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  • A. J.B Watson
  • B. Sigmund Freud
  • C. C.G. Jung
  • D. William James
  • E. Wood worth

Explanation: Woodworth defined psychology in terms of the activities of an organism as it interacts with its environment, highlighting both behaviour…

Correct answer: Wood worth
  • A. Science of Soul
  • B. Science of Mind
  • C. Science of Experience
  • D. Both A & B
  • E. Conscious ExperienceManagement Sciences Mcqs

Explanation: Titchener focused on conscious experience as it is directly experienced by the individual, studied through structural analysis.

Correct answer: Conscious ExperienceManagement Sciences Mcqs
  • A. Soul
  • B. Consciousness
  • C. Mind
  • D. Behaviour

Explanation: Watson rejected consciousness as the defining subject matter because it could not be studied objectively; he made observable behaviour the…

Correct answer: Behaviour
  • A. Science of mind
  • B. Science of behaviour
  • C. Science of soul
  • D. Science of consciousness
  • E. None of these

Explanation: The literal Greek roots of psychology are psyche, meaning soul or mind, and logos, meaning study.

Correct answer: Science of soul
  • A. Wilhelm Wundt
  • B. Sigmund Freud
  • C. C.G. Jung
  • D. E.B. Titchener

Explanation: Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory at Leipzig in 1879, making him widely known as the father of…

Correct answer: Wilhelm Wundt
  • A. 1779
  • B. 1679
  • C. 1879
  • D. 1889
  • E. 1894

Explanation: Scientific psychology is conventionally dated to 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory at Leipzig.

Correct answer: 1879
  • A. Psychoanalysts
  • B. Behaviourists
  • C. Functionalists
  • D. Ancient Greek Philosophers

Explanation: The ancient Greek philosophers treated psychology as the study or science of the mind and soul.

Correct answer: Ancient Greek Philosophers
  • A. only violent behavior
  • B. only normal behavior
  • C. mental states of individual humans
  • D. groups of people in interaction
  • E. None of these

Explanation: Psychology centrally studies the mental states and behaviour of individuals, including processes such as thinking, emotion and perception.

Correct answer: mental states of individual humans
  • A. Taxis
  • B. Kinesis
  • C. Reflex
  • D. Learning

Explanation: Learning is a relatively lasting change in behaviour produced by experience, although it depends on a sufficiently developed nervous…

Correct answer: Learning
  • A. psychosomatic illness
  • B. taste aversion
  • C. anorexia
  • D. specific hunger

Explanation: Taste aversion is a learned avoidance of a food after it is associated with illness, even when another event actually caused the sickness.

Correct answer: taste aversion
  • A. anxiety
  • B. anger
  • C. sadness
  • D. any of these

Explanation: Emotional eating can be triggered by several negative emotions, including anxiety, anger, and sadness, particularly among people with…

Correct answer: any of these
  • A. obvious external factors
  • B. intrinsic motivation
  • C. primary device
  • D. self - actualization

Explanation: Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards or pressures, such as money, grades, praise, or avoiding punishment.

Correct answer: obvious external factors
  • A. a drive but not need
  • B. a need but not a drive
  • C. both a drive and a need
  • D. neither a need nor a drive

Explanation: Dehydration creates a physiological need even if the person does not consciously feel thirsty, so the best answer is a need without a…

Correct answer: a need but not a drive
  • A. over feeding in childhood
  • B. external eating cues
  • C. severe dieting
  • D. low self - esteemTry Prep Courses

Explanation: Repeated overfeeding, especially during childhood, can raise the body's defended weight or set point.

Correct answer: over feeding in childhood
  • A. Balance production
  • B. Internalization
  • C. Homeostasis
  • D. Tension reductionDiscover Lesson Plans

Explanation: Homeostasis is the body's tendency to maintain internal balance, such as stable temperature or blood glucose.

Correct answer: Homeostasis
  • A. Punishers
  • B. Reinforces
  • C. Shaping
  • D. Incentives

Explanation: Incentives are external rewards or stimuli that motivate behaviour, such as money, praise, or food.

Correct answer: Incentives
  • A. your political views
  • B. hunger
  • C. earning money by working at a job
  • D. the need for achievement

Explanation: Hunger is a biological drive produced by a bodily deficit and it motivates eating to restore equilibrium.

Correct answer: hunger
  • A. deprivation and sex drive
  • B. stimulation and curiosity
  • C. arousal and performance
  • D. sex drive and satisfier

Explanation: The inverted-U relationship states that performance improves as arousal rises to a moderate level, then declines when arousal becomes too…

Correct answer: arousal and performance
  • A. That is not backed up by enough practice
  • B. That is backed up by a motive
  • C. That is not followed by pleasant
  • D. Both (a) and (b)

Explanation: Practice strengthens stimulus-response connections and helps make learning durable, so learning without sufficient practice is unlikely to…

Correct answer: That is not backed up by enough practice
  • A. Law of exercise becomes ineffective
  • B. Learning becomes durable
  • C. Readiness decreases
  • D. Response frequency decreasesEnroll In Courses

Explanation: Thorndike’s law of effect states that responses followed by satisfying or pleasant consequences are strengthened.

Correct answer: Learning becomes durable