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Duplicate of Approaches to Psychology AQA
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A psychology quiz to test knowledge of the origins of psychology, Wundt & introspecrion
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1
If a behaviour has a genetic basis, which of these would show the greater concordance rate?
Fraternal twins
Monozygotic twins
Non-identical twins
Dizygotic twins
2
In Pavlov's research, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
Bell
Food
Dog
Salivation
3
Which of the following methods are not used by biological psychologists?
Twin studies
fMRI scans
Family studies
Psychoanalysis
4
A person's phenotype refers to what?
Their genetic make-up
Their brain structure
Their DNA
The physical expression of a person's genes
5
Which of these is an example of negative reinforcement?
The rat obtaining a food pellet when it presses the lever
The rat avoiding an electric shock when it presses the lever
The rat getting an electric shock when it presses the lever
The rat receving food every 10th time it presses the lever
6
Which of the following statements does not apply to introspection?
Emphasises the influence of the unconscious mind
Involves recording own conscious thoughts
First systematic experimental approach in Psychology
Developed by Wundt
7
Which of the following is not an area studied by cognitive psychologists?
Emotion
Perception
Memory
Problem solving
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Which theoretical model is often used by the cognitive approach?
Evolutionary mode
Iceberg model
Fight or flight model
Information processing model
9
Which of the following is not an assumption of the biological approach?
The mind lives in the brain
Everything psychological is first biological
Mental processes are separate from the physical brain
Studying brain structure & function can explain behaviour
10
Out of these approaches, which is the earliest in the history of Psychology?
Cognitive approach
Psychodynamic approach
Humanistic approach
Social Learning Theory
11
Which of the following is the best description of what cognitive neuroscientists study?
How the brain is structured
Whether behavioural characteristics are inherited
The influence of brain structure on mental processes
The effects of brain damage
12
Which of the following statements about behaviourism is false?
Said psychology should only study what could be observed
It was also interested in studying private mental processes
It brought the methods of natural sciences into psychology
It focuses on the scientific processes involved in learning
13
What was John Watson's main criticism of Introspection?
The methods used were not controlled
It was not possible to replicate the methods used
The methods used were not standardised
It is subjective as focusses on private mental processes
14
Which behaviourist approach assumes learning occurs due to association?
Trial and error learning
Classical Conditioning
Social Learning Theory
Operant Conditioning
15
Which of the following approaches in psychology is viewed as non-scientific?
Cognitive
Behaviourist
Biological
Humanist
16
Which of the following is a real life application of operant conditioning?
Aversion therapy
Flooding
Systematic desensitisation
Token economy
17
Which of the following is the correct definition of a schema?
A representation of behaviour
A cognitive framework that helps organize and interpret info
A long term memory store for personal events
A structure of interconnected neurons in the brain
18
Which of the following are not used by cognitive neuroscientists?
PET scans
Computer-generated models
ECG
fMRI scans
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Which of the following statements about the cognitive approach is false?
Based on soft determinism as says we think before we respond
They are able to study internal mental processes directly
It studies how internal mental processes affect behaviour
It has contributed to the field of Artificial Intelligence
