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Psychology 101

Frage 1 von 15

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Clinical and counseling psychology are in which sub-discipline of psychology?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • academic psychology

  • professional psychology

  • experimental psychology

  • basic psychology

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Frage 2 von 15

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A person who doubts a claim until he or she has made direct observations that provide adequate support for the claim would be referred to as a(n)

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • skeptical determinist.

  • skeptical empiricist.

  • empirical naturalist.

  • empirical materialist.

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Frage 3 von 15

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Which of the following best illustrates a subjective observation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • My waist measures 32 inches around.

  • The pizza tastes great.

  • My left foot is half a shoe size bigger than my right foot.

  • All the above are equally subjective observations.

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Frage 4 von 15

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Which of the following is a theory rather than a definition of a psychological concept?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Memory is the set of mental processes that allow us to retain information for a period of time.

  • Schizophrenia is caused by abnormal development of the brain during early life, which results in abnormal brain activity in adulthood.

  • A cognitive process is any mental process involved in knowing the world, such as those involved in memory and perception.

  • A sensation is a set of biological processes involving the activity of sensory receptors and parts of the nervous system stimulated by those receptors.

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Frage 5 von 15

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Which of the following is an example of a theory rather than an observation (or set of observations)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • People tend to yawn when they see someone else yawning.

  • Yawning involves movements of many facial muscles.

  • Yawning is caused by the need to increase brain activity.

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Frage 6 von 15

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Which of the following is not one of the three functions of a scientific theory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The theory allows us to organize our observations.

  • The theory allows us to explain our observations.

  • The theory allows us to predict future observations.

  • The theory allows us to make current and future observations.

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Frage 7 von 15

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In general, the main goal of scientific research is to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • make observations.

  • develop theoretical approaches.

  • derive predictions.

  • test theories.

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Frage 8 von 15

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Alcoholism is associated with biological heredity (genes): children of alcoholics are more likely to develop alcoholism, even when they are brought up in adoptive families. Given this fact, would it be correct to conclude that alcoholism is caused solely by genes?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Yes: children of alcoholics are more likely to develop alcoholism.

  • Yes: these studies show that family environment is not important.

  • No: alcoholism is a mental disorder and must have mental causes.

  • No: alcoholism has many causes, one of which is biological heredity.

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Frage 9 von 15

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According to this Philosopher "Character and intelligence are inborn and inherited"

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Aristotle

  • Socrates

  • Ptolemny

  • Plato

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Frage 10 von 15

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Which branch of psychology deals with the function of behavior on how a person adapts to its environment

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Behaviorism

  • Gestalt

  • Functionalism

  • Structuralsim

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Frage 11 von 15

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Psychology is the study of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors

  • Emotion and Motivation

  • Phrenology and Philosophy

  • Mind and Behavior

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Frage 12 von 15

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A stimulus refers to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A sensory input from the environment

  • A sexual desire, or turn on

  • The amount of time it takes to respond to a sensation

  • The knowledge of a person's experiences

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Frage 13 von 15

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Sigmund Freud believed that unconscious mental processes help shape emotions, feeling, thoughts, and behaviors. This theory is now known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Hysteria

  • Second Order Conditioning

  • Psychoanalytic Theory

  • Subconscious

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Frage 14 von 15

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The word Psychology comes from Ancient Greece. "Psych" meaning _____ and "ology" meaning _____

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Mind; Behavior

  • Mind; To know

  • Life; To study

  • Soul; To study

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Frage 15 von 15

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_____ refers to the conceptual relation of a measurement and property, whereas _____ refers to tendency for the measurement to produce the same results if measured again

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Operability; Power

  • Power; Operability

  • Reliability; Validity

  • Validity; Reliability

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