PSY502 Midterm MCQs by VU Topper RM

In 1879, who established the first psychological laboratory? J. B. Watson Sigmund Freud

Which of the following law by Thorndike states that satisfied responses are printed and learned by individual?

Law of insight

Law of effect

Law of exercise Law of belongingness

When an extinguished behavior suddenly reappears on its own, with no retraining, this process is called as what?

A.

Spontaneous recovery

B. Extinction C. Generalization D. Discrimination

Who was the first and only psychologist who has been honored by a Noble Prize?

A. Sigmund Freud B. Edward Bradford Titchner C. D.

Ivan Pavlov

Which of the following theory was given by Pavlov?

A. Learning by observation B. Learning by trial and error C. Learning by insight D.

Learning by conditioning

Bekhterev experiments using mild shocks on human and animals were to trace the effect on: A.

Learning

B. Thinking C. Memory D. Motivation

Who proposed that emotions are an important factor for survival of organisms?

A. Pavlov B. Descartes C.

Darwin

D. Locke

The law of effect given by Thorndike is similar to which of the followings?

A.

Pavlov’s law of conditioning

B. Rogers view of need of positive regard C. James’s theory of habit formation D. Freud’s theory of psychosexual development

Which theory maintains that emotions are caused by the recognition of physiological processes that occur as a reaction to a situation? A. James-Lange B. Activation theory C.

Cognitive theory

D. Cannon-Bard theory

Which of the following term means looking into the self or internal observation?

A. Validation B. C. D. Anticipation Which of the following controversy arises from Darwin’s claim that environment plays an important role in determining the personality of a person? A. Ethical-Unethical B. Normal-Abnormal C. Rational-Irrational D.

Nature-Nurture

According to William James, ___________ is not epiphenomena. A. Sub consciousness B. Memory C. Unconsciousness D.

Consciousness

Who introduced the phenomenon of “color constancy”?

A. Thomas Hobbes B.

David Katz

C. D. David Titchner

Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget's four stages of development?

A. Preoperational, concrete operations, sensory-motor, formal operation B. Concrete operations, preoperational, sensory-motor, formal operation C. Preoperational, sensory-motor, concrete operations, formal operation D.

Sensory-motor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operation

Which one of the following methods was given by Gustav Fechners?

A.

Psycho-physics

B. Experimental C. Observational