Approaches in Psychology
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- Q1From the earliest to most recent, which of the following is the correct chronological order of when the following psychological approaches were first established?behaviourist, humanistic, social learning theory, cognitive neurosciencesocial learning theory, humanistic, behaviourist, cognitive neurosciencehumanistic, social learning theory, cognitive, behaviouristcognitive neuroscience, behaviourist, humanistic, social learning theory30s
- Q2Which of the following is a criticism that Watson made of introspection?it is unscientificit can't be replicatedit doesn't deal with experienceit produces objective data30s
- Q3Who suggested that the mind and body were separate and independent of one another?DescartesDarwinWundtLocke30s
- Q4Who suggested that humans inherit neither knowledge nor instincts?DarwinDescartesWundtLocke30s
- Q5What is a basic assumption of the behaviourist approach?the main influence on behaviour are geneslearning is influenced by private mental processeslearning processed in animals cannot be generalised to humanslearning should be studies scientifically in a lab30s
- Q6Pavlov identified the following steps in classical conditioning: Bell (before learning) - food - salivation (before learning) - bell (after learning). Which is the correct sequence?unconditioned response - neutral stimulus - unconditioned stimulus - conditioned stimulusneutral stimulus - unconditioned stimulus - unconditioned response - conditioned stimulusneutral stimulus - unconditioned response - conditioned stimulus - unconditioned responseunconditioned response - neutral response - conditioned stimulus - conditioned response30s
- Q7Complete this sentence: operant conditioning is best described as:a form of learning in which an observer imitates the behaviour of a role modela form of learning in which behaviour is shaped and maintained by its consequencesa form of learning in which a new behaviour is produced that avoids an unpleasant consequencea form of learning in which a stimulus is associated with a response30s
- Q8In Skinner's research, a rat received an electric shock every time it saw a light came on. The rat learned that if it pressed a lever, it would not get a shock. What is this known as?positive reinforcementnegative reinforcementpartial reinforcementpunishment30s
- Q9Which one of the following statements about Bandura's Bobo doll experiments is FALSE.children who saw the model punished were more likely to imitate aggression than children who saw no consequencesthe experiments have been used to support the idea that children may be influenced by what they see in the mediathe experiments support the idea that learning can often occur indirectlychildren were likely to imitate aggression that was rewarded30s
- Q10Which of the following is not a mediational process in the social learning approach?applicationretentionmotivationattention30s
- Q11The idea that human beings influence their environment as well as being influenced by it, best describes:environmental determinismsoft determinismhard determinismreciprocal determinism30s
- Q12Which statement about the social learning theory is FALSE:motor reproduction and motivation are more likely to be involved in the learning than performance of behaviourlearning and performance always occur togetherattention and retention are more likely to be involved in the learning than performance of behaviourrole models that children identify with need not be real but may be symbolic30s
- Q13Which statement about the role of a schema is FALSE?they allow us to make mental short cutsthey act as a mental framework of interpretationthey may lead to perceptual errorsthey are not present at birth30s
- Q14A cognitive psychologist gave students simple word lists to learn in lab conditions. Students recalled 7 words on average. Therefore the capacoty of STM is 7 items. This is an example of:inferenceinterferenceimplicationinter-rater30s
- Q15The cognitive approach is a good example of:soft determinismexternal determinisminternal determinismhard determinism30s