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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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Which of these psychological approaches is based in empiricism?
Cognitive approach
Behaviourist approach
Psychodynamic approach
Humanist approach
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Which of the following is not an area studied by cognitive psychologists?
Emotion
Problem solving
Memory
Perception
3
Which of the following statements about the cognitive approach is false?
It has contributed to the field of Artificial Intelligence
It studies how internal mental processes affect behaviour
Based on soft determinism as says we think before we respond
They are able to study internal mental processes directly
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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
5
If a behaviour has a genetic basis, which of these would show the greater concordance rate?
Fraternal twins
Non-identical twins
Dizygotic twins
Monozygotic twins
6
Which of the following are not used by cognitive neuroscientists?
fMRI scans
PET scans
ECG
Computer-generated models
7
Which behaviourist approach assumes learning occurs due to association?
Classical Conditioning
Social Learning Theory
Operant Conditioning
Trial and error learning
8
Which of the following is the best description of what cognitive neuroscientists study?
The effects of brain damage
How the brain is structured
The influence of brain structure on mental processes
Whether behavioural characteristics are inherited
9
Which of the following is a real life application of operant conditioning?
Token economy
Systematic desensitisation
Aversion therapy
Flooding
10
In Pavlov's research, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
Salivation
Dog
Food
Bell
11
Which of the following methods are not used by biological psychologists?
fMRI scans
Twin studies
Family studies
Psychoanalysis
12
Which of the following is the correct definition of a schema?
A long term memory store for personal events
A cognitive framework that helps organize and interpret info
A representation of behaviour
A structure of interconnected neurons in the brain
13
Which of the following approaches in psychology is viewed as non-scientific?
Cognitive
Behaviourist
Biological
Humanist
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Which theoretical model is often used by the cognitive approach?
Iceberg model
Information processing model
Fight or flight model
Evolutionary mode
15
Which of these is an example of negative reinforcement?
The rat avoiding an electric shock when it presses the lever
The rat obtaining a food pellet when it presses the lever
The rat receving food every 10th time it presses the lever
The rat getting an electric shock when it presses the lever
16
Out of these approaches, which is the earliest in the history of Psychology?
Cognitive approach
Social Learning Theory
Psychodynamic approach
Humanistic approach
17
A person's phenotype refers to what?
Their brain structure
Their genetic make-up
Their DNA
The physical expression of a person's genes
18
What was John Watson's main criticism of Introspection?
The methods used were not standardised
The methods used were not controlled
It was not possible to replicate the methods used
It is subjective as focusses on private mental processes
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Which of the following statements does not apply to introspection?
Developed by Wundt
Emphasises the influence of the unconscious mind
First systematic experimental approach in Psychology
Involves recording own conscious thoughts
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Which of the following is not an assumption of the biological approach?
Studying brain structure & function can explain behaviour
The mind lives in the brain
Everything psychological is first biological
Mental processes are separate from the physical brain
