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Psychology 101

Questão 1 de 15

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • academic psychology

  • professional psychology

  • experimental psychology

  • basic psychology

Explicação

Questão 2 de 15

1

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)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • skeptical determinist.

  • skeptical empiricist.

  • empirical naturalist.

  • empirical materialist.

Explicação

Questão 3 de 15

1

Which of the following best illustrates a subjective observation?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 4 de 15

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 5 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 6 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 7 de 15

1

In general, the main goal of scientific research is to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • make observations.

  • develop theoretical approaches.

  • derive predictions.

  • test theories.

Explicação

Questão 8 de 15

1

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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 9 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Aristotle

  • Socrates

  • Ptolemny

  • Plato

Explicação

Questão 10 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Behaviorism

  • Gestalt

  • Functionalism

  • Structuralsim

Explicação

Questão 11 de 15

1

Psychology is the study of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors

  • Emotion and Motivation

  • Phrenology and Philosophy

  • Mind and Behavior

Explicação

Questão 12 de 15

1

A stimulus refers to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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

Explicação

Questão 13 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Hysteria

  • Second Order Conditioning

  • Psychoanalytic Theory

  • Subconscious

Explicação

Questão 14 de 15

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Mind; Behavior

  • Mind; To know

  • Life; To study

  • Soul; To study

Explicação

Questão 15 de 15

1

_____ 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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Operability; Power

  • Power; Operability

  • Reliability; Validity

  • Validity; Reliability

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