PSY101 Solved MCQs

MCQs PSY101 · chkashif_unique · Psychology is defined as the science of:

Sensation and perception Experience and mental illness Culture and group dynamics Behavior and mental processes

Who is considered the "father of psychology" by his establishment of the first psychology lab?

E. B. Tichener

Which of the following is considered the founder of the psychodynamic perspective in psychology?

E. B. Tichener

The behaviorists believed:

Psychology should emphasize the study of healthy people. Psychology should only study observable and ob jectively described acts Psychology should study the self examination of inner ideas and experiences.

The psychological school of thought that stressed the whole or complete view of a situation was:

Gestalt According to this Psychological school of thought to understand human behavior and thought one must understand the unconscious mind and the key events that happened early in life that influence the unconscious mind. What is this school of thought?

Gestalt

Manifest content of a dream is:

The obvious and apparent part Hidden content Conscious part of dream Overt part of dream

Who established the first psychology lab in the United States?

G. Stanley Hall

Francis Cecil Sumner Mary Whiton Calkins Edward Titchener used a method for studying the mind that became very popular during the Structuralist period. The method called _____ required trained participants to report their conscious mental experiences to the investigator. For example if a person was angry they would report all of their experiences during the time they were angry. Empiricism

Contemplation

__________ is the school of thought in where psychology is defined as the study of the structure of the mind.

Dr. Usman studies the diagnosis causes treatments and prevention of mental illnesses. Which type of psychologist is Dr. Usman?

Clinical psychologist Developmental psychologist Forensic psychologist Health psychologist

Which one of the following models believes that behavior is motivated by inner forces over which individuals have little control?

Cognitive model Psychodynamic model Humanistic model Behavioral model

Which one of the following schools of thought focused on what the mind does and

how it does?

Gestalt Behaviorist

Which one of the following drugs is a stimulant?

Nicotine Lorazepam Barbiturates LSD

Tahir often experiences intense feelings of anger and frustration. In order to cope

with these feeling he enrolls in a kickboxing class as an outlet for his emotions. Tahir's actions are an example of which type of defense mechanism?

Projection Displacement Repression Sublimation

Which type of learning process did Burrhus Frederic Skinner describe?

Classical Conditioning Modeling Observational Learning Operant Conditioning ______________ refers to genetic composition of a person. Genotype Phenotype Monotype

In a correlational study when one variable goes up as another goes down is known as a _________________. Positive Correlation No Correlation Negative Correlation Illusory Correlation A researcher accessed information on the Internet from a series of surveys of women that was conducted during the 1970s and 1980s. The data were analyzed to

examine changes in attitudes and behaviors over time. Which of the following method was used?

Participant observation Case study Archival data Field experiments A researcher wants to study the effects of violence displayed in movies on children behavior. In this research violence displayed in movies is the