PSY502 Midterm Past Paper 2

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SPRING 2007 Marks: 40 PSY502 - HISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY Time: 90min (Session - 4 )

Student Name: ______________________________ Center Name/Code: ______________________________ Exam Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2007

All questions are compulsory. This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 5 questions of fill in the blanks, 5 short descriptive questions and 1 long descriptive question. For each MCQ, read the choices available and select the most appropriate or the best suitable choice.

The use of notes, handouts, books or any other helping material is strictly prohibited in the centre during the exam.

Please manage the time effectively according to the marks allocated to the questions.

You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the supervisor will be the official timekeeper of the exam.

Failure to comply with the supervisor’s instructions will result in your paper being cancelled. Please comply with supervisor’s instructions to avoid any unpleasant event.

Q1. Marks

Marks

Q21. Marks

Q1. The law of ________________ states that the last act is most likely to be repeated. (1 marks)

Exercise

Recency

Effect

Q2. According to Avicenna, ___________ is the second stage of motion which represents a person’s willingness to achieve something. (1 marks)

Impulsion

Imagination

Desires

Movement

Q3. According to ______________, the universe, including human beings, are made up of atoms. (1 marks)

Leibniz

Comte

Hobbes Locke

Q4. ________________ is the name of a physiologist who discovered the learning phenomena known as classical conditioning. (1 marks)

Skinner

Thorndike

Pavlov

Q5. Fechner is known for devising ways of measuring psychological experiences in physical terms, called_____________ methods. (1 marks)

Psycho-chemistry

Psycho-physics

Psycho-biology

Psycho-physiology

Q6. Which of the following is correctly paired? (1 marks)

Watson—behaviorist

James—psychoanalyst