Who was the foremost pioneer of the behavioural school of psychology?
Correct answer B. Watson
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Psychology MCQs
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Where did Wilhelm Wundt set up the first laboratory of experimental psychology?
Correct answer C. Leipzig
Which of these psychologists rejected introspection as a method in psychology?
Correct answer C. J.B. Watson
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In which method of psychological study are independent and dependent variables key elements?
Correct answer C. Experimental method
Which method of studying psychology involves passively watching and analysing human behaviour?
Correct answer D. Observational method
In the simplest experimental method, how many variables does the experimenter (E) manipulate?
Correct answer B. One Variable
What is it called when more than one independent variable operates together in an experiment?
Correct answer D. Interaction
Who is credited with developing the first intelligence test and contributing greatly to our understanding of thought processes?
Correct answer C. Alfred Binet
With which school are the concepts of introspection and conscious experience associated?
Correct answer A. Structuralism
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What is a provisional explanation of observed facts called?
Correct answer C. Hypothesis
What is the smallest detectable value of a stimulus called?
Correct answer D. Stimulus threshold
Which approach analyses human behaviour in terms of stimulus-response units acquired through learning, mainly instrumental conditioning?
Correct answer A. Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
Which approach is commonly said to be rooted in Gestalt psychology?
Correct answer C. Cognitive Approach
Which approach stresses instinctual processes and how they are modified through interaction with society?
Correct answer A. Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
Which system of psychology still survives very nearly in its rigid form?
Correct answer D. Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
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Psychologists taking the biological perspective try to relate behaviour to the functions of what?
Correct answer D. Body
Which perspective deals with the characteristic changes people undergo as they mature?
Correct answer B. Developmental perspective
Who first introduced the word ‘psychology’?
Correct answer B. Rudolf Goeckel
In which year did Rudolf Goeckel first use the word ‘psychology’?
Correct answer C. 1590
Which branch of psychology studies animal behaviour?
Correct answer D. Comparative psychology