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- A. Fear
- B. Love
- C. Reason
- D. Altruism
Explanation: Reason enables natural man to understand circumstances and devise a way out of the state of nature.
Correct answer: Reason- A. B.F. Skinner
- B. John Watson
- C. Wilhelm Wundt
- D. William James
Explanation: Wilhelm Wundt is regarded as the founder of structuralism because he studied conscious experience by analysing it into basic elements…
Correct answer: Wilhelm Wundt- A. Innate releasing mechanism
- B. Taxis
- C. Sign stimulus
- D. Kinesis
Explanation: A sign stimulus is a relatively simple feature of a larger stimulus pattern that triggers a specific response in an animal.
Correct answer: Sign stimulus- A. the control of hunger, thirst and sex
- B. executive functions
- C. heartbeat and breathing regulation
- D. auditory processing
Explanation: The limbic system, especially through the hypothalamus, helps regulate basic drives such as hunger, thirst and sexual behaviour.
Correct answer: the control of hunger, thirst and sex- A. mouth
- B. shoulder
- C. feet
- D. legs
Explanation: The somatosensory cortex gives disproportionately large representation to body parts requiring fine sensory discrimination, especially the…
Correct answer: mouth- A. PET
- B. MRI
- C. CAT
- D. fMRIMental Health
Explanation: fMRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves to show changes in brain activity, usually by detecting blood-oxygen changes.
Correct answer: fMRIMental Health- A. Parietal
- B. Occipital
- C. Temporal
- D. Frontal
Explanation: The primary motor cortex lies in the frontal lobe, just in front of the central sulcus.
Correct answer: Frontal- A. Genes
- B. DNA
- C. Heredity
- D. Chromosomes
Explanation: Genes are segments of DNA that contain the coded instructions for making particular proteins.
Correct answer: Genes- A. Amygdala
- B. Hypothalamus
- C. Cerebellum
- D. Hippocampus
Explanation: The amygdala, hypothalamus and hippocampus are commonly included among limbic-system structures.
Correct answer: Cerebellum- A. Parietal
- B. Frontal
- C. Temporal
- D. Occipital
Explanation: The parietal lobe processes bodily sensations and contributes to spatial attention and awareness.
Correct answer: Parietal- A. structuralism
- B. functionalism
- C. natural selection
- D. behavior genetics
Explanation: Natural selection is the process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and…
Correct answer: natural selection- A. conscious and unconscious mental activity
- B. maladaptive and adaptive behaviors
- C. behavior and mental processes
- D. observable responses to the environment
Explanation: Modern psychology includes both observable behavior and internal mental processes such as remembering, thinking, and feeling.
Correct answer: behavior and mental processes- A. Margaret Washburn
- B. Mary Calkins
- C. Rosalie Raynor
- D. Jean Piaget
Explanation: Mary Whiton Calkins studied under William James and became the first woman president of the American Psychological Association.
Correct answer: Mary Calkins- A. psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others
- B. The unconscious instigates observable behavior, and should be the main focus
- C. In order to understand behavior, one must understand the motives behind the behavior
- D. Behavior can only be explained in terms of phenomenology, that is an individual's interpretation of an individual's interpretation of experienceEnroll In Courses
Explanation: Behaviorism defines psychology around observable behavior and the environmental conditions that shape it, rather than unconscious motives…
Correct answer: psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others- A. behaviorism
- B. structuralism
- C. humanism
- D. psychoanalysisTake Psychology Courses
Explanation: Structuralism sought to break conscious experience into basic elements such as sensations, feelings, and images, using introspection.
Correct answer: structuralism- A. Cognitive
- B. behavioral
- C. psychodynamic
- D. evolutionary
Explanation: The evolutionary perspective explains present preferences as traits that may have improved ancestral survival or reproductive success.
Correct answer: evolutionary- A. evolutionary perspective in psychology
- B. behavioral perspective in psychology
- C. biological perspective in psychology
- D. cognitive perspective in psychology
Explanation: The explanation links an inherited preference for high-calorie food to ancestral survival when food was scarce, which is an evolutionary…
Correct answer: evolutionary perspective in psychology- A. The false consensus effect
- B. the hindsight bias
- C. replication
- D. generalizing from vivid cases
Explanation: Ervin is generalizing from a vivid, noticeable group of successful athletes to an entire racial group, while ignoring other explanations…
Correct answer: generalizing from vivid cases- A. evolutionary perspective
- B. biological perspective
- C. humanistic perspective
- D. cognitive perspective
Explanation: The biological perspective explains behaviour and psychological disorders through physical processes such as brain chemistry, genetics…
Correct answer: biological perspective- A. gender schema theory
- B. gender-typing
- C. natural selection
- D. genome mappingAcademic Conferences & Publications
Explanation: Evolutionary psychology explains psychological traits and behaviours through adaptation across generations, using natural selection as its…
Correct answer: natural selection