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Psychology 101

Pregunta 1 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • academic psychology

  • professional psychology

  • experimental psychology

  • basic psychology

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Pregunta 2 de 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)

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • skeptical determinist.

  • skeptical empiricist.

  • empirical naturalist.

  • empirical materialist.

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 15

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Which of the following best illustrates a subjective observation?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 15

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In general, the main goal of scientific research is to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • make observations.

  • develop theoretical approaches.

  • derive predictions.

  • test theories.

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 15

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Aristotle

  • Socrates

  • Ptolemny

  • Plato

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Behaviorism

  • Gestalt

  • Functionalism

  • Structuralsim

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 15

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Psychology is the study of

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors

  • Emotion and Motivation

  • Phrenology and Philosophy

  • Mind and Behavior

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 15

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A stimulus refers to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 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:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Hysteria

  • Second Order Conditioning

  • Psychoanalytic Theory

  • Subconscious

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 15

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Mind; Behavior

  • Mind; To know

  • Life; To study

  • Soul; To study

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Operability; Power

  • Power; Operability

  • Reliability; Validity

  • Validity; Reliability

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