PSY402 Final Term Past Papers Set 3

Which of the following is a sudden burst of comprehension that one may Experience while during effort to solve a problem?

•  Insight
•  Heuristics
•  Algorithms
•  Intuitions

Semantic memory is the sub system of which of the following memories?

•  Episodic
•  Procedural
•  Declarative
•  All of the given options

At the most primitive level, solution to problems can be obtained through_______________.

•  Insight
•  Algorithm
•  Heuristics

How a psychologist belongs to humanistic school of thought would view the learning process?

•  Change in behavior
•  Internal mental process
•  A personal act to fulfill potential
•  Interaction /observation in social contexts

Psychophysics uses three methods for testing subjects' perception in stimulus detection and difference detection experiments. Which of the following is NOT included in them?

•  The method of limits
•  The method of constant stimuli
•  The method of adjustment
•  The method of varying stimuli

The principles of grouping include:

•  Closure and similarity
•  Proximity and continuity
•  Similarity and Proximity
•  all

What is the main goal/purpose of education according to a cognitive psychologist?

•  To enhance introspection
•  Understand unconscious demands
•  Develop capacity and skills to learn better
•  Become self-actualized

According to the results of "sniff tests", which sense is generally better in women than men?

•  Sense of Vision
•  Sense of Taste
•  Sense of Smell
•  Sense of Hearing

A scientific psychology "properly speaking" is an impossibility, who gave this statement?

•  Immanuel Kant
•  Ibn al-Haytham
•  Herman Helmholtz
•  Ernst Weber

Which of the following learning does not occur as a function of observing others’ behavior?

•  Vicarious learning
•  Modeling
•  Social learning
•  Associative learning