Deck 1: Psychology: Behavioral Processes and Learning Theories

Question 1

The goal of studying psychology is to

A)Understand human mind and behaviour
B)Analyse human behaviour
C)Control behaviour
D)All the above

Answer 1

All the above

Question 2

Classical conditioning was propounded by................

A)Skinner
B)Pavlov
C)Bruner
D)Vygotsky

Answer 2

Pavlov

Question 3

The view of psychology that emphasises the study of mental processes.

A)Humanistic
B)Functionalist
C)Cognitive
D)Neo-behaviourist

Answer 3

Cognitive

Question 4

The method in psychology in which large amount of data are generated from large number of respondents quickly and inexpensively.

A)Survey
B)Case study
C)Experimental
D)Sociometry

Question 5

The pioneer of Operant Conditioning Theory.

A)Pavlov
B)Bruner
C)Thorndike
D)Skinner

Question 6

The movement of psychology that deals with the study of human behaviour in terms of environmental stimuli and observational responses.

A)Functionalism
B)Behaviourism
C)Structuralism
D)Psychoanalysis

Question 7

The method of inquiry in which one variable is manipulated to study its effect on another variable is ............. research.

A)Correlational
B)Survey
C)Experimental
D)None of the above.

Question 8

The system that forms the communication network and coordinate the functions of all other systems in a human body.

A)Limbic system
B)Endocrine system
C)Nervous system
D)None of the above

Question 9

Discovery learning was propounded by..................

A)Bruner
B)Dewey
C)Vygotsky
D)Kohler

Question 10

The gland causes drowsiness and sluggish metabolism when its hormone is under active.

A)Pineal
B)Pancreas
C)Pituitary
D)Thyroid

Question 11

The type of attention in which an individual diverts attention towards a particular activity deliberately.

A)Voluntary
B)Involuntary
C)Non-voluntary
D)None of the above

Question 12

An internal drive or urge that compels an individual to act in a particular way.

A)Maturation
B)Learning
C)Motivation
D)modelling

Question 13

Which among the following is NOT a 'grouping strategy' used in organization of visual perception?

A)Similarity
B)Proximity
C)Constancy
D)Continuity

Question 14

The type of extra sensory perception in which the individual has the ability to acquire information by means other than known by human senses.

A)Clairaudience
B)Clairvoyance
C)Claircognizance
D)Clairalience

Question 15

The psychologist who held the belief that human behaviours are motivated by unconscious instincts and urges.

A)Piaget
B)Frued
C)Bruner
D)Skinner

Question 16

Which among the following is NOT included in Gestalt Laws of Learning?

A)Law of readiness
B)Law of similarity
C)Law of closure
D)Law of continuity

Question 17

Who proposed that learning is a process of perceptual organization and reorganization of one's life space?

A)William James
B)Kurt Lewin
C)Kohler
D)Frued

Question 18

The process of cognitive development in which the learner incorporates new information in to the already existing cognitive structure.

A)Accommodation
B)Equilibration
C)Assimilation
D)None of the above

Question 19

According to Vygotsky, the difference between actual development and potential development is called...............

A)ZPD
B)Scaffolding
C)Shaping
D)Modelling

Question 20

Which among the following is NOT included in Bandura's modelling?

A)Attention
B)Retention
C)Reproduction
D)Symbolism

Question 21

The ability to respond discretely to specific auditory, visual or tactile stimuli.

A)Focused attention
B)Sustained attention
C)Selective attention
D)Alternating attention

Question 22

The proponent of Structuralism is ............

A)Wilhelm Wundt
B)William James
C)J. B. Watson
D)Sigmund Frued

Question 23

The memory that holds things that are learned without understanding its meaning.

A)Immediate
B)Rote
C)Associative
D)Permanent

Question 24

The school of psychology that studies perceptions and experiences in wholeness.

A)Behaviourist
B)Gestalt
C)Cognitive
D)Psychoanalysis

Question 25

Iconic and echoic memories are types of ..............

A)STM
B)LTM
C)Sensory memory
D)Semantic memory

Question 26

Which among the following are causes of forgetting?

A)Laps of time
B)Inadequate impression
C)Repression
D)All the above

Question 27

Who proposed the 'curve of forgetting'?

A)Ebbinghaus
B)Tolman
C)Bruner
D)Piaget

Question 28

The memorising strategy that involve visual association between already memorised places and new words to be memorised.

A)Chunking
B)Keyword
C)Rote learning
D)Loci