Schools of Psychology Quiz

Challenge yourself with these questions on behaviorism, psychoanalysis, operant conditioning, cognitive development, and more!

#1

Who is considered the founder of psychoanalysis?

B.F. Skinner
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
#2

Which school of psychology emphasizes the study of mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving?

Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Cognitive Psychology
Functionalism
#3

Who is known for establishing the first psychology laboratory?

Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
#4

Who is known for proposing the theory of social learning and the concept of observational learning?

Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
#5

Which psychologist is associated with the concept of the hierarchy of needs?

B.F. Skinner
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
#6

Who is known for founding the field of behaviorism?

Sigmund Freud
William James
John B. Watson
Carl Rogers
#7

Which school of psychology focuses on the importance of unconscious processes?

Behaviorism
Cognitive Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Psychoanalysis
#8

Who developed the theory of operant conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
John B. Watson
#9

Which school of psychology emphasizes the importance of free will and self-actualization?

Behaviorism
Gestalt Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Functionalism
#10

Which psychologist is associated with the concept of self-actualization?

Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson
Ivan Pavlov
#11

Who developed the theory of classical conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
Jean Piaget
#12

Who is known for developing the theory of psychosexual development?

Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
#13

Who proposed the theory of cognitive development?

Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Albert Bandura
Erik Erikson
#14

Which school of psychology focuses on how individuals perceive and experience objects as whole patterns?

Behaviorism
Psychoanalysis
Gestalt Psychology
Structuralism
#15

Who proposed the theory of psychosocial development?

Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Abraham Maslow
#16

Who is known for proposing the theory of attachment?

Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
John Bowlby
Erik Erikson
#17

Who is known for developing the theory of cognitive dissonance?

Leon Festinger
Stanley Milgram
Philip Zimbardo
Solomon Asch

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