Origins of Psychology
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- Q1Who put forward the idea that the mind and body are separate and independent of one another?DescartesDarwinLockeWundt30s
- Q2Locke suggested that we acquire knowledge through experience. Which approach supports this?Biological approachCognitive approachBehaviourist approachSocial learning theory30s
- Q3What was the method used by Wundt?EmpiricismStructuralismLab experimentIntrospection30s
- Q4Which of the following is a characteristic of the scientific method?ObservationsNatural selectionEmpiricismHigh control30s
- Q5If an experiment is conducted in controlled conditions, what does this allow?ScanningObservationIntrospectionReplication30s
- Q6Which of these approaches is the earliest in the history of psychology?Humanistic approachCognitive approachPsychodynamic approachSocial learning theory30s
- Q7Which of the following psychologists are not behaviourists?WatsonSkinnerMaslowPavlov30s
- Q8Why did Watson criticise introspection?Wundt banished him from his laboratoryHe suggested it was too subjectiveHe didn't like WundtHe couldn't do it30s
- Q9What is the focus of the behaviourist approach?The unconscious mindFree willGeneticsLearning30s
- Q10Which of these psychologists is associated with the psychodynamic approach?BanduraFreudSkinnerRogers30s
- Q11Which of the following approaches is viewed as non-scientific?Biological approachBehaviourist approachHumanistic approachCognitive approach30s
- Q12Which approach came after the cognitive approach?Social learning theoryCognitive neuroscienceHumanistic approachBiological approach30s
- Q13When did cognitive neuroscience emerge?17th century21st century19th century1960s30s
- Q14What was psychology originally known as?Evolutionary theoryCartesian dualismEmpiricismExperimental philosophy30s
- Q15Which approach signalled the emergence of psychology as a science?Biological approachWundtPsychodynamic approachBehaviourist approach30s