye
B) Rogers
C) Lazarus
D) Maslow