Quiz Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Select one:
a. study behaviour.
b. discover the smaller elements that comprise consciousness.
c. explore the unconscious.
d. examine the purposes of conscious processes.
e. all of the above.
The correct answer is: discover the smaller elements that comprise consciousness.
a. sociology and biology.
b. chemistry and physiology.
c. philosophy and biology.
d. physics and sociology.
e. physiology and philosophy.
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The correct answer is: physiology and philosophy.
Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
Select one:
a. the founder of the American Psychological Association
b. the man who discovered the classically conditioned salivary reflex
c. the founder of behaviourism
d. the first Nobel prize winner for psychology
e. the founder of the first experimental laboratory
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The correct answer is: the founder of the first experimental laboratory
For John B. Watson, the appropriate subject matter of psychology was Select one: a. animal behaviour. b. the unconscious. c. consciousness. d. human physiology. e. cognitions.
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The correct answer is: animal behaviour.
Which of the following is work done by some functionalists that contributed to applied psychology being a descendent of functionalism? Select one:
Select one:
a. the use of the method of introspection
b. investigating the effectiveness of educational practices.
c. establishing the first animal laboratory Incorrect
d. publishing the first psychology journal.
e. studying unconscious mental processes by analyzing people’s dreams.
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The correct answer is: investigating the effectiveness of educational practices.
Within the field of psychology, Freud's ideas encountered resistance because he emphasized Select one: a. human consciousness. b. human behaviour. c. introspection. d. the unconscious. e. self-actualization.
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The correct answer is: the unconscious.
Which of the following would be considered the major view of Skinner?
Select one:
a. Human behaviour derives in part from free will; animal behaviour is determined by the environment.
b. Humans and other animals tend to repeat responses followed by positive outcomes.
c. The majority of human behaviour is based on thoughts, feelings, and wishes of which we are unaware.
d. Human beings are fundamentally different from other animals.
e. Humans are driven by unconscious operants.
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The correct answer is: Humans and other animals tend to repeat responses followed by positive outcomes.
Which of the following theorists would tend to emphasize explanations in terms of freedom and potential for personal growth? Select one: a. Carl Rogers b. Sigmund Freud c. B. F. Skinner d. Eric Rogers e. All of the above.
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The correct answer is: Carl Rogers
Recent research trends in psychology involve two areas largely ignored by early behaviourists. These two areas are
Select one:
a. observable and measurable respsones.
b. cognition (thinking) and physiological processes.
c. classical and operant conditioning.
d. parapsychology and physiological processes.
e. the effect of environmental events and the behaviour of nonhumans.
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The correct answer is: cognition (thinking) and physiological processes.
Which core psychological research area is primarily devoted to the study of such topics as memory, problem solving, and thinking? Select one: a. physiological b. social c. cognitive d. personality e. all of the above
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The correct answer is: cognitive
Critical thinking refers to
Select one:
a. analysis of problems in terms of scientific principles.
b. making decisions based on formal and informal topics.
c. thinking that includes consideration of probabilities.
d. thinking in life-threatening situations.
e. all of the above.
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The correct answer is: all of the above.
The assertion that "psychology is empirical" means that psychology is based on Select one: a. introspection. b. logic. c. observation. d. mathematics. e. the subjective.
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The correct answer is: observation.
In looking for the causes of a particular behaviour, psychologists assume Select one: a. one cause or factor. b. multifactorial causation. c. free will. d. infinite causation. e. that no assumptions can be made.
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The correct answer is: multifactorial causation.
Contemporary psychologists generally assume that human behaviour is determined by
Select one:
a. heredity.
b. environment.
c. heredity and environment acting jointly.
d. heredity, environment, and free will.
e. unknown factors.
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The correct answer is: heredity and environment acting jointly.
What does SQ3R stand for?
Select one:
a. search, question, research, recommend, reconstitute
b. silence, quietude, reading, writing, arithmetic
c. summarize, quickly, read, research, reread
d. survey, question, remember, recite, review
e. none of the above
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The correct answer is: none of the above
