Chapter 2: Introduction to Major Perspectives
Multiple Choice
Questions
- The belief that complex behaviours can be understood as the sum of several simpler one’s is called:
a. reductionism
b. functionalism
c. introspection
d. animism - Wundt’s primary method of research was:
a. experimentation
b. autoethnography
c. introspection
d. lesioning - Jung stated that humans possess both a ________ unconscious and a ________
unconscious:
a. shadow/manifest
b. personal/collective
c. introvert/extravert
d. phenomenal/latent - Remembering that the capital of Canada is Ottawa requires:
a. sensory memory
b. semantic memory
c. episodic memory
d. procedural memory - Which of the following psychologists was NOT a behaviourist?
a. Watson
b. Thorndike
c. Skinner
d. Maslow - Positive reinforcement involves ________ something to increase a response whereas
negative reinforcement involves ________ something.
a. repeating/increasing
b. adding/removing
c. removing/adding
d. increasing/repeating - Two kinds of learning studied by behaviourists are:
a. classical conditioning and operant conditioning
b. manifest learning and latent learning
c. conscious learning and unconscious learning
d. operant conditioning and instrumental conditioning - Which of the following is NOT a theory of dreaming?
a. expectation fulfillment
b. activation-synthesis
c. threat-simulation
d. elucidatory consciousness - The brain has four lobes: occipital, frontal ________ and ________.
a. sympathetic, parasympathetic
b. autonomic, somatic
c. temporal, parietal
d. visual, auditory - A psychologist who practices Gestalt Therapy would most likely be a(n):
a. humanist
b. behaviourist
c. evolutionist
d. cognitivist - A psychologist primarily interested in mental processes such as memory and perception
would most likely be a(n):
a. humanist
b. behaviourist
c. evolutionist
d. cognitivist - Which of the following topics would be of least interest to a biological psychologist?
a. hunger
b. thirst
c. free will
d. sleep - William James worked during the:
a. late 20th century
b. late 19th century
c. middle ages
d. the 1700s - Freud argued that dreams have both ________ content and ________ content.
a. Freudian, Jungian
b. conditioned, unconditioned
c. latent, manifest
d. somatic, autonomic - In Pavlov’s work dogs salivated naturally in response to being given meat powder.
In this situation, salivation is the ________ while the meat powder is the ________.
a. UCR, UCS
b. UCS, UCR
c. CS, CR
d. CR, CS - Which of the following was a humanistic psychologist?
a. Freud
b. Watson
c. Wernicke
d. Rogers - What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system?
a. somatic, autonomic
b. reflexive, responsive
c. sympathetic, parasympathetic
d. frontal, occipital - MBTI stands for:
a. Manifold Barometric Temperature Indicator
b. Multiple Behavioural Theories Instrument
c. Myers Briggs Type Indicator
d. Maslow Bosun Trend Indicator - Which lobe of the brain is also known as the auditory cortex?
a. frontal
b. temporal
c. occipital
d. parietal - Which of the following is NOT associated with Freud?
a. id
b. ego
c. shadow
d. super-ego - In Seligman’s ABCDE model of learned optimism, B stands for:
a. belief
b. behaviour
c. brain
d. blessing - ________ needs were at the bottom of Maslow’s pyramid/hierarchy.
a. safety
b. self actualization
c. esteem
d. physiological - The idea that human behaviour may be the product of natural selection is central to:
a. humanistic psychology
b. evolutionary psychology
c. cognitive psychology
d. behavioural psychology - The movement known as radical behaviourism is most closely associated with:
a. Watson
b. Thorndike
c. Pavlov
d. Skinner - Intrinsic motivation refers to:
a. enjoying a task for its own sake
b. being motivated by money and/or other rewards
c. enjoying a task because it meets physical needs
d. motivation that can only be experienced indoors - Remembering what you ate for supper yesterday requires:
a. sensory memory
b. episodic memory
c. procedural memory
d. semantic memory - According to Freud the ________ content of a dream relates to the person’s unconscious wishes.
a. shadow
b. lateral
c. spreading
d. latent - Humanistic psychology emerged during which decade?
a. 1930s
b. 1950s
c. 1970s
d. 1990s - In Pavlov’s work, when dogs were trained to salivate to the sound of a bell that sound was the:
a. UCS
b. UCR
c. CS
d. CR - Another term for thinking about thinking is:
a. metacognition
b. perception
c. mediation
d. self-regulation
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