How would Woodworth’s approach to defining psychology be described?
Correct answer D. Dynamic
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Psychology MCQs
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Who is regarded as the founder of Gestalt psychology?
Correct answer B. Max Wertheimer
Which field of psychology focuses on the possible role of evolution in behaviour?
Correct answer D. Evolutionary psychology
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Which perspective in psychology emphasises the individual’s overt behaviour?
Correct answer C. Behaviouristic Perspective
Thought processes are the central component of which perspective?
Correct answer D. Cognitive perspective
Which perspective focuses on changes in behaviour and cognitive processes across the life span?
Correct answer A. Developmental Perspective
Which perspective of psychology emphasises that behaviour can be influenced by social and cultural factors?
Correct answer B. Socio-cultural Perspective
In science, what are frameworks for explaining events or processes called?
Correct answer B. Theories
What is relying on whatever comes to mind first or most readily known as?
Correct answer B. Heuristic
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What is a systematic study of facts using a reliable and correct method called?
Correct answer C. Scientific Study
Who laid the foundation for the idea of building blocks of consciousness?
Correct answer A. Wundt
Who was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in psychology?
Correct answer C. Margaret Floy Washburn
After separating from Sigmund Freud in 1913, C. G. Jung founded his own school. What is it known as?
Correct answer B. Psychoanalytical School
Which law of psychology deals with the smallest noticeable difference between stimuli?
Correct answer C. Weber-Fechner law
Gestalt psychology takes its name from a German word. What does ‘Gestalt’ literally mean?
Correct answer D. Whole
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Which thinker promoted the formulation of elementism?
Correct answer A. Aristotle
Who developed the concept of rationalism?
Correct answer D. Plato
Who proposed that mind and body are separate entities that interact with each other?
Correct answer B. René Descartes
Which important functionalist psychologist was especially interested in consciousness, memory and emotion?
Correct answer A. William James
Who founded the school of Individual Psychology?
Correct answer A. Adler