World GK MCQs

Famous Psychologists and Theories MCQs with Answers

Who is the psychologist known for his psychoanalytic theory and the concept of the unconscious mind?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: b) Sigmund Freud

Who is the psychologist known for his behaviorist theory and the concept of operant conditioning?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) B.F. Skinner

Who is the psychologist known for his hierarchy of needs and the concept of self-actualization?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Abraham Maslow
Answer: d) Abraham Maslow

Who is the psychologist known for his social cognitive theory and the concept of reciprocal determinism?
a) Albert Bandura
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Albert Bandura

Who is the psychologist known for his stages of cognitive development and the concept of assimilation and accommodation?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Jean Piaget

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of multiple intelligences?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Howard Gardner
Answer: d) Howard Gardner

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of classical conditioning?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: d) Ivan Pavlov

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive development in children?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Jean Piaget

Who is the psychologist known for his humanistic theory and the concept of the self?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: c) Carl Rogers

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of behaviorism and the concept of operant conditioning?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) B.F. Skinner

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the collective unconscious and the concept of archetypes?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Jung
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: c) Carl Jung

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance?
a) Leon Festinger
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Leon Festinger

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of operant conditioning and the concept of reinforcement?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) B.F. Skinner

Who is the psychologist known for his stages of psychosocial development?
a) Erik Erikson
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Erik Erikson

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of moral development?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Lawrence Kohlberg
Answer: d) Lawrence Kohlberg

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of attachment?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) John Bowlby
Answer: d) John Bowlby

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of self-efficacy and the concept of observational learning?
a) Albert Bandura
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Albert Bandura

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “collective consciousness” and the concept of social facts?
a) Émile Durkheim
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Émile Durkheim

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of psychosocial development in older adults?
a) Erik Erikson
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Erik Erikson

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of flow and the concept of optimal experience?
a) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “person-situation interaction” and the concept of locus of control?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Julian Rotter
Answer: d) Julian Rotter

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of self-determination and the concept of basic psychological needs?
a) Edward Deci
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Edward Deci

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “person-centered approach” and the concept of unconditional positive regard?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: c) Carl Rogers

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “two-factor theory of emotion”?
a) Stanley Milgram
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Robert Zajonc
Answer: d) Robert Zajonc

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of social facilitation and the concept of the “mere presence” effect?
a) Norman Triplett
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Norman Triplett

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive appraisal and the concept of stress and coping?
a) Richard Lazarus
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Richard Lazarus

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive-behavioral therapy?
a) Aaron Beck
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Aaron Beck

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “working memory model”?
a) Alan Baddeley
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Alan Baddeley

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of psychosexual development and the concept of the Oedipus complex?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: b) Sigmund Freud

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance and the concept of self-perception theory?
a) Leon Festinger
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Leon Festinger

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of “emotional intelligence”?
a) Daniel Goleman
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Daniel Goleman

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of psychosocial development in infancy?
a) Erik Erikson
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Erik Erikson

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “zone of proximal development”?
a) Lev Vygotsky
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Lev Vygotsky

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of emotional development and the concept of emotional competence?
a) John Bowlby
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) John Bowlby

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of moral reasoning in children?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Lawrence Kohlberg
Answer: d) Lawrence Kohlberg

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of the “triarchic theory of intelligence”?
a) Robert Sternberg
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Robert Sternberg

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of behavior modification and the concept of token economy?
a) B.F. Skinner
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) B.F. Skinner

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of self-regulation and the concept of self-control?
a) Walter Mischel
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Walter Mischel

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of cognitive development in infants?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Jean Piaget

Who is the psychologist known for his theory of temperament and the concept of the “easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up” types?
a) Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) Ivan Pavlov
Answer: a) Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess

 

 

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