Mix MCQ Flashcards
Who coined the term metacognition?
John Flavell
Who criticised work of Skinner?
Chomsky
Chomsky’s book where he criticized Skinner is___
The review of verbal behaviour
Which of the following is not written by Skinner?
A. Principles of Behaviour
B. Beyond freedom and dignity
C. The behaviour of organisms
A
Book written by Clark hull?
Principles of behaviour
Who talked about theory of drive reduction?
Clark hull
Arrange in chronological order
A. Law of effect
B. Pavlov experiment
C. Little Albert experiment
D. Bandura’s social learning theory
B, A, C, D
Which psychologist argued that free will is an illusion?
BF Skinner
What’s the diff between law of effect and operant conditioning?
Law of effect works on connection between stimulus and response, operant conditioning focuses on rewards and punishments.
Who believed that basic anxiety is experienced when adults feel hopeless, isolated or abandoned?
Karen Horney
What is a neurotransmitter?
A neurotransmitter is a chemical substance that transmits signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron to another.
True or False: Neurotransmitters can only have excitatory effects on neurons.
False: Neurotransmitters can have both excitatory and inhibitory effects.
Fill in the blank: The neurotransmitter __________ is primarily involved in mood regulation and is often linked to depression.
serotonin
Which neurotransmitter is known as the ‘fight or flight’ neurotransmitter?
Epinephrine
What role does dopamine play in the brain?
Dopamine is involved in reward, motivation, and the regulation of movement.
Acc to Karen Horney, what is the cause of basic anxiety?
Being raised by emotionally neglectful parents
Acc to Karen Horney, when does neuroses develop?
When people manage basic anxiety by over fulfilling an irrational need
Who’s the founder of child psychoanalysis
Anna freud
Name of book written by Anna Freud
The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense
Viewing mental illness as a biological or physical problem is called___
Somatogenic theory
The difference between signs and symptoms is that, symptoms are ____ while signs are___
Subjective experience by patient
Observable beh/actions
Who is known as the father of American Psychiatry?
Benjamin Rush
In context of abnormal psychology, which theory is also known as the biopsychosocial approach?
Systems theory
Who used magnets to treat his patients?
Franz Anton Mesmer
Full form of SCID is
Structured Clinical Interview for
DSM Disorders
Who is known as the father of western medicine?
Hippocrates
____ is the scientific study of frequency and causes of diseases in a specific population
Epidemiology
Who wrote “Compendium der psychiatrie” ?
Emil Kraepelin
Who first distinguished schizophrenia from manic depressive psychosis?
Emil Kraepelin
Which Indian book first mentions about mental disorders
Sushruta Samhita
It lists strong emotions and passion as causes of mental disorders
Adrenergic
Neurons which release epinephrine
Which enzyme breaks down acetylcholine?
Acetylcholinesterase
Phases of skill acquisition
Cognitive phase, associative phase, autonomous phase
Priming
Instances where exposure to one stimulus affects subsequent response to a second stimulus
The realistic conflict theory of prejudice was given by
Muzafer Sherif
The values obtained from the study of the population are called
Parameters
The book written by Sigmund Freud in 1901
The psychopathology of everyday life
______are unconscious distortions of a person’s
perception of reality that reduce stress
and anxiety
Defense mechanism
Behavioral therapy useful in treating OCD
EX/RP
Exposure and Ritual/Response Prevention
first person to use the word Psychology in 1590
Rudolph Goclenius the Elder
Father of phrenology
Joseph Gall
Contribution of Joseph Gall
27 Fundamental Faculties;
Individual’s intellect and personality depends on the shape and size of skull
Who first gave the “law of specific nerve energies”
Johannes Muller
Which philosopher viewed mind as a charioteer (reason) driving two horses (spirit and appetite)?
Plato
Wundt’s thoughts are also known as _____, the process of organising mind
Voluntarism
___ says consciousness could be broken down to its basic elements without sacrificing any of the properties of the whole.
Reductionism
Attributes of intelligence acc to thorndike
Level, range, area, speed
