Basic Psychological Process Set 3
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This set of Basic Psychological Process Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Psychological Process Set 3
Q1 | Who said “An objective psychologist would be restricted to observing overt responses”: ____________
- wundt
- kohler
- titchener
- watson
Q2 | The principle of stereoscopic vision is based on _________________
- accommodation
- convergence
- retinal image
- retinal disparity
Q3 | The school of thought founded by Watson became known as ___________________
- functionalism
- behaviorism
- structuralism
- humanism
Q4 | Interpreting sensory information as meaningful pattern can be defined as_________________
- closure
- sensation
- gestalt psychology
- perception
Q5 | When a dog learns to salivate only to a bell and not to a buzzer, the process that has taken place iscalled ______________
- extinction
- conditioning
- discrimination
- generalization
Q6 | The process by which an organism learn to make a particular response to a specific stimulus and to noother stimulus is____________________
- stimulus generalization
- response discrimination
- stimulus discrimination
- response generalization
Q7 | French philosopher ____________________ proposed that the mind and body are separate entities.
- rene’ descartes
- aristotle
- william james
- wundt
Q8 | _______________ is a branch of biology that studies the functions and parts of living organisms,including humans.
- physiology
- neurology
- psychiatry
- neuroscience
Q9 | The first working research laboratory in psychology was established at the University of Leipzig in__________ year.
- 1879
- 1869
- 1989
- 1889
Q10 | Wundt’s student _________________ established structuralism, the first major school in psychology.
- wundt
- kohler
- titchener
- watson
Q11 | ______________ could not be used to study children or animals.
- observation
- experimental method
- introspection
- case study
Q12 | ________________ influenced the beginning of the functionalist school of psychology.
- rene’ descartes
- edward titchener
- william james
- wundt
Q13 | The common goal of functionalism and structuralism is an emphasis on the study of _______________.
- conscious experiences
- unconscious experiences
- sub-conscious experiences
- mental disorders
Q14 | __________________ was an American Psychologist who established the first psychology researchlaboratory in the United States and founded the American Psychological Association.
- g. stanley hall
- edward titchener
- william james
- wilhelm wundt
Q15 | ___________________ focus was on the scientific study of observable behavior that could beobjectively measured and verified.
- psychoanalysis’s
- structuralism’s
- functionalism’s
- behaviorism’s
Q16 | ________________ grew out of the pioneering work of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov.
- behaviorism
- structuralism
- functionalism
- gestalt psychology
Q17 | The Austrian physician who emphasized unconscious processes rather than overt observable behaviorwas ________________.
- sigmund freud
- edward titchener
- william james
- wilhelm wundt
Q18 | The school of psychology that emphasizes conscious experiences, including each person’s uniquepotential for psychological growth and self-direction, is __________________ psychology.
- behaviorism
- structuralism
- humanistic
- gestalt psychology
Q19 | The person credited with founding humanistic psychology is __________________.
- sigmund freud
- edward titchener
- william james
- carl rogers
Q20 | Another humanistic psychologist who developed a theory of motivation that emphasizes personalgrowth was _______________.
- max wertheimer
- edward titchener
- abraham maslow
- carl rogers
Q21 | The founder of Gestalt psychology was _________________.
- max wertheimer
- edward titchener
- abraham maslow
- carl rogers
Q22 | Psychologists who study the diversity of human behavior in different cultural settings and countries arecalled _______________ psychologists.
- cultural
- cross-cultural
- ethnic
- cognitive
Q23 | One important factor in the cognitive revolution was the development of the first ____________,which gave psychologists a model for human mental processes.
- laboratory
- computers
- mental activity
- psychological perspective
Q24 | ___________________ is a specialty area that helps develop the instructional methods and materialsused to train people in both educational and work settings and studies how people of all ages learn.
- school psychology
- educational psychology
- industrial psychology
- developmental psychology
Q25 | _______________ is a point of view or general framework that reflects the emphasis a psychologistmay take in investigating psychological topics.
- theory
- statement
- perspective
- analysis