Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

The goal of studying psychology is to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

The pioneer of Operant Conditioning Theory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Which among the following are causes of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 1: Psychology: Behavioral Processes and Learning Theories