Behaviorism

Question 1

What was radical behaviourism

Answer 1

A school of thought pioneered by B.F Skinners whos philosophy was to study behaviour instead of mental state

Question 2

What is Structuralism?

Answer 2

Structuralism in psychology is a theory of consciousness developed by Wilhelm Wundt and his student Edward Bradford Titchener. This theory was challenged in the 20th century

Question 3

What is functionalism?

Answer 3

Functional psychology or functionalism refers to a psychological school of thought that was a direct outgrowth of Darwinian thinking which focuses attention on the utility and purpose of behaviour that has been modified over years of human existence

Question 4

What level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is the Esteen

Answer 4

4

Question 5

Which of these is not part of May’s stages of Development

Answer 5

Courage

Question 6

Who was the first person to reference social psychology?

Answer 6

William McDougal

Question 7

What is prosocial behaviour?

Answer 7

Any act performed with the goal of benefitting another person

Question 8

Which of the following components are a part of modelling according to Bandura?

Answer 8

Being motivated, paying attention to behaviour and, have similar situations

Question 9

Who coined the terms “midlife crisis” & “identity crisis”?

Answer 9

Erik Erikson

Question 10

Which developmental Psychologist is known for their theory of cognitive development

Answer 10

Jean Piaget

Question 11

In 1945, Ainsworth left Tavistock Clinic to do her own attachment- related research in:

Answer 11

Uganda

Question 12

What was Mary Calkins best known for?

Answer 12

Self-psychology

Question 13

Feature integration theory of attention (FIT) helps explain how we perceive the visual world around us. One of the key figures behind this research is?

Answer 13

Anne Treisman

Question 14

Which female researcher was coined the creator of child psychoanalysis?

Answer 14

Anne Freud

Question 15

Which female researcher has an award for Life Achievement in the Psychological Sciences named after her?

Answer 15

Mary Calkins

Question 16

Who is considered to be the founding father of Forensic Psychology?

Answer 16

Hugo Munsterberg

Question 17

Which of the following is FALSE of the Mr.Big technique?

Answer 17

It’s an accepted for of interrogation in most countries

Question 18

What was the second psychopathy checklist called?

Answer 18

Psychopathy-revised

Question 19

Maladaptive behaviours can be the result of previously necessary adaptations. True of False

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Human behaviour results from the output of?

Answer 20

Psychological adaptations?

Question 21

Evolutionary psychology is criticized to rely heavily on:

Answer 21

Evolutionary assumptions

Question 22

Humanistic psychology

Answer 22

Studies the whole person, and the uniqueness of each individual. Essentially, these terms refer to the same approach in psychology

Question 23

Paul Meehl views were

Answer 23

His discovered statistical prediction outperformed clinical judgements